Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infestations in and Around Ambajogai, Maharashtra

Chakraborty, Sourabh; Nilekar, S.L.

doi:10.20546/ijcmas.2019.803.051

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“…The present study revealed, slightly higher positivity in males (57.1) which is similar to Sourabh et al from their Ambajogai study. 2 In contrast Shakya et al and Tamirat et al reported more parasite positivity in females, in their respective studies. 18,24 In our study, positivity of stool samples found to be quite low compared (1.52%) to other similar studies in India.…”

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“…In the present study, we observed higher male population (56.5%) than females (43.5%) which is quite similar to studies done by Saurabh et al and Dhruba et al who reported males as (57.8%) and (64%) respectively. 2,9 In contrast Chang et al reported female population at higher side stating that gastrointestinal disorders were more commoner in females. 10 We included all children <14 years in the present study.…”

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“…5 Proportionately, helminths were dominated in most of the studies in India. 2,9 We could catch one case of Hymenolepis diminuta in our study. H. dimunita is not frequently seen as H. nana infection.…”

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“…Faecal contamination of drinking water, vegetables and food with these cysts is the source of infection. 1,2 Some of the helminthic infections are seen when man walks bare foot on faecally contaminated soil. Mode of infection for hookworm infection is the penetration by filariform larvae through the skin in human being.…”

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

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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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