National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In the present investigation, a cross sectional laboratory survey of intestinal parasitic infections in relation to samples requested to Microbiology laboratory. The main objective of this study is to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in the stool samples at tertiary care teaching hospital, Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu. A total of 726 stool samples were included and examined in this study. The color, consistency and nature of stool samples were recorded. Further all the samples were subjected for examining the presence of parasitic worms by wet mount microscopy and confirmed by concentration procedures. As a result in stool samples, yellow color dominated followed by brown, black etc. the stool consistency was observed and maximum were recorded as solid. The maximum numbers of stool samples were enrolled from department of General Medicine followed by casualty and psychiatry. After thorough microscopic examinations, the common parasites identified are Giardia lamblia (3.5%), Entamoeba histolytica (2.5%), Hookworms (1%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (0.7%). The present study has demonstrated the presence of various intestinal parasitic pathogens in Tiruchirapalli district of India.
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