PREVALENCE, CLINICAL AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC PARAMETERS OF INTESTINAL PARASITOSIS IN SUSPECTED EGYPTIAN CHILDRENIN BENHA CITY, EGYPT | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 15, Volume 51, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 113-118 PDF (812.75 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2021.165949 | ||
| Authors | ||
| NAGAT AHMED SOLIMAN; GHADA HELMY OMAR; RABAB EL SAYED OMAR; AMIRA SALAH EL-GHANNAM | ||
| Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Benha University, Benha, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are a public health problem worldwide. This study included 300 children of both sexes, from 4-16 years old. All were subjected to a structured questionnaire sheet, stool examination using: Direct smear and con- centration technique as well as perianal swab. The IPIs prevalence was 12.7%, with 7.9% double infections. The protozoan infections 47.4% was higher than the helminthic ones 44.7%. Giardia duodenalis was the commonest protozoan, and Entrobius vermicularis was the commonest worm. The children suffered from abdominal pain (11.1%), diarrhea (3.8%), perianal itching (71.4%) and thrive failure (17.4%). Male positivity was 11.9% and female positivity was 13.2%. Intestinal parasites were detected in 25.5% of population drinking tap water, followed by 6.1% among those drinking filtrated water. Moreover, IPIs prevalence was 8.1% in children having a family size equal or less than 5 members, whereas 18.9% of children having a family size more than 5 members. Moreover the frequency was higher among rural 15.3% compared to urban inhabitants 7.3%, also in farming family was 16.5% followed by 7.7% among other job holders and among children to illiterate mothers 13% followed by children to educated mothers 12.3%. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Intestinal parasites; Prevalence; Demographic; Giardia duodenalis; Entrobius vermicularis; Entameoba histolytica; Hymenolepis nana | ||
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