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Abstract The present study aims to collecting the stool of the patients referred to Biala hospital laboratory then studying the prevalence of intestinal parasites in patients.A prospective study was made down by stool examination by direct method of 500 patients that were referred to hospital laboratories in Biala hospital of Kafr El-sheikh governorate in the period from May to October 2000. We found that 369 patients were infected with different intestinal parasites with a prevalence rate of (73.80/0). This work was done on three groups. Group I (200 patients ), 109 males and 91 females, their ages ranged from 15 to 65 years. Group II (200 patients) 106 males and 94 females, their ages ranged from 15 to 70 years. Group III (100 patients), 51 males and 49 females, their ages ranged from] 5 to 65 yeas. They were subjected to stool examination for intestinal parasites by direct smear examination ; the first motion of stool (group I), random stool examination (group II) and three consequent days of stool examination (group Ill). |