THE PREVALENCE of intestinal parasites among children of 512 families of 3 different social categories were studied. Degrees of correlations between intestinal parasites and some identified social categories were analysed and statistical evidences showed a strong association between the existence of intestinal parasites and a child's family conditions.
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