Objective: To find the prevalence of human intestinal pathogenic parasites.
Setting: The study was conducted in Konkor, Gadap, District East, Karachi.
Methods: After taking the verbal consent, all the villagers, selected by area sampling technique were interviewed by a structured questionnaire and then each person in the house was provided with a clean, plastic container to collect the stool samples. Samples were examined using normal saline, iodine preparation and zinc floatation technique where appropriate.
Results: Out of 263 residents 185 tested for intestinal parasites and 88 (47.5%) had pathogenic parasites. The distributions of parasites were Giardia lamblia 50% and Entamoeba histolytica 48.86%. Statistically none of the socio-demographic variables were associated except education and age group.
Conclusion: In the light of the study result it is concluded that there is a high prevalence of parasitic infection in the community and an intervention strategy including health education program should be designed and implemented to control parasitic infections.