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Abstract
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”Summary”
The Present study is an attemp to reveal the incidence
of infection by intestinal protozoa in the primary
school childrQna at kalubia.
- The relationship between the prevalence of such infection
in the different classes, the effect of the. infection
on the general health of the child and to show their
relation to aneamia affecti~9 children at that age.
One handred of the primary school shildren from different
localities~in kalubia were therefore examined
clinically.
This’i examination includes :
Chest, heart, abdomen , with the measurement of the
weight and the hight to stUdy the effect of the infection
on the growth af the children •
The laboratQPY investigations include :
Stool ~ndlysis foT 3 successive times with one week
interval, the haemoglobin 19m/L determined to examine the
rela”tionship ’between these infections and anaemia in
children •
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It was found tbat tbe incidence of infection is almost
tbe same in female & and male cbildren., But tbe incidence
was in creased in tbe lower social classes.
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Howevere, some cases were stool Positive in spite of
absence of Conplaints.
Someotber cases suffered from iron deficiency anaamia
especially tbose infected witb giardiases.
from tbis study, it was noticed that single stool
analysis for intestinal protzoamay give false negative
results.
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It was foundtbat tbe incidence of infection witb
intestinal protozoal diseases sucb as giardiasis and
amaebiasis may reacb up to 47% with iron deficiency
anaemia.
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