Diversity of intestinal parasites in male and female students and workers of education department of swat Pakistan

Fecal samples of 420 individuals including 263 males and 157 females were examined for parasites. the parasites were found in 227 (65.9%) individuals,93.9% helminthes and 6.06% protozoans. the most common helminths were ascaris lumbricoides,trichuris trichura and taenia saginata,while among protozoans entamoeba histolytica had the highest prevalence. the infection with one parasite species was 40.7%,with two 19.2%,with three 5% and with four 0.95%. the prevalence rate of a. lumbricoides,t. trichura,enterobius vermicularis,hook worm,t. saginata,hymenolepis nana,e. histolytica and giardia species were respectively 40%,19%,8%,3.6%,12.8%,10%,4.4% and 1.69%. males were found to be more infected than females.