Intestinal Parasitic Infection and Candidiasis among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinic in Ilie, Southwest Nigeria

Soil Contamination and Infection of School Children by Soil-Transmitted Helminths and Associated Factors at Kola Diba Primary School, Northwest Ethiopia: An Institution-Based Cross-Sectional Study

“…Children who did not wear shoes were more likely to have STH was 3.7 times higher compared to those who wore shoes (AOR 3.65 95% Cl; 2.14, 6.23). This finding is consistent with studies conducted in Ejaji, Northwest Ethiopia [ 12 ], Durbete Town, Northwest Ethiopia [ 15 ], Southwest Nigeria [ 26 ], Chuahit, Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia [ 17 ], Yirgacheffee, South Ethiopia [ 13 ], and Northwest Ethiopia [ 29 ]. This might be due to when an individual is being barefooted there might be penetration of the skin by different parasites like the larva of hookworms that makes the individual vulnerablefor parasites listed above and contaminated with fecal matter [ 5 ].…”

“…Prevalence of A. lumbricoides was the most abundant among pupils of 6–10 years of age which was 56% with other age categories showing a prevalence was 44%. This prevalence was much higher than the prevalence reported in the Guragie zone, South Central Ethiopia (3%) [ 14 ], Southwest Nigeria (5.3%) [ 26 ], and Ejaji, Southwest Ethiopia (16.5%) [ 12 ]. There were higher levels of A. lumbricoides mean intensity in age groups 6–10 years.…”

“…Nevertheless, the current A. lumbricoides prevalence was lower than 63.8% in Chencha town, southern Ethiopia [18], 39.3% in Jimma Town, [16], 39.8% in Chuahit town, Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia: [17], 39.5% in Honduras [20] and 43.5% in West Kenya [23]. Hookworm species infection was the predominant parasite infection in the majority of studies in Southwest, Nigeria (72.4%) [26], Ejaji town west showa (17.9%) [12], Yirgacheffe, South Ethiopia (16.7%) [13], Durbete town, Northwestern Ethiopia (46.4%) [15], but stands the second of STH (16.5%) in the present study. is figure is consistent with 15.9% in Honduras [20], 14.3% in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia [16] but higher than 2.2% in Chencha town, southern Ethiopia [18], 2.2% in Gorgora, Northwest Ethiopia [21], 4.9% in Chuahit, Dembia district, Northwest Ethiopia [17], 4.2% in Gurage zone, South Central Ethiopia [14], 0.27% in West Kenya [23] and 0.1% in southern Nairobi [25].…”