PROFILE OF INTESTINAL HELMINTHIASIS IN CH ILDREN OF SCHOOL-AGE IN THECITY OF ABIDJAN

Feces of 1001 school children aged from 4 to 15 years were examined as an epidemiological investigation. Direct analyses were completed by K ATO and RITCHIE methods. The outcome was the global prevalence of inte stinal helminthiasis in school age children in the Abidjan area is 36, 5%. Male subjects are more infected than females. The most infected gr oup is aged from 72 to 13 years and the less infected from 4 to 5 year s. The frequent parasite species are Trichuris trichiura (23,4%), Asca ris lumbricoides (16,5%), Necator americanus (6,3%), Strongyloides ste rcoralis (1,4%), Hymenolepis nana (1,1%), Schistosoma mansoni (0,8%) a nd Enterobius vermicularis (0,2%).