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Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya

Background. School age children are at high risk of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) worldwide. In Kenya, STH infections in children remain high despite the periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs. Our study assessed the prevalence and intensity of STH in primary school-aged children in Kakameg...

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Autores principales: Ngonjo, Teresia, Okoyo, Collins, Andove, Julius, Simiyu, Elses, Lelo, Agola Eric, Kabiru, Ephantus, Kihara, Jimmy, Mwandawiro, Charles
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7680124
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author Ngonjo, Teresia
Okoyo, Collins
Andove, Julius
Simiyu, Elses
Lelo, Agola Eric
Kabiru, Ephantus
Kihara, Jimmy
Mwandawiro, Charles
author_facet Ngonjo, Teresia
Okoyo, Collins
Andove, Julius
Simiyu, Elses
Lelo, Agola Eric
Kabiru, Ephantus
Kihara, Jimmy
Mwandawiro, Charles
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description Background. School age children are at high risk of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) worldwide. In Kenya, STH infections in children remain high despite the periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs. Our study assessed the prevalence and intensity of STH in primary school-aged children in Kakamega County, western Kenya. Methodology. We carried out a cross-sectional study on a population of 731 children attending 7 primary schools in March 2014. Children aged 4–16 years were examined for STH by the quantitative Kato-Katz technique. Infection intensities were expressed as eggs per gram (epg) of faeces. Findings. Among 731 school children examined for STH, 44.05% were infected. Highest prevalence of STH was in Shitaho primary school where 107 participants were examined and 62.6% were infected with mean intensity of 11667 epg. Iyenga had the least prevalence where 101 participants were examined and 26.7% were infected with mean intensity of 11772 epg. A. lumbricoides was the most prevalent STH species with 43.5% infected, while hookworm infections were low with 1.8% infected. Conclusion. Prevalence of STHs infections in Kakamega County remains high. We recommend guidelines and other control strategies to be scaled up to break transmission cycles.
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spelling pubmed-49713232016-08-14 Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya Ngonjo, Teresia Okoyo, Collins Andove, Julius Simiyu, Elses Lelo, Agola Eric Kabiru, Ephantus Kihara, Jimmy Mwandawiro, Charles J Parasitol Res Research Article Background. School age children are at high risk of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) worldwide. In Kenya, STH infections in children remain high despite the periodic administration of anthelmintic drugs. Our study assessed the prevalence and intensity of STH in primary school-aged children in Kakamega County, western Kenya. Methodology. We carried out a cross-sectional study on a population of 731 children attending 7 primary schools in March 2014. Children aged 4–16 years were examined for STH by the quantitative Kato-Katz technique. Infection intensities were expressed as eggs per gram (epg) of faeces. Findings. Among 731 school children examined for STH, 44.05% were infected. Highest prevalence of STH was in Shitaho primary school where 107 participants were examined and 62.6% were infected with mean intensity of 11667 epg. Iyenga had the least prevalence where 101 participants were examined and 26.7% were infected with mean intensity of 11772 epg. A. lumbricoides was the most prevalent STH species with 43.5% infected, while hookworm infections were low with 1.8% infected. Conclusion. Prevalence of STHs infections in Kakamega County remains high. We recommend guidelines and other control strategies to be scaled up to break transmission cycles. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC4971323/ /pubmed/27525108 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7680124 Text en Copyright © 2016 Teresia Ngonjo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 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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Okoyo, Collins
Andove, Julius
Simiyu, Elses
Lelo, Agola Eric
Kabiru, Ephantus
Kihara, Jimmy
Mwandawiro, Charles
Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
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title_full Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
title_fullStr Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
title_short Current Status of Soil-Transmitted Helminths among School Children in Kakamega County, Western Kenya
title_sort current status of soil-transmitted helminths among school children in kakamega county, western kenya
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4971323/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525108
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7680124
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