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10 MIDDLE EAST JOURNAL OF FAMILY MEDICINE • VOLUME 6, ISSUE 6ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION AND CLINICAL INVESTIGATIONintestinal parasites detected in stoolsamples (p=0.769), E. vermiculariswere significantly more prevalent inelder children.countries has created, in urbanslums and shanty towns, sanitaryconditions which may be as favorablefor transmission of some intestinalfactors, behavioral habits and alsorelated complaints. 145 students(31.8%) were infected with one ormore intestinal parasites. 29 (6.4%)parasites as those found in most poor of the students were infected withInfections with intestinal parasitesand remote, rural areasand malnutrition are common in.more than one parasite, 26 (5.7%)with two parasites and 3 (0.7%)developing countries and with the Okyay et al 8 collected 456 stoolwith three parasites. The result ofexception of hookworm; intestinal specimens from 7-14 year oldthis study revealed that the threeparasites affect mostly children 17 . schoolchildren from Aydın to identifymost common parasites wereThe accelerated and unplanned an association between sociodemographicand environmentalE.vermicularis, G.intestinalis, andgrowth of many cities in developingTable 1 Intestinal parasites, socioeconomic factors, and related symptomsFeatures Cellulose tape slide Stool specimenn (%) p n (%) pGender 0.906 0.751Male 59 (29.6) 80 (40.2)Female 55 (29.1) 73 (38.6)Family Income 0.421 0.048Very low 102 (30.1) 140Low 12 (24.5) 13Maternal occupation 0.075 0.410Worker 1 (7.1) 7 (50.0)Unemployed 113 146 (39.0)Paternal occupation 0.355 0.354Worker 106 (30.5) 137 (39.4)Food 4 (23.5) 9 (52.9)Unemployed 4 (17.4) 7 (30.4)Sleeping outside 0.064 0.538Yes 6 (54.5) 3 (27.3)No 108 (28.7) 149 (39.4)House with a garden 0.185 0.733Yes 95 (28.2) 134 (39.5)No 19 (37.3) 19 (37.3)Having a separate room 0.927 0.079Yes 43 (29.7) 49 (33.1)No 71 (29.2) 104 (42.8)Stable around the residence 0.523 0.851Yes 80 (31.8) 110 (39.1)No 34 (28.5) 43 (40.2)Water supply 0.675 0.218Tap 113 (29.6) 149 (39.0)Well 1 (16.7) 4 (66.7)Keeping animals (domestic or pet) 0.856 0.429Yes 31 (28.7) 46 (42.5)No 83 (29.6) 107 (38.2)Enuresis 0.344 0.799Yes 34 (27.4) 48 (38.7)No 78 (32.2) 97 (40.1)Diarrhea 0.253 0.377Yes 10 (22.2) 15 (33.3)No 104 (30.5) 137 (40.2)Symptoms 0.126 0.611Yes 51 (33.8) 62 (41.1)No 62 (26.5) 90 (38.5)E.coli. They also found that intestinalparasite prevalence was higher inÇeliksöz and colleagues reportedthat E.vermicularis were positive inintestinal parasites in a total of 1820schoool children in three primaryrural areas, in children with less than 15.6% of participants with cellophane schools between 7-14 years ofprimary school educated mothers, in slides and Taenia spp eggs were age. The prevalance of helminthicchildren who use hands for washing positive in 1.6% of participants in infections were 77.1% of thethe anal area after defecation, andin children who seldom or never usea study comprising 2,200 schoolchildren in 6 schools in Sivas 19 .schoolchildren in shanty towns, 53.2%in apartment districts and 53.1% intoilet paper.rural areas. They found that AscarisUlukanlıgil et al 15 investigatedlumbricoides was the most prevalant