Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Hawassa University students' clinic, Southern Ethiopia: a 10-year retrospective study.
BMC Res Notes
; 12(1): 702, 2019 Oct 28.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients who had attended Hawassa University students' clinic, Southern Ethiopia.RESULT:
Over the 10 years period, a total of 13,679 patients visiting Hawassa University students' clinic were included in the study. A total of 6553 (47.9%) patients were positive for at least one intestinal parasite. The overall prevalence of intestinal helminth and protozoan infections was 20.3% and 27.6% respectively. There were four dual infections and one triple infection. E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite was the most common identified parasite, which was seen in 18% of the patients while Enterobius vermicularis (0.1%) was the least reported parasite. Other parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (15.0%), Hookworm species (2.0%), Taenia species (1.8%), Hymenolepis nana (0.7%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.3%), Trichuris trichuria (0.2%), and Shistosoma mansoni (0.2%). The prevalence of helminthes was higher in females (23.3%) than in males (19.5%) (P < 0.00001) while that of protozoan infections was 28.5% in males than females (23.8%) (574/2414) (P < 0.00001).Palavras-chave
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Enteropatias Parasitárias
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article