Intestinal parasitosis and nutritional status in schoolchildren of Sahar district, Yemen
EMHJ-Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 2006; 12 (Supp. 2): S189-S194
in English
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ABSTRACT
The prevalence and intensity of schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted parasites was estimated among third-year schoolchildren of Sahar district, Sa'dah governorate, Yemen, after 4 schistosomiasis control campaigns. Anthropometric measurements were used to assess nutritional status in relation to infection rates. The prevalence of schistosomiasis infection was low at 5.6% 3.3% for Schistosoma haematobium [geometric mean 0.16 eggs/10 mL urine] and 2.3% for S. mansoni [0.18 eggs/g faeces]. Ascaris lumbricoides was found in 0.4% of the children while other soil-transmitted helminths were not found. Stunting was found in 50.9%, wasting in 4.5% and underweight in 48.7% of the children examined; however, no positive association was found between infection and nutritional status indicators
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Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Students
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Anthropometry
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Nutritional Status
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Risk Factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
East Mediterr Health J.
Year:
2006
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