OCCURRENCE OF PARASITIC INFECTIONS OF INTESTINES DURING SUMMER

Objectives: This research work aimed to find out the occurrence of intestinal infections due to parasites among people who got referrals to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the summer of 2018. Methodology: The examination of the samples of stools carried out through direct assessment, concentration of the formalin-ether & staining with the help of Ziehl Nielsen. The culturing of the specimens of stool carried out with the help of nutrient agar plate for the identification of the Strongyloides stercorali. Results: We examined two hundred and five patients in this research work in which 29.750% patients were available with infection due to at least single parasite. The rates of occurrence of was as follows: Blastocystis hominis was present in 20.90% patients, Giardia lamblia was available in 5.360%, Iodamoeba butschelii present in 0.480%, Dientamoeba fragilis was available in 0.480%, Trichomonas hominis was present in 0.480%, Endolimax was the part of 0.970%, Enterobius vermicularis was also present in 0.480% & Taenia was also available in 0.480%. Conclusion: The findings of this research work contained the importance of the infection of Giardia in the children having symptoms. Total 76.740% patients suffering from infection due to Blastocystis were available with the symptoms of intestinal infection. There is requirement of more research to discover the association of the B. hominies & linked symptoms. Key Word: Intestines, symptoms, methodology, parasite, culturing, occurrence, concentration, agar plate, nutrient, identification