Parasitiosis in handicapped children in an Egyptian blind asylum
El-Sherbini, G.T.; Aboul Noor, M.F.; Hegazi, M.M.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 38(1): 319-326
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 1110-0583 PMID: 19143142 Document Number: 619121
Examination of visually handicapped children and their serving staff revealed in a descending order Enterobius vermicularis, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Hymenolepis nana, Ascaris lumbricoides, Cryptospodium parvum, Tricocephalus trichura and Strongyloides stercoralis. Head lice were encountered. But, neither blood parasites nor protozoan infective agent in water for human consumption.