21. Condie, A., Kaspari, S. An Investigation of Intestinal Parasitic Infection and Hemoglobin Levels of Children in a Birzeit School. Birzeit University Community Health Unit, 1986: 10 pp.

A study of intestinal parasitism and anaemia in pupils at a school in Birzeit village was conducted. A total of 193 stool samples were collected from children between the ages of 6 and 11 years. Twenty-three percent were infected with one or more intestinal parasite. The main parasites were Giardia lamblia (15%) and Entamoeba coli (8%), the latter being included as a non-pathogenic indicator of contamination.

Twenty percent of the sampled children living in Birzeit were infected as compared with 41% in children sampled from outlying villages.

No relationship between anaemia and parasitism was detected.