Survey of Intestinal Parasites at the Knox County Industrial School

Author

Mary Lance Vance, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Date of Award

6-1932

Degree Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Major

Education

Major Professor

Graeme A. Canning

Committee Members

Edwin B. Powers, H. A. Stephens

Abstract

Summary: A study of the whole school accommodating two hundred twenty-seven children, one hundred and five girls and one hundred and twenty-two boys, shows that 31.6 per cent of the children harbor no parasite, 47.7 per cent are parasitized by E. coli, I. butschlii, E. nana, C. mesnilli or G. lamblia, which are considered as symbiots. Therefore, a total of 52.3 per cent harbor pathogenic organisms. Ascaris infection occurs in the largest number, 24.2 per cent, then E. histolytica, 15.5 per cent, H. nana, 11.0 per cent, Necator, 7.5 per cent, Whipworm 5.0 per cent.

Recommended Citation

Vance, Mary Lance, "Survey of Intestinal Parasites at the Knox County Industrial School. " Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 1932.
https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/2969