Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis amongst kindergartens and preschool children in Mazandaran Province, North of Iran

Abstract

Enterobiasis (oxyuriasis) is probably the most common helminth, which infects humans. Amongst different age groups, prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis in children is high compared to adults. Oxyuriasis is one of the most significant parasitic diseases of children. This nematode in children can result in loss of appetite, insomnia, grinding of the teeth, restlessness, endometritis, abdominal cramps, diarrhea and etc. Due to important complications of this parasite, the objective of the current study was to determine the prevalence of enterobiasis in kindergarten and preschool children of Amol, Mazandaran Province, North of Iran. A total number of 462 children from 32 kindergartens of Amol were examined for the prevalence of E. vermicularis infection, 2013. Adhesive cello-tape anal swab method was trained to parents for sampling. In addition, a questionnaire was designed and filled out to collect demographic information for each individual. Data were analyzed using Chi square test and multivariate logistic regression for each risk factor. The overall prevalence of E.vermicularis infection was 7.1 % (33). Although infection with E. vermicularis in girls 7.9 % was higher compared to boys 6.3 %, there was no significant difference between gender and age (p [ 0.05) whereas binary logistic regression showed significant difference between enterobiasis and age (p \ 0.05). The findings indicated that the prevalence of E. vermicularis in kindergarten and preschool children is relatively high and still is an important health problem and should not be underestimated due to being highly contagious infection. Therefore, educational programs and mass treatment should be carried out in order to reduce infection incidence in this area and regular parasitological test and attention to personal hygiene in kindergarten and preschool is of great importance.

Prevalence ofEnterobius vermicularisamong Children in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…In the backwards citation tracking process, three relevant papers were added. In the final step, inclusion/exclusion criteria were applied and the rest of the papers were quality assessed; after that point, 19 studies [10–12,17–32] were entered into the final meta-analysis (Figure 1). …”

“…Moreover, two studies assessed the association between infection and bruxism [10,18], while another study reported the association of E. vermicularis with family size, anal itching, nail biting, familial history of E. vermicularis , and personal history of other parasitic infections were not significant.…”

Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection among preschool children, Babol, North of Iran

“…According to literature review many efforts have been conducted in different areas of Iran including Alborz, Isfahan, Urmia, Amol, Sari and Babol, Semnan, Kermanshah, Ardebil, Zahedan, Babol, Ahwaz and Tehran were 0. 028, 2.38, 4.6, 7.1, 7.3, 8.1, 14.7, 18.3, 31.8, 33.3, 34.6 and 40 %, respectively (Nourozian and Youssefi 2013;Sharifi and Abd 2000;Sha-Mohammadi et al 2014;Maraghi 1997;Daryani et al 2003;Afrakhteh et al 2015). The prevalence of E. vermicularis amongst children has been reported in many parts of the globe, and varies considerably, depending on the age groups and areas (WHO 1998;Kang et al 2006).…”

“…Usually, children are considered as the main targets, because of this fact that children's behaviors contribute more to the development of E. vermicularis infection compared to adults (Afrakhteh et al 2015). Some important factors may increases risk of acquiring enterobiasis in children including being in overcrowded places, playing on the floor, nail biting, failure to wash hands before meals and living in non-apartment dwellings.…”

TEKNIK SELOTIF-ENTELLAN DAPAT MENGAWETKAN TELUR Enterobius vermicularis (E. vermicularis) DALAM PREPARAT PERMANEN SELAMA 8 TAHUN

“…Kejadian enterobiasis masih relative tinggi di berbagai penjuru dunia, diantaranya pada anak sekolah di Yangon Myanmar sebesar 47,2 % [1]. Di Iran memiliki angka yang bervariasi, anak pra sekolah di Babol Iran yang mengalami enterobiasis sebesar 22,2 % [2], sedangkan di daerah Mazandaran Iran hanya sebesar 7,1 % [3]. Di kota Xinxiang provinsi Henan, China telah terjadi penurunan kasus enterobiasis dimana pada tahun 2003 tercatat sebanyak 12,75 % dan pada tahun 2013 turun menjadi 5,13 % [4].…”