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Background and Objectives: Intestinal parasitic infection is an important public health problem in Nepal because of its high morbidity and mortality. The distribution and prevalence of the various intestinal parasites species depend on social, geographical, economical and inhabitant customs. Therefore, the present study was designed to determine the burden of intestinal parasitic infections and its relation with sanitary practices and socio-demographic characteristics in Muslim community of Janakpurdham, Nepal.Material and Methods: A total of 161 stool samples were collected in dry, clean and screw capped plastic container and were preserved with 10% formalin. The stool samples were examined by direct microscopy and confirmed by concentration methods. Modified Ziehl Neelsen (ZN) staining was performed for the detection of coccidian parasites. P- value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.Results: The incidence of intestinal parasitic infection was 63.35% (male = 57.84% vs. female = 42.15%) (p = 0.321). The positive cases of parasitic infection were found to be slightly higher in less than 10 years (35.29%) than others. Hookworm (10%) and G. lamblia (28%) infection was marginally higher than other helminthic and protozoan infection. The highest number of positive cases of parasitic infection was found in those who didn’t wash their hands before meal, defecates stool haphazardly in open area, didn’t wash their hands after toilet, didn’t trim their nail, in larger family, with low income and in housewives which was found to be statistically significant (p = <0.05).Conclusion: The health status was found poor among Nepalese Muslim people. Routine periodic screening of parasitic infection among people, changing behavior, public educations on improved personal and environmental hygiene are the fundamental principle in the control of infection.
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Background and Objective: Opportunistic intestinal parasites usually cause mild and self- limiting infections in immunocompetent individuals but in the case of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) they cause severe, chronic or frequent gastrointestinal disease. The spectrum of intestinal parasites causing infections in PLHA varies from country to country and region to region within the country. Therefore it is very necessary to know the relative frequencies of specific intestinal parasites causing diarrhoea in PLHA in different regions of the country to devise appropriate management strategies. The present study was conducted with an aim to document the prevalence pattern of various intestinal parasites in PLHA in rural tertiary care teaching hospital of Maharashtra. Methods: Stool samples collected from HIV infected individuals with diarrhoea were screened for the presence of intestinal parasites by standard parasitological protocol. Results and Interpretation: The incidence of HIV infection was high in age group 26-35 years followed by 16-25 years age group. The incidence of HIV infection was high in males as compared to females. Out of 124 stool samples screened, 44 (35.48%) showed presence of intestinal parasites. Cryptosporidium parvum followed by Entamoebahistolytica and Isospora belli were the most common intestinal parasite. Conclusion: Opportunistic intestinal parasitic infections still pose as a problem in rural parts of India. This underscores the importance of screening of stool samples of PLHA. It can be also suggested that along with prompt diagnosis and treatment of opportunistic infection, clean potable water supply, improved sanitation and health education is necessary for preventing opportunistic infection in PLHA.
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A cross-sectional surveys on 1.206 children aged < 13 years old were carried out in Tra Mai commune of Quang Nam province and Phu Rieng commune of Binh Phuoc province in 2 years of 1999 and 2000. The proportion of anaemia children in Tra Mai was 21.6%, Phu Rieng was 33.5%. The most of them were mild anaemia patients. No severe anaemia case was detected. Malaria, hookworm were determined to be the risk factors for anaemia. There was a correlation between the hemoglobin concentration, the malaria parasitemia and the intensity of hookworm infection. Acid folic supplement treatment with dose of 2mg/kg/day x 30 days, combined with specific drugs in anaemia children had increased clearly hemoglobin concentration compared with single specific drugs
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Child , Malaria , Parasitemia , Epidemiology , Helminthiasis , Parasitic Diseases , AnemiaABSTRACT
Intestinal parasitic infection is a serious public health problem in the world especially in the developing countries,and it is also the important part that impacts human health,especially in children in the rural areas of China.Factors such as water,environmental sanitation,health behavior and so on are related with intestinal parasitic infection.The research progress of the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in the world and the factors that affect the health of people,especially in children in the rural areas were reviewed in the present paper.
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From 1983 to 1986, the authors surveyed for intestinal parasites in four groups of people. In the first group of 474 elementary school children in Bangkok aged 6-15 years, parasites were found in31.2 percent of the specimens examined, the highest prevalence of helminthes being hookworm and Ascaris lumbricoides, i.e. 9.2 and 7.5 percent, respectively; in the second group of 202 monks in Bangkok aged 10-77 years, intestinal parasites were observed in 19.8 percent of the cases, the findings bring hookworm (20.8%) and Strongyloides stercoralis (14.6%); in the third group of 308 monks in Saraburi province aged 10-67 years, intestinal parasites were detected in 60.4 percent of the cases, the finding being hookworm (36.5%) and Opisthorchis viverrini (36.1%); and in the fourth group of 459 monks in Nakorn Pathom province aged 13-35 years, intestinal parasites were found in 53.6 percent of the cases, the finding being Opisthorchis viverrini (32.7%) and hookworm (28.1%) in the firsts group; and Blastocystis hominis (22.9%, 6.9% and 10.6%); Entamoeba coli (12.5%, 6.2% and 8.0%) in the second, third and fourth groups, respectively.