Gastrointestinal protozoan parasites amongst school children in Inanam, Sabah
Intestinal parasitosis is still an important public health problem. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal protozoan parasites (GIP) in schoolchilden and its association with socio-economic and environmental factors. A series of sample collections for stool was...
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my.ums.eprints.202072018-06-21T05:46:13Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20207/ Gastrointestinal protozoan parasites amongst school children in Inanam, Sabah Hairul Hafiz Mahsol Zhafarina Aqmar Mat Desa Mohd Fairus Jalil Abdul Hamid Ahmad RC Internal medicine Intestinal parasitosis is still an important public health problem. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal protozoan parasites (GIP) in schoolchilden and its association with socio-economic and environmental factors. A series of sample collections for stool was carried out in Sekolah Kebangsaan Inanam II, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Samples from 100 schoolchildren were examined by direct smear and formol-ether concentration techniques. The modified Kato-Katz technique was performed to estimate the parasitic burden, expressed in the number of protozoa per gram of stool. The proportion of overall infected samples was 31%. When ranked by proportion, parasite loads were found as follows: Entamoeba histolytica (83.87%), Giardia lamblia (35.48%), Entamoeba coli (22.58%), Entamoeba hartmanni (25.81%), Iodamoeba butschlii (19.35%) and Endolimax nana (6.45%). Both single and double infections in the study had equal percentages (35.48%), followed triple infection (29.03%). There were no significant effects of protozoan infection on weight, height, attendance to school and examination results of the schoolchildren (Independent Group t-Test; p > 0.05). No significant association were found between the protozoan infection and the socio-economic and environmental factors (gender, age, occupation status of mother, house area category and the degree of household crowding). We conclude that the parasitic burden amongst the schoolchildren of Sekolah Kebangsaan Inanam II is minimal and is of less concerned. Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2008 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/20207/1/Gastrointestinal%20protozoan%20parasites%20amongst%20school%20children%20in%20Inanam.pdf Hairul Hafiz Mahsol and Zhafarina Aqmar Mat Desa and Mohd Fairus Jalil and Abdul Hamid Ahmad (2008) Gastrointestinal protozoan parasites amongst school children in Inanam, Sabah. Borneo Science, 23. pp. 39-45. ISSN 1394-4339 http://wwwsst.ums.edu.my/data/file/PC41WThdnKi8.pdf |
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Intestinal parasitosis is still an important public health problem. The aim
of this study was to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal protozoan parasites
(GIP) in schoolchilden and its association with socio-economic and environmental
factors. A series of sample collections for stool was carried out in Sekolah Kebangsaan
Inanam II, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Samples from 100 schoolchildren were examined by
direct smear and formol-ether concentration techniques. The modified Kato-Katz
technique was performed to estimate the parasitic burden, expressed in the number of
protozoa per gram of stool. The proportion of overall infected samples was 31%. When
ranked by proportion, parasite loads were found as follows: Entamoeba histolytica
(83.87%), Giardia lamblia (35.48%), Entamoeba coli (22.58%), Entamoeba hartmanni
(25.81%), Iodamoeba butschlii (19.35%) and Endolimax nana (6.45%). Both single and
double infections in the study had equal percentages (35.48%), followed triple infection
(29.03%). There were no significant effects of protozoan infection on weight, height,
attendance to school and examination results of the schoolchildren (Independent Group
t-Test; p > 0.05). No significant association were found between the protozoan infection
and the socio-economic and environmental factors (gender, age, occupation status of
mother, house area category and the degree of household crowding). We conclude that
the parasitic burden amongst the schoolchildren of Sekolah Kebangsaan Inanam II is
minimal and is of less concerned. |
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