Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections at a Tertiary Care Hospital: a Retrospective Study

Kumar, Mukesh; Doddamani, Praveen Kumar; Parandekar, Prashant K.; Kumar, Prashant

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.806.340

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“…Infections are often a severe health issue in many de-veloping countries, such as Yemen (Efstratiou et al, 2017). These countries have infection rates of 30 -60 %, compared to 2 % in developed countries (Kumar et al, 2019). IPIs are a major public health concern on a global level, affecting primarily children in developing countries (Harhay et al, 2010) .…”

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Intestinal parasitic infection among rural schoolchildren in Taiz, Yemen: School-based assessment of the prevalence and associated risk factors

Alharazi

2022

Helminthologia

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Summary Yemen is an underdeveloped country plagued by poverty, disease, and social conflicts. Furthermore, most of the population lives in rural areas and is vulnerable to intestinal parasite infections (IPI). School-based cross-sectional studies were conducted between 1 February and 31 March 2019 among schoolchildren in rural communities in the Sabir Almawadim and Almawasit districts of Taiz, southwest Yemen. A structured questionnaire collected information regarding sociodemographic characteristics and risk factors. Wet mount and formol-ether concentration techniques were used to detect and identify intestinal parasites in stool specimens. The stool specimens were collected from each study participant using a clean, leak-proof, and adequately labeled stool cup. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using SPSS version 20. Of the 478 students screened for intestinal parasites, 245 (51.26 %) had at least one parasite. The prevalence of protozoa was higher than helminths (30.3 % versus 20.9 %, respectively). The percentages of single, double, and triple infections were 37.4 %, 4.4 %, and 1.7 %, respectively. Giardia lamblia was the most prevalent pathogen (15.5 %), followed by E. hisrolyrica/dispar (14.9 %), Schistosoma mansoni (13.3 %), Ascaris lumbricoides (3.8 %), Trichuris trichiura (2.9 %), and Enterobius vermicularis (1.3 %). Multivariate analysis confirmed that practicing unwashed hands before eating, open field defecation, unwashed fruits and vegetables, and dirty unclipped fingernails were the most significant predictors of high risk of IPIs (p <0.05). Regarding Schistosoma mansoni, multivariate analysis identified the behaviors of practicing swimming in the river/ponds and practicing open defecation, especially near water sources, as independent risk factors for Schistosoma mansoni infection among schoolchildren. The current study showed that rural areas in Taiz were significantly infected with IPIs, showing that IPIs remains a significant public health problem in low-income communities. Consequently, prevention efforts should focus on treating and deworming schoolchildren regularly, promoting health education in rural schools, conducting personal hygiene inspections for students, and ensuring that schools have sanitary facilities.

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“…Infections are often a severe health issue in many developing countries, such as Yemen ( Efstratiou et al, 2017 ). These countries have infection rates of 30 – 60 %, compared to 2 % in developed countries ( Kumar et al, 2019 ).…”

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Intestinal parasitic infection among rural schoolchildren in Taiz, Yemen: School-based assessment of the prevalence and associated risk factors

Alharazi

2022

Helminthologia

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“…12 Similarly Rajvir singh et al, Beena Jad et al, and Ravish kumar et.al reported positivity as 6.68%, 7.8%, and 8.12% respectively. [13][14][15] Highest parasitic infection is reported by Sucheta et al, Dhruba et al and Rashid et al as 42.14%, 31.2%, and 22.3% respectively. 9,16,17 Maximum positivity in these studies may be due to presence of symptomatic cases in larger number in their study population.…”

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Intestinal Parasitic infestations in children visiting Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni (Maharashtra-India)

Roushani¹,

Kinikar²,

Deepika³

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Background: Intestinal parasitic infections represent major health problem particularly in tropical countries. Intestinal parasitic infections are closely related to poor sanitation and socioeconomic status. In rural populations these infections are common as most of population belong to low socioeconomic group and also lack proper hygiene. These infestations has implications for child health in terms of physical growth retardation and development. Materials and Methods: This two years prospective study was carried out in Dept. of Microbiology, Rural medical college, (PIMS-DU) Loni. All stool specimens from children (0 -14 years) received in Dept. of Microbiology were included in the study. All stool specimens were subjected to macroscopic and microscopic examination. Both saline wet mount and iodine wet mount were prepared and examined for microscopic features. Results: A total of 460 stool specimens were received during the study period. Males (56.5%) outnumbered females (43.5%) in the present study. Maximum children belonged to age group 1 -5yrs. A total of seven stool specimen showed parasites giving the positivity 1.52%. Commonest intestinal parasite was found to be E. histolytica in our study. We found one case of H. dimunita which is quite uncommon parasite. Conclusions: Intestinal parasitic infestations like amoebiasis, hookworm, ascariasis exertdiverse clinical manifestation such as malnutrition, iron deficiency anemia, intestinal obstruction. Presence of parasitic infections is expected to be high in agricultural rural population. But we found the quite low positivity in our area may be owing to better sanitation awareness and compliance to Government deworming health program.

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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections at a Tertiary Care Hospital: a Retrospective Study

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Intestinal parasitic infection among rural schoolchildren in Taiz, Yemen: School-based assessment of the prevalence and associated risk factors

Intestinal parasitic infection among rural schoolchildren in Taiz, Yemen: School-based assessment of the prevalence and associated risk factors

Intestinal Parasitic infestations in children visiting Pravara Rural Hospital, Loni (Maharashtra-India)

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