Is there an association between clinical symptoms and intestinal parasitic infections?
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2005
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Intestinal parasitic infections are major causes of childhood diseases in rural regions. The significant causes of this problem are the insufficient resources to improve the infrastructure in these regions and inadequate health services in both the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The aim of this study was to assess the association between intestinal parasitic infections and clinical symptoms of infected children. Cellophane tape and stool samples of 100 children, aged between 7-10 years, from two villages of Manisa city, were examined for intestinal parasites and their symptoms were recorded. Although some symptoms, such as abdominal pain, anorexia and fatigue were found to be common in infected children, no significant relationship was found between symptoms and intestinal parasitic infections. © 2005 Bioscience Ediprint Inc.
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Child , Humans , Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic , Predictive Value of Tests , Rural Population , Sensitivity and Specificity , Turkey , cellophane , abdominal pain , age distribution , anorexia , article , clinical feature , controlled study , disease association , fatigue , feces analysis , human , instrumentation , intestine infection , major clinical study , medical record , parasitosis , pediatrics , sampling , school child , Turkey (republic)