Comparative assessment of intestinal helminths prevalence in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) intervention and non-intervention communities in Abeokuta, Nigeria
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
;
(12): 524-532, 2017.
Article
Dans Chinois
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-686719
ABSTRACT
Objective:
This study compared the prevalence of intestinal helminths in Water, Sani-tation and Hygiene (WASH) intervention and non-intervention communities in Abeokuta, Nigeria.Methods:
Stool samples were collected from 225 respondents in a study carried out between July and November, 2014. Stool samples were examined for presence of hel-minths using Formol-Ether concentration method. Data collected from stool samples were analyzed using SPSS for Windows (version 16).Results:
Results showed that, at the intervention community, 88 out of 113 respondents were infected with at least one helminth infection while at non-intervention community, 80 out of 112 respondents were infected. This result revealed overall helminth prevalence of 78%at Mawuko and 71%at Isolu. In both intervention (Mawuko) and non-intervention (Isolu) communities, hookworm was the most prevalent helminth observed (21% and 18%, respectively) followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (13%and 13%, respectively), Taenia sp. (4%and 3%, respectively) and Trichostrongylus sp. (1%and 3%, respectively). Cases of single infections of Trichuris trichiura, Strongyloides stercoralis and Hymenolepsis nana were observed only at the non-intervention community. However, S. stercoralis occurred in the multiple infections observed at the intervention community. Significantly more (p<0.05) cases of infections were observed in male (46%) at the intervention community than female (31%) while in non-intervention community females (39%) were significantly (p<0.05) more infected than their male counterparts (32%).Conclusions:
This study concludes that the Community Led-Total Sanitation interven-tion programme, which was executed in Mawuko was not effective as expected.
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Disponible
Indice:
WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
langue:
Chinois
Texte intégral:
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
Année:
2017
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Article
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