Mahfuzur Rahman, Farhana Rizwan, Forhad Monjur

Prevalence of intestinal parasites and their effects on the people

Prevalence of intestinal parasites and their effects on the people, residing in the area of Chittagong & Chittagong hill tracts of Bangladesh

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Intestinal parasites & protozoan infections are the most common in worldwide,particularly in the tropical & subtropical developing countries.It is estimated,3.5 billion people are affected & 450 million are ill as a result of the infections,the majority being children.The parasites can cause various diseases,because of increasing travel to developing countries,increased number of immune-compromised individual;consumption of raw or partially cooked food & endemic pockets of individuals with certain unhygienic or unsanitary practices.The objective was to see the status of infectious parasites in Chittagong & Hill Tracts.The study was based on the analysis of fecal samples of humans,forty one(41)parasite species recorded,four protozoans & four nematodes were present.The prevalence of infection was found to have a strong relationship with the socio-economic & health conditions of their habitations. A.lumbricoides,T.trichiura,E.histolytica / E.dispar & G.lamblia were the four dominantspecies occupying more than 98% of prevalence of infection. Among the cases(88%) infection was by the single Parasite.Double infection was(10%) & triple infection was virtually absent(0.02%).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783639340433
• ISBN-10: 3639340434
• Artikelnr.: 33370819

Autorenporträt

Dr.Mahfuzur Rahman completed MBBS from Chittagong Medical College(CMC)& obtained M.Phil in Parasitology from the University of Chittagong.He is working as a consultant Clinical Pathologist in his own diagnostic laboratory at Chittagong.He is the chief editor of a medical journal,author of some books on the Liberation War (1971) of Bangladesh.