Adedoyin M A, Awogun I A, Juergensen T
Department of Child Health, University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Kwara State.
West Afr J Med. 1990 Apr-Jun;9(2):83-8.
Studies on the role of intestinal parasites in diarrhoeal disease in children were carried out among 907 children of one month to 120 months (10 years) of age both at out patients and inpatients in Unilorin Teaching Hospital. The most common intestinal parasites found were Ascaris lumbricoides (40.9%), Trichuris trichiura (27%), Hookworm (10.2%), Strongyloides stercoralis (9.7%), E. histolytica (6.3%), Trichomona vaginalis (2.8%). Taenia saginata (1.7%) and 1.1% of Paragonimus westermani, among the diarrhoeal cases. But among the non-diarrhoeal group, intestinal parasites loads were lower, except Ascaris lumbricoides (58.2%). The main differences observed between the two groups was that the egg-load was higher among diarrhoeal than in non-diarrhoeal group. The role of parasites in the initiation of diarrhoea in children was discussed.
在伊洛林大学教学医院的门诊和住院部，对907名年龄在1个月至120个月（10岁）的儿童进行了关于肠道寄生虫在儿童腹泻病中作用的研究。发现的最常见肠道寄生虫为蛔虫（40.9%）、鞭虫（27%）、钩虫（10.2%）、粪类圆线虫（9.7%）、溶组织内阿米巴（6.3%）、阴道毛滴虫（2.8%）、牛带绦虫（1.7%）以及卫氏并殖吸虫（1.1%），这些均在腹泻病例中被发现。但在非腹泻组中，除蛔虫（58.2%）外，肠道寄生虫感染率较低。两组之间观察到的主要差异在于，腹泻组的虫卵负荷高于非腹泻组。文中还讨论了寄生虫在儿童腹泻发病中的作用。
