The study was conducted with the aim of detecting intestinal helminth infection in those living in Lattakia Governorate, and to determine their species and prevalence through laboratory screening of stool samples for patients visiting the Microbiology Laboratory at Tishreen University Hospital - Lattakia during the years 2016 - 2017. By investigating the presence of eggs in the stool samples, the results of the laboratory tests conducted on the stool samples showed a prevalence of helminth infection in the intestinal tract in the population of Lattakia. Seven species of intestinal parasitic worms were recorded due to the patients examined: 3 Species of Nematoda (Enterobius vermicularis, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Ancylostoma duodenale), and 4 Species of Platehelminthes: two species belong to the class Trematoda: Class: Paragonimus Westermani and Schistosoma mansoni, and two cases belonging to the class Cestoda: Hymenolepis nana. This study has recorded, for the first time, the infection with Ancylostoma duodenale and Schistosoma Mausoni in Syria. The overall prevalence of intestinal helminth infection was reported in patients who were referred to the Microbiology laboratory in Lattakia during the years 2016- 2017 was 3.77%. The vast majority of those infected with only one species of intestinal worms, while registered two cases of infection multiplier: Ascaris lumbricoides and Enterobius Vermicularis. The study showed that Enterobius Vermicularis is the most common intestinal worms in the population in Lattakia (13.2%), followed by the Ascaris lumbricoides, then the stalagmites. The prevalence of intestinal helminth infection in Lattakia was higher among males than females, and prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis was highest in winter and autumn of 2016-2017.
Journal of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences.
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