A school-based soil-transmitted helminths survey in the Guadalcanal Province, the Solomon Islands.
Trop Doct
; 51(2): 167-170, 2021 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-33215977
ABSTRACT
Infections by soil-transmitted helminths are a major public health problem worldwide, especially among schoolchildren in low-income countries. Little information is described about their prevalence in the Solomon Islands. From 2017 to 2018, a school-based soil-transmitted helminths survey in the Guadalcanal Province was conducted. A total of 454 schoolchildren were selected; the Merthiolate-iodine-formaldehyde concentration and stain was used. The prevalence was 17% of one or more parasites, including hookworm (8.8%), Strongyloides stercoralis (5.7%), Ascaris lumbricoides (4.2%) and Trichuris trichiura (3.5%). STH infection was significantly correlated with parents' occupations, hand washing, shoe wearing as well as gastrointestinal symptoms. To prevent STH transmission for schoolchildren in the Solomon Islands completely, combined preventive strategies seem necessary.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Contexto em Saúde:
3_ND
Problema de saúde:
3_helminthiasis
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3_neglected_diseases
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3_zoonosis
Assunto principal:
Solo
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Helmintíase
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Helmintos
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Animals
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Trop Doct
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article