A study on the prevalence of intestinal roundworm infections in children of upper Manalete II, Barangay Santa Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal

• Main Author: Barleta, Joanne Amar
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1996
• Subjects: Worms; Intestinal and parasitic; Helminths; Roundworm; Parasites > Physiology; Feces
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/1356
• Institution: De La Salle University

A survey to determine the prevalence rate of the intestinal parasites, particularly Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworms was conducted among the children from three (3) months to twelve (12) years old living in Upper Manalete II, Barangay Santa Cruz, Antipolo, Rizal. Of the 145 screw-capped bottles distributed, only 125 bottles with stool samples were obtained from the respondents of the study site. These respondents were classified according to age group and sex. Using direct fecal smear method, the stool samples were examined for the presence of parasitic eggs. A. lumbricoides infection was noted to be 43 (34.40) which has the highest rate of infection among the three parasites. Second is that of T. trichiura was found in hookworms which accounted for 7 (5.60) of the total respondents. There were 47 (37.60) respondents found negative for any of these intestinal parasitic infections. Mixed infections of A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura, was found to be 11 (8.80) of the total respondents, while those of A. lumbricoides and hookworm, accounted to 8 (6.40) of the total samples.