Volume 16, Number 4—April 2010
Letter
Intestinal Capillariasis, Western Mindanao, the Philippines
Vicente Y. Belizario
, Francis Isidore G. Totañes, Winifreda U. de Leon, Julius R. Migriño, and Lino Y. Macasaet
, Francis Isidore G. Totañes, Winifreda U. de Leon, Julius R. Migriño, and Lino Y. MacasaetTable
Parasites detected in Katipunan, Zamboanga del Norte, the Philippines, February 2008*
| Parasite | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Trichuris trichiura | 64 (31.1) |
| Entamoeba coli | 49 (23.8) |
| Ascaris lumbricoides | 46 (22.3) |
| Endolimax nana | 14 (19.9) |
| Hookworm | 34 (16.5) |
| Blastocystis hominis | 21 (10.2) |
| Giardia lamblia | 19 (0.2) |
| Entamoeba histolytica | 14 (6.8) |
| Capillaria philippinensis | 10 (4.9) |
*A total of 205 parasites were detected by using the formalin–ether concentration technique.
