25. Kaspari, S. and Condie, A. Intestinal Parasitic Infection of Refugee Children in Selected West Bank Localities. Birzeit University Community Health Unit, 1986: 13 pp.

A survey was conducted of intestinal parasitism in schools in four West Bank refugee camps: Dayr 'Ammar, Jalazon, Al-Am'ari and Al-'Oja. In each school, pupils in the 6-7 and 11-12 years age groups were sampled to provide a measure of variation with age. A total of 455 stool samples were analyzed, of which 48% were positive for one or more intestinal parasite. Main parasites found were Entamoeba coli (21%), Giardia lamblia (16%), Hymenolepis nana (11%), Trichuris trichura (6%), Entamoeba histolytica (4 %), Ascaris lumbricoides (2%) and Enterobius vermicularis (1%).