Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among school aged children in Berber locality, River Nile State, Sudan 2017

Abstract

Intestinal parasitic infections are amongst the most common infections throughout the world. It is estimated that 3.5 billion people are affected, and that 450 million are ill as a result of these infections, the majority being children.1 The earliest agents of human infection to have been observed were helminthic parasites,2 Parasitic diseases are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality in humans and animals throughout the world.3