The prevalence of intestinal parasite infection and associated factors among food handlers in eating and drinking establishments in Chagni Town, Northwest Ethiopia

Intestinal parasite infections are widely distributed and affect various segments of the population in Ethiopia as in many developing countries. The government launched an innovative program called Health Extension Program to increase the coverage of primary health care services, mainly by producing model households using model-family training. The aim of this study was to evaluate the intestinal parasite infection in low and high coverage of graduated households. Method. A community-based crosssectional study was conducted from February to June, 2019. A total of 478 participants were enrolled in this study by using a multistage sampling technique. Data were collected by using pretested and semistructured questionnaire. Five grams of stool specimen was collected, and samples were processed using a direct wet mount and Kato Katz technique. Data were coded, entered, and cleaned using statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 20. A Chi-square test was employed to compare the two groups. P value < 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. Result. The prevalence rate of IPIs was 39% and 20.5% in LCGHH and HCGHH, respectively. A. lumbricoides was the predominant parasite, detected in 14.6% and 8.8% followed by S. mansoni 6.3% and 2.1% in LCGHH and HCGHH districts, respectively. LCGHH had significantly higher prevalence of A. lumbricoides, S. mansoni, and hookworm infections than the HCGHH district ( P < 0.05 ). Thirteen (18.8%) study participants in LCGHH and four (11.7%) in HCGHH showed heavy infection with the four common soil-transmitted helminths (A. lumbricoides, S. mansoni, hookworm, and T. trichiura). Among study participants who were positive for S. mansoni, 53.3% in LCGHH and 20% in HCGHH had heavy infection for the Kato thick smear used. Conclusion. The prevalence of IPIs is significantly higher in LCGHH than in the HCGHH district. Producing more model households by giving model family training to nonmodel households and strengthening the information, education, and communication package are crucial in the implementation of the HEP to decrease the prevalence of IPIs especially in LCGHH districts.

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Nutritional status, intestinal parasite infection and allergy among school children in Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Pediatrics ◽

10.1186/1471-2431-13-7 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 35

Author(s):

Bemnet Amare ◽

Jemal Ali ◽

Beyene Moges ◽

Gizachew Yismaw ◽

Yeshambel Belyhun ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutritional Status ◽

School Children ◽

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Northwest Ethiopia ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection

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Magnitude of Intestinal Parasite Infection and Associated Factors Among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care Service in Shewarobit Town Health Facilities, North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Infection and Drug Resistance ◽

10.2147/idr.s338326 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol Volume 14 ◽

pp. 4921-4930

Author(s):

Abinet Dagnaw ◽

Mamush Sahlie ◽

Hailemichael Mulugeta ◽

Sisay Shine ◽

Woinshet Bediru ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Antenatal Care ◽

Pregnant Women ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Care Service ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

Health Facilities ◽

Amhara Region ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection

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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Factors Among Diarrheal Outpatients in South Gondar Zone, Northwest, Ethiopia

10.21203/rs.3.rs-109505/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Getaneh Yemata ◽

Melkalem Azanaw ◽

Lemma Bilal ◽

Birku Mekonnen

Keyword(s):

Logistic Regression ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

Outcome Variable ◽

Parasitic Infections ◽

P Value ◽

Intestinal Parasitic Infections ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection ◽

South Gondar

Abstract Background: Intestinal parasitic infections are major public health problems in several tropical and subtropical developing countries with poor socio-economic status including Ethiopia. Diarrheal patients are a major part of the population with a high risk of intestinal parasitosis. There is a scarcity of studies on intestinal parasite infection among diarrheal patients in South Gondar. As a result, this study was conducted to assess the prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasite infection among diarrheal patients in this area. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted from March to May 2019 with a structured questionnaire data collection technique. A total sample of 240 diarrheal patients included in the study and a simple random sampling technique was used. The stool sample from each study subject was collected and analyzed by direct wet mount techniques. Data were entered in Epi Data Version 4.6.0.0 and exported to Stata version 14 for analysis. Binary logistic regression was used to measure the association of factors with the outcome variable. Factors that have an association with the outcome variable at p-value 0.25 was taken into the multivariable logistic regression analysis to control the potential confounders. The result of the final model will be expressed in terms of adjusted Odd Ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) and statistical significance will be declared if the P-value is less than 0.05. Results: The overall prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among 240 diarrheal patients was 45.4%. The majorities of the positive cases were single infections (85.2%) while the remains were double infections (14.8%). Among the intestinal parasitic infections Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (E. histolytica/dispar) was the highest 60 (55.5%), and followed by Giardia lamblia (G. lamblia) 26 (24.1%), Ascaris lumbricoides (A. lumbricoides) 4(3.7%), hookworm4(3.7%) and Enterobius vermicularis 4(3.7%). The presence of intestinal parasitic infections had significantly associated with marital status (AOR: 0.41; 95% CI: 0.18,0.91).),shoe-wearing habit (AOR:2.81; 95% CI:1.07,7.37) and fingernail cleanliness (AOR:5.12; 95% CI: 2.35,11.12). Conclusion: Intestinal parasitic infections were a highly prevalent health problem among populations in Lay Gaynte woreda. Poor hygiene of fingernails and no shoes wearing a habit were risk factors for intestinal parasites infection among diarrheal patients.

