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© 1977 Oxford University Press

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Age and Sex Distribution of Infections with Entamoeba histolytica and Giardia intestinalls in the Lagos Population

J P O OYERINDE, O OGUNBI and A A ALONGE

Department of Microbiology and Paruitology, College of Medicine of the University of Lagos PMB 12003, Lagos, Nigeria

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Stool samples were collected from 2, 099 persons and examined for parasites: 9·5 per cent were infected with Entamoeba histolytica, 7·9 per cent were Infected with Giardia intestinalls and 15·5 per cent were Infected with I butschlii. The infections with E. histolytica and I. butschlli occurred more frequently in females than In males and adults were also more frequently Infected than children. Infection with G. intestinalies, on the other hand, was more prevalent in males than in females and children were more frequently Infected than adults with the highest Incidence of infection (13·8 per cent) in the age-group 1–5 years.

Received 20 May 1977


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