A survey of the prevalence of common human intestinal helminthic infections in Barangay 186 Lower Maricaban, Pasay City

• Main Authors: Batilaran, Remus Sulpicius T., Batungbacal, Raul Francis E., Buco, Allan Ashley P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1992
• Subjects: Parasites > Physiology; Worms, Intestinal and parasitic; Feces; Intestines > Infections; x4 Intestinal infections
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/9490
• Institution: De La Salle University

The presence of parasitic intestinal helminthic eggs were examined from a total of 200 fecal samples that were collected from children ages 1 to 15 years old in Barangay 186 Lower Maricaban, Pasay City. The stools were processed using direct fecal smear technique (DFS). Fecalysis showed positive cases of helminthic parasites, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Enterobius vermicularis. A total of 137 respondents revealed a positive case of Ascaris lumbricoides having an overall prevalence of 68.50 percent. Sixty-four and seventy-three of the total respondents were male and female, respectively and each of which has a prevalence of 32 percent and 36.50 percent (Table 1). However, a total of 56 respondents for Trichuris trichiura infection revealed an overall prevalence of 28 percent. Both male and female respondents (N=28) had the same infection rate of 14 percent (Table 2).Fifty respondents with mixed infections of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura accounted 25 percent prevalence. Both male and female respondents (N=25) had the same infection or 12.50 percent (Table 5).It was found out that the highest total percent infection occurred between ages 1 to 9 years old for Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura. The results showed no significant difference in the distribution of Ascaris and Trichuris infections with regards to sex and age groups of the respondents. Only one case of Enterobius vermicularis infection was found positive among the respondents having a 0.5 percent prevalence. No cases of hookworm, Fasciolopsis buski, Schistosoma japonicum, Diphyllobothrium latum, Dipylidium caninum. Clonorchis sinensis, Hymenolepis nana and Taenia sp. infection were noted.