2020
DOI: 10.4314/ajcem.v21i2.9
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Prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections among secondary school students in Edo State, Nigeria

Abstract: Background: Intestinal helminthic infections are generally common in children accounting for the largest disability adjusted life years (DALYs) of all the parasitic agents. In this study, we determined the prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections among secondary school students in a semi-urban community in Edo State, Nigeria. Methodology: A descriptive cross sectional study of 489 students from four secondary schools in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria was conducted between December … Show more

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“…After provisional screening of the title and abstract, 87 articles were included for full-text screening. Finally, 58 ( 21–72 ) published studies fulfilling the criteria were included in the final analysis ( Table 1 ). The detailed list of included studies is given in Supplementary material S4 .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…After provisional screening of the title and abstract, 87 articles were included for full-text screening. Finally, 58 ( 21–72 ) published studies fulfilling the criteria were included in the final analysis ( Table 1 ). The detailed list of included studies is given in Supplementary material S4 .…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…We categorized the regional distribution of our studies according to the World Health Organization's classification of various countries into six regions. In total, 21 studies were from the African region (AFR) (21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35)(73)(74)(75)(76)(77)(78), 1 study was from the American region (AMR) (36), 14 studies were from the Southeast Asia region (SER) (37-50), 4 studies were from the European region (EUR) (51-54), 9 studies were from the Eastern Mediterranean region (EMR) (55-63), and 9 studies were from the Western Pacific region (WPR) (64-72). All of our included studies were cross-sectional.…”
Section: General Characteristics Of Selected Studiesmentioning
confidence: 99%