Prevalence, infection intensity and associated factors of soil transmitted helminths among primary school children in Gurage zone, South Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design.
BMC Res Notes
; 12(1): 231, 2019 Apr 16.
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| ID: mdl-30992048
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes among primary school children. School based cross-sectional study design was employed. A total of six hundred study subjects were selected by a multistage sampling method. Fresh stool specimens were collected using clean, dry and wide mouthed labeled stool cups. It was processed by Kato-Katz technique. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.RESULT:
The overall prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes was 57 (9.5%). Hookworm was the most prevalent helminthes species isolated (4.2%) followed by A. lumbricoide (3%). The prevalence of Taenia species, T. trichiura, H. nana and E. vermicularis were; 1.2%, 0.5%, 0.7% and 0.8% respectively. The prevalence of the Soil transmitted helminthes infection was low and all cases of Soil transmitted infections in this study were with low infection intensity. This might be due to the preventive chemotherapy given to the school children.Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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3_ND
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4_TD
Problema de saúde:
1_doencas_transmissiveis
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2_enfermedades_transmissibles
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3_helminthiasis
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3_neglected_diseases
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3_zoonosis
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4_ascariasis
Assunto principal:
Ascaríase
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Taenia
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Teníase
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Ancylostomatoidea
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Ascaris lumbricoides
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Infecções por Uncinaria
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
BMC Res Notes
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Etiópia