Pathogenicity of Ancylostoma duodenale in The Population of Meerut District.

Abstract

For the present study the samples of stool were collected from urban and rural population of Meerut. The collected stool specimens were examined microscopically for the presence of eggs, cysts and trophozoites of intestinal parasites, using direct saline smear method for the confirmation of parasitic positive patients. The persons having any cysts/ova/trophozoite/whole parasite were treated as parasitic positive. Parasitic positive patients were subjected for hematological and biochemical examination. Blood samples from parasitic positive patients were collected for hematological and biochemical investigations. This study revealed that undernutrition and intestinal parasitic infection were public health problems among the rural and urban population. These results highlight the importance for integrated efforts to address under nutrition and parasitic infection. The prevalence of ancylostomiasis was found to be 36.4% in rural population as compared to (30.0%) the urban population of Meerut. This study provides the influence of unhygienic condition of the continuity of human intestinal parasitic infections in rural and urban population