A Comprehensive Retrospective Study: Intestinal Parasites in Human in Van Province

Objective: The aim of present study was to retrospectively determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in patients, who were referred to Parasitology Laboratory in Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Faculty of Medicine during an 11-year period.

Methods: Stool samples of 69633 individuals admitted to the outpatient clinics in the hospital were initially evaluated with native-Lugol, and then by flotation, sedimentation, trichrome staining, modified acid-fast staining and ELISA methods.

Results: Twenty-four parasite species were identified in parasite-positive patients. At least one or more parasite species were found in 34.1% of all patients. The most commonly observed parasite was (26.5%). Among pathogen parasites, was detected in 9.3%, was detected in 2.5%, dispar in 0.8%, in 0.004%, in 0.04%, in 0.001%, in 0.001% and hookworm in 0.001% of the patients.

Conclusion: It was determined that, pathogen parasites such as and were still observed at high rates in Van province, especially in children, and the problem of parasitosis is still continuing, although the prevalence of parasites has declined when compared to the previous years.