Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria

Background. Soil-transmitted helminthic infection is a common public health challenge of primary school children in resource challenged and developing countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and pattern of soil-transmitted helminthic infection among primary school children in a rural comm...

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Autores principales: Odinaka, Kelechi Kenneth, Nwolisa, Emeka Charles, Mbanefo, Francis, Iheakaram, Alfreda Chinekwu, Okolo, Seline
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4576010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/349439
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author Odinaka, Kelechi Kenneth
Nwolisa, Emeka Charles
Mbanefo, Francis
Iheakaram, Alfreda Chinekwu
Okolo, Seline
author_facet Odinaka, Kelechi Kenneth
Nwolisa, Emeka Charles
Mbanefo, Francis
Iheakaram, Alfreda Chinekwu
Okolo, Seline
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description Background. Soil-transmitted helminthic infection is a common public health challenge of primary school children in resource challenged and developing countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and pattern of soil-transmitted helminthic infection among primary school children in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria. Method. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 284 primary school children in a rural community. Results. The overall prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthic infection (STHI) was 30.3%. Of all STHIs, hookworm was the commonest geohelminth observed, 81 (94.2%). The prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthic infection was more in males, 58 (38.4%), than in females, 28 (21.1%). This difference was statistically significant (P = 0.001). Conclusion. The high prevalence rate of soil-transmitted helminthic infection amongst the study population is worrisome. There is need for organized and routine deworming among school children in the community.
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spelling pubmed-45760102015-10-04 Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria Odinaka, Kelechi Kenneth Nwolisa, Emeka Charles Mbanefo, Francis Iheakaram, Alfreda Chinekwu Okolo, Seline J Trop Med Research Article Background. Soil-transmitted helminthic infection is a common public health challenge of primary school children in resource challenged and developing countries. Our aim was to determine the prevalence and pattern of soil-transmitted helminthic infection among primary school children in a rural community in Imo State, Nigeria. Method. The study involved a cross-sectional survey of 284 primary school children in a rural community. Results. The overall prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthic infection (STHI) was 30.3%. Of all STHIs, hookworm was the commonest geohelminth observed, 81 (94.2%). The prevalence of soil-transmitted helminthic infection was more in males, 58 (38.4%), than in females, 28 (21.1%). This difference was statistically significant (P = 0.001). Conclusion. The high prevalence rate of soil-transmitted helminthic infection amongst the study population is worrisome. There is need for organized and routine deworming among school children in the community. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4576010/ /pubmed/26435717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/349439 Text en Copyright © 2015 Kelechi Kenneth Odinaka et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Mbanefo, Francis
Iheakaram, Alfreda Chinekwu
Okolo, Seline
Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria
title Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria
title_full Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria
title_fullStr Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria
title_short Prevalence and Pattern of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infection among Primary School Children in a Rural Community in Imo State, Nigeria
title_sort prevalence and pattern of soil-transmitted helminthic infection among primary school children in a rural community in imo state, nigeria
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4576010/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/349439
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