Studying the prevalence of intestinal parasites among expatriate workers in Al-Madinah Al-Munawwarah

Abstract

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is considered to be one of the countries with a high number of expatriate workers. Most of them are largely coming from Sri-Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, India and Bangladesh. These countries are considered as endemic areas where intestinal parasites are becoming a major health problem there. Therefore, intestinal parasitic infection could be expected among them. A total of 2732 stool samples was screened for intestinal parasites infections among expatriate workers in Al