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STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PARASITIC INFECTION AND KNOWLEDGE, HYGIENIC PRACTICAL MEASURES OF PARASITIC INFECTIOUS PREVENTION IN VINH THAI COMMUNITY

Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy ◽

10.34071/jmp.2017.4.18 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 119-124

Author(s):

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Risk Behaviors ◽

Ascaris Lumbricoides ◽

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Parasitic Infection ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection ◽

Before And After ◽

Parasite Infections ◽

The Relationship

Introduction: Intestinal parasite infections werecommonintropical country such as Vietnam. Having good knowledge of parasitic infectious prevention and changing risk behaviors can decrease the infection rate. Objective: To evaluate the parasitic infectious rate in Vinh Thai community before and after being health education and the changing of knowledge of parasitic infectious prevention and risk behaviors. Materials and methods: 60 households in Vinh Thai commune were interviewed their knowledge of parasitic infectious prevention and examined intestinal parasite infection by Kato technique and then trained the knowledge of parasitic infectious prevention. The interview and examination parasite infectiousrate were carried out after 6 months to evaluating their knowledge. Result: Before health education, the rate of intestinal parasite infection was 17.4% with the prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, whipworm, pinworm, small fluke worm and co-infection with A. lumbricoides - whipworm, hookworm-whipworm were 0.1%; 8.0%; 5.8%; 0.6%; 0.3%; 1.2% and 3.0% respectively. Six months later the rate of intestinal parasite infection was decreased in 12.6% even though not statistical significantly. However, there were no case of small fluke worm and co-infection with hookworm-whipworm. Receiving health education, their knowledge of parasitic infectious prevention was higher significantly but their risk behaviors were not changed so much. Conclusion: Health education can change the rate of parasite infection with higher knowledge of parasitic infectious prevention but it was necessary continuous study to change the risk behaviors. Key words: intestinal parasite, health education

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Intestinal Parasite Infection in the Kampuchean Refugee Population 6 Years after Resettlement in Canada

The Journal of Infectious Diseases ◽

10.1093/infdis/166.2.413 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 166 (2) ◽

pp. 413-417 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

T. W. Gyorkos ◽

J. D. MacLean ◽

P. Viens ◽

C. Chheang ◽

E. Kokoskin-Nelson

Keyword(s):

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

Refugee Population ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection

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Aerobic Performance of Wild‐Derived House Mice Does Not Change with Cold Exposure or Intestinal Parasite Infection

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology ◽

10.1086/383513 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 77 (3) ◽

pp. 440-449 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Deborah M. Kristan ◽

Kimberly A. Hammond

Keyword(s):

Cold Exposure ◽

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

Aerobic Performance ◽

House Mice ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection

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Prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasite infection by HIV infection status among asymptomatic adults in rural Gabon

African Health Sciences ◽

10.4314/ahs.v20i3.5 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 1024-1034

Author(s):

Jeanne Vanessa Koumba Lengongo ◽

Bedrich Pongui Ngondza ◽

Bridy Moutombi Ditombi ◽

Noé Patrick M’Bondoukwé ◽

Jacques Mari Ndong Ngomo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Intestinal Parasite ◽

Intestinal Parasites ◽

Tap Water ◽

Parasite Infection ◽

People Living With Hiv ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Cd4 Cell Count ◽

Intestinal Parasite Infection ◽

Cd4 Cell ◽

Hiv Negative

Introduction: Intestinal parasites infections are endemic in Gabon. Nevertheless, they are rarely described in people living with HIV (PLHIV). Objective: The frequency of intestinal parasite infection was estimated and compared between HIV-positive and HIV un- infected individuals in Gabon; factors associated with intestinal parasites were also analysed. Material and Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design sociodemographic data, life style habits, antiretroviral therapy, cotrimoxazole use and CD4 cell count were recorded.. Stool samples from participants living in Koulamoutou and Oyem were analysed using microscopy. Chi-squared or fisher’s exact tests and logistic regression were performed. Results: Among participants (n=332), female gender was predominant (73.7%; n=135/183) and the median age was 45 [33-57] years old. Among 183 samples, 53.6% (n = 98/183) were infected by intestinal parasites. The proportion was higher (72.1%) in HIV negative participants compared to PLHIV (42.6%) (p <0.01). PLHIV were more frequently poly-infected. Infection was frequent in patients using external toilets and tap water (>70.0%). Conclusion: Prevalence of intestinal parasites is higher in seronegative participants but polyparasitism is more frequent in PLHIV. Strategies are focused on HIV negative population, but this study shows the importance of sensitization for PLHIV to improve their quality of life. Keywords: Intestinal parasites; Human immunodeficiency virus; cotrimoxazole; CD4 cell; Gabon.

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