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Frequency of intestinal parasitic infestation in children of 5-12 years of age in Abbottabad.

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2003

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Akbar K. Ahmed, Babar Malik, Babar Shaheen, Ghazala Yasmeen, Junaid Babar Dar, Altaf K Mona, Shamshad Gulab, Muhammad Ayub
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Abstract

A very high percentage (81%) of children from suburbs of Abbottabad have intestinal worm infestation and majority of them (48% of positive cases) have Ascaris lumbricoides. Children were not very severely anaemic because of virtually no hook worm cases.