The prevalence and intensity of intestinal parasites in two Somalian communities

Ilardi, I; Shiddo, Shukri C.; Mohamed, Hassan H.; Mussa, C.; Hussein, Abdullahi S.; Mohamed, C.; Bile, Khalif; Sebastiani, A.; Bianchini, Corrado; S, Sanguigni; Leone, F.; Amiconi, Gino

doi:10.1016/0035-9203(87)90256-2

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“…The prevalence of intestinal parasite carriage in this population is similar to that found in previous studies on domestic and migrant East African populations elsewhere in the world. 4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The overall prevalence of pathogen carriage compares closely with the data from the recent adult study conducted in Melbourne. This is not surprising given that many of the participants in the current study were the children or relatives of those adults involved the previous study (S Skull, pers.…”

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confidence: 68%

“…Studies conducted in urban Somali orphanages have shown pathogenic parasite carriage rates as high as 85%, with similar figures recorded among children living in rural Somali towns. 6,7 The reported rates of intestinal carriage in East African migrants to countries predominantly in Europe and the United States vary from 17% to 93%, and are influenced by the number of stool samples analysed and the duration since arrival. 4,[8][9][10][11][12] There are scant data on the rates of parasite carriage in immigrants to Australia.…”

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Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa

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Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa

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Pearce

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J Paediatrics Child Health

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“…Soil-transmitted helminths have been diagnosed commonly using Kato-Katz technique. Prevalence have ranged from 41.7 to 52.4% in Ethiopia ( Emana et al, 2015 ; Tadege and Shimelis, 2017 ), 32.4 to 40.7% in Kenya ( Mwandawiro et al, 2013 ; Davis et al, 2014 ; Freeman et al, 2015 ), 9997 cases in Rwanda ( Stone and Ndagijimana, 2018 ), 85.0% in Somalia ( Ilardi et al, 1987 ), 4.7% in Madagascar ( Rasoamanamihaja et al, 2016 ) and 1.1 to 84% in Seychelles ( Kitua et al, 1988 ; Albonico et al, 1996 ). In all countries, Ascaris lumbricoides , Trichuris trichiura and hookworms were the most common helminths detected.…”

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Prevalence and pattern of waterborne parasitic infections in eastern Africa: A systematic scoping review

Ngowi

2020

Food and Waterborne Parasitology

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Waterborne parasitic diseases form one of common and important public health and economic problems in low- and middle-income countries, though little is known on the burden and patterns of these diseases in most regions. This systematic scoping review informs on the prevalence and pattern of waterborne parasitic infections in eastern Africa from 1st of January 1941 to 31st of December 2019. The review found limited number of published studies on waterborne parasitic diseases, though 13 of the 15 studied countries in eastern Africa provided one or more published report(s) totalling 47 reports. Focus of studies was mainly on schistosomiasis where 44.8% of the 47 retrieved studies reported it. Other frequently reported diseases were giardiasis (23.4% of reports), soil-transmitted helminths (23.4%) and amoebiasis (21.3%). Rarely reported diseases were malaria, cryptosporidiosis, isosporiasis, dracunculiasis and trichomoniasis. Based on parasitological examinations, schistosomiasis prevalence ranged from 17 to 33% in Burundi, 1.9 to 73.9% in Ethiopia, 2.1 to 18% in Kenya, 7.2 to 88.6% in Uganda, 22.9 to 86.3% in Tanzania, 27.2 to 65.8% in Somalia, 15 to >50% in Mauritius, 2.4% in Eritrea and 5.0 to 93.7% in Madagascar. Amoebiasis prevalence was 4.6–15,3% (Ethiopia), 5.9–58.3% (Kenya), 54.5% (Rwanda), 0.7–2.7% (Sudan), 19.93% (Uganda) and 4.5–5.0% (Seychelles). Giardiasis prevalence was 0.6–55.0% (Ethiopia), 16.6% (Kenya), 3.6% (Rwanda), 21.1% (Sudan), 40.7% (Uganda), 45.0% (Eritrea) and 3.3–6.0% (Seychelles). Soil-transmitted helminths prevalence was 41.7–52.4% (Ethiopia), 32.4–40.7% (Kenya), 9997 cases (Rwanda), 85.0% (Somalia), 4.7% (Madagascar) and 1.1–84% (Seychelles), Ascaris lumbricoides , Trichuris trichiura and hookworms were the most common helminths detected. Malaria prevalence was 2.9–4.31% (Ethiopia), an annual episode of 9 million people (Sudan), 13.0% (Tanzania), 146 hospital cases (Madagascar), 1.4–2.0% (Seychelles) and <5.0% in Djibouti. It is also observed that >50% of the populations in eastern Africa region lack improved drinking water sources or sanitation facilities. This may account for the observed high prevalence of the diseases. The author also suggests likely underestimation of the prevalence as most waterborne parasitic diseases are neglected and cases likely only recorded and left unpublished in health facilities. Thus for a thorough mapping of burdens of these diseases, grey literature, including hospital records must be reviewed while interventions focusing on improved water and sanitation are likely to reduce the burden considerably.

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“…Situación en el mundo. La prevalencia de infección oscila entre menos de 1% y hasta 48% 13 en las diferentes regiones estudiadas: USA, 0.6% 14 ; Japón Okinawa, 1% a 10% 15 ; Somalia, 2.9% 16 ; USA Kentucky, 3% 17 ; Costa Rica, 1.1% a 16.5%; Brasil, 15% a 82%; Congo, 26%; Zaire, 26%; República Africana Central, 48% 7,18 .…”

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Strongyloides stercoralis

Zygmunt¹

1990

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

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In many aspects, S stercoralis is a unique opportunistic pathogen. Via its autoinfections cycle, it is capable of producing both parasitic and bacterial infections at remote organ sites. These infections are often nosocomial. Diagnosis can be very difficult if appropriate microscopic evaluation is not done. Concomitant bacterial infections must be treated with appropriate antimicrobial agents; thiobendazole is the treatment of choice for the parasitic phase of these infections.

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The prevalence and intensity of intestinal parasites in two Somalian communities

Cited by 13 publications

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Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa

Screening for intestinal parasites in recently arrived children from East Africa

Prevalence and pattern of waterborne parasitic infections in eastern Africa: A systematic scoping review

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