Intestinal parasitism prevalence in the emigrants from several world countries

Authors

  • M. JIMÉNEZ-ALBARRÁN
  • Q. ODDA

Abstract

A bibliographic review has been made of intestinal parasites in emigrants from

countries with a high degree of parasite deseases a consequense of their sanitary and

climatological conditions.

The specific names of Protozoa and Helminths that are schown on the charts arein

an abreviated fonn due to space requirements.

Protozoa: Entamoeba coli (E. C.), Entamoeba histolítica (E.h.), Giardia lamblia

(G.l.), Chilomastix mesnili (Ch. m.), Trichomonas hominis (T.h.), Endolimax nana (E.n.),

Iodamoeba bütschlii (I.b.) y Dientamoeba fragilis (D.f.)

Helminths: Ascaris lumbricoides (Al.) Trichuris trichiura (T.t.), Enterobius vermicularis

(E.v.), Hymenolepis nana (H.n.), Taenia sp. (T.sp.), Ancylostoma duodenale (Ad.),

Strongyloides stercoralis (St.s.), Schistosoma mansoni (Sch.m.)

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Published

1996-03-20

How to Cite

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JIMÉNEZ-ALBARRÁN M, ODDA Q. Intestinal parasitism prevalence in the emigrants from several world countries. Ars Pharm [Internet]. 1996 Mar. 20 [cited 2025 May 17];37(1):29-35. Available from: https://revistaseug.ugr.es/index.php/ars/article/view/21844

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