Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Related Risk Factors among Street Dwellers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Mekonnen, Banchiamlak; Erko, Berhanu; Legesse, Mengistu

doi:10.4172/2329-891x.1000132

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“…The risk factors of strongyloidiasis increased with illiteracy OR= 2.923(95% CI 1.096-7.793, P= 0.032) which is similar to the finding of [32] in Ethiopia. The climatic factor such as rainy season OR= 3.424(95% CI 1.183-9.905, P= 0.023) associated with infection than other season.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…This is the first time study on Strongyloidiases in tea garden community of Sylhet and there is paucity of information about it. The present study showed female (13.82%) participants have higher prevalence of S. stercoralis infection than male (11.86%) which is also supported by [32]. The winter season disclosed highest percentage of infection whereas rainy stood second and summer stood lowest infection.…”

Section: Risk Factor Assessment For S Stercoralis Infectionsupporting

confidence: 84%

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection in Selected Tea Garden of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Hossain¹,

Alam²

2016

J Trop Dis

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Background: Strongyloidiasis infection is partially an asymptomatic infection and the diagnosis of patent infection is difficult using conventional parasitological methods. The residents of tea garden community of Sylhet, Bangladesh were robustly tested. Method:The collected stool samples were tested by Harada mori culture for the presence of larval stage of Strongyloides stercoralis and to reaffirm the same samples were subjected for conventional PCR, using primer sets deigned to amplify partial ribosomal DNA of S. stercoralis genome. Finally data analysis was performed by Logistic Regression procedure using STATA 13 (College Station, Texas 77845 USA) and Pearson λ 2 test, with consideration of P <0.05 as an indication of significant.Result: A total of 300 stool samples freshly collected and examined among those 18 (06.00%) samples were found positive for S. stercoralis in Harada mori culture. In amplification of DNA extracted from raw samples and culture fluid of positive sample, the conventional PCR detected S. stercoralis 38 (12.67%) positive. There were 6 samples positive in Harada mori culture but did not show any response in sophisticated PCR techniques it might be due to low burden of infection. Periodic anthelmintic does not taking OR= 3.946(95% CI 1.369-11.375; P=0.011) and does not wash feet coming from out OR= 5.158(95% CI 1.656-16.068; P=0.005) significantly associated with Strongyloidiases infection. Conclusion:This study confirmed that S. stercoralis is prevalent in the tea garden community of Sylhet identified by both parasitological and molecular methods. The preventive measures by deworming are warranted. Public health education regarding properly periodic anthelmintic taking, wash feet coming from out and personal hygiene are also additional required elements.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 82%

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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection in Selected Tea Garden of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Hossain¹,

Alam²

2016

J Trop Dis

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“…The predominanat parasite in this study was A.lumbricoides with a prevalence of (11.4%), which was lower than reports in Addis Ababa, Chencha, Zegie and Azezowhich found magnitudes of 34.9%, 60.5%, 18.4%, 28.8% (20)(21)(22)26), respectively. This might be due to differences in age.…”

Section: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Of Intestinal Parasitcontrasting

confidence: 79%

“…Participants with swimming habits in the river were two times (COR, 2.283, 95% CI 1.146-4.549) more positive for intestinal parasitic infection than their counter parts. (Table 3) ANRS and Azezo Atse Fasil primary school respectively (5,17,18,(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26). The nding was comparable with that of a study conducted in Babile town 13.8% (27) but higher than of a study conducted in Ghana and noted 15% (28).…”

Section: Prevalence and Associated Risk Factors Of Intestinal Parasitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasites in Ethiopian Ortodox Tewahido Church Religious Students, Ethiopia

Addisu

Gebre

Tesfaye

et al. 2020

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Background Intestinal parasitic infections are the most serious medical and public health problems in developing countries. In Ethiopia, intestinal parasites are among the top ten causes of morbidity, especially in children. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasites among Ethiopian Orthodox church school students in Gondar town, northwest Ethiopia. Method: an institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasites among religious students in Gondar town from February 2019 to April 2019, northwest Ethiopia. A total of 360 participants were selected by the random sampling technique. Results In this study, a total of 360 Orthodox Tewahido church school students were participated. The over all parasite prevalence, 24.7% was relatively low compared with previous studies conducted in other localitie in Ethiopia. The predominanat parasites were A. lumbricoides S. mansoni and hookworm with (11.4%), (4.4%) and (3.6%) prevalence respectively, A significant association was observed among participants with habits of frequent swiming with 2.3 times higher probability of acquaring infections, but there was no association with gender, age, finger nail status, the habit of eating uncooked vegetables/ fruits, source of drinking water and proper toilet utilization. Conclusion In general, the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections was high and calls for intervention actions on Orthodox Tewahido church students. Moreover, swimming frequency and habits had a significant association. Since the prevalence was high, improvement in awareness and enhancing health seeking behavior of the students, deworming and health education need to be focused on.

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“…Female showed higher prevalence of Strongyloides infection than male (Mekonnen et al, 2014;Vonghachack et al, 2015). The elderly persons had higher prevalence than the young participants in Cambodia .…”

Section: Risk Factors Host Factorsmentioning

confidence: 92%

Overview of Strongyloidiasis: A Neglected Tropical Disease

Hossain¹,

Bhuiyan²

2016

J. Adv. Parasitol.

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| Strongyloidiasis infection caused by Strongyloides stercoralis is still an elusive disease in spite of recent advances with experiments on animal models. As it is endemic in developing countries such as Asia, Africa, Southeast Asia, Bangladesh, Central and South America but still poses a threat to the developed world owing to its peculiar trait of autoinfection, hyper-infection syndrome involving pulmonary and gastrointestinal system and disseminated infection with involvement of other organs like liver, brain and lungs. It can occur asymptomatically which confuses the clinicians during diagnosis as it has no gold standard diagnostic techniques although luciferase immune-precipitation system shows increased sensitivity and specificity to detect S. stercoralis specific antibody titter in serum and PCR method to detect DNA in fecal samples. Ivermectin and albendazole are recommended anthelmintic for strongyloides infection. This review will be focused on current published research on improved diagnostic techniques for strongyloidiasis detection and immune mechanism thought to be responsible for hyper-infection along with epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control. S. stercoralis is still a global health concerned topic that is undermined in many countries. Novel diagnostic methods are expected to improve epidemiological studies, treatment, control and prevention of strongyloidiasis. Further studies are needed to open the mechanism of severe clinical manifestations of human strongyloidiasis.

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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Related Risk Factors among Street Dwellers in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Cited by 33 publications

References 19 publications

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection in Selected Tea Garden of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Prevalence and Risk Factors of Strongyloides Stercoralis Infection in Selected Tea Garden of Sylhet, Bangladesh

Prevalence and Associated Factors of Intestinal Parasites in Ethiopian Ortodox Tewahido Church Religious Students, Ethiopia

Overview of Strongyloidiasis: A Neglected Tropical Disease

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