Title of article :
The Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Intestinal Protozoan Parasites in Iranian Children with Hypereosinophilia
Author/Authors :
Mahmoudvand, Hossein Department of Laboratory Sciences - School of Allied Medicine - Lorestan University of Medical Sciences - Khorramabad, Iran , Sepahvand, Maryam Lorestan University of Medical Sciences - Khorramabad, Iran , Nasiri, Bahram Lorestan University of Medical Sciences - Khorramabad, Iran , Khatami, Mehrdad Bam University of Medical Sciences - Bam, Iran , Badparva, Ebrahim Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology - Lorestan University of Medical Sciences - Khorramabad, Iran
Abstract :
Intestinal parasitic infections are considered as one of the most widespread infections in humans around the world especially in developing coun-tries (1). Eosinophilia (peripheral blood eosino-phils >500 cells/μl, or >7% of the white blood cells) can be caused by some pathogenic parasites such as Cryptosporidium parvum, Cystoisospora belli, Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica, Ascaris lumbri-coides, Hymenolepis spp., Trichostrongylus spp., Stron-gyloides stercoralis, hookworms parasites in human (2).
Keywords :
Iranian , Hypereosinophilia , Protozoan , Risk
Journal title :
Iranian Journal of Public Health
