Taherkhani Khadijeh, Barikani Ameneh, Shahnazi Mojtaba, Saraei Mehrzad
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Children Growth Research Center, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran.
Iran J Parasitol. 2019 Oct-Dec;14(4):657-663.
Intestinal parasites are one of the health challenges in developing countries. Decreasing the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) is one of the main aims of health services in these countries. This study was designed to determine the current status of IPIs in rural residents of Takestan a town located in North West of Iran.
A total of 2280 rural residents of Takestan were randomly selected. Data were collected through questionnaire by interviews and laboratory findings obtained by microscopic examination of stool sample including wet smear and formalin ethyl-acetate concentration. A <0.05 was considered significant, statistically.
In total, 8.7% (199/2280) of participants were positive for at least one intestinal parasite. The prevalence of polyparasitism was 0.7% in study population. was the only helminthic infection which was detected (1/2280). , , and were the most common IPIs with prevalence of 3.6%, 2.9%, and 1.6%, respectively. Statistically, the prevalence of IPIs showed significant differences among villages (<0.01) and age groups (<0.001), and also habit of eating raw vegetables (<0.005), whereas, the difference was insignificant in terms of sex, education level, and occupation.
The prevalence of IPIs in rural residents of the study area is considerably low and this reduction was very impressive about helminthic infections.
肠道寄生虫是发展中国家面临的健康挑战之一。降低肠道寄生虫感染（IPIs）的流行率是这些国家卫生服务的主要目标之一。本研究旨在确定位于伊朗西北部的塔克斯坦镇农村居民中IPIs的现状。
随机选取了2280名塔克斯坦镇农村居民。通过访谈问卷收集数据，并通过粪便样本显微镜检查（包括湿涂片和福尔马林 - 乙酸乙酯浓缩法）获得实验室检查结果。统计学上，P<0.05被认为具有显著性。
总体而言，8.7%（199/2280）的参与者至少感染一种肠道寄生虫呈阳性。研究人群中多重寄生虫感染的患病率为0.7%。 是唯一检测到的蠕虫感染（1/2280）。 、 和 是最常见的IPIs，患病率分别为3.6%、2.9%和1.6%。统计学上，IPIs的患病率在不同村庄（P<0.01）、年龄组（P<0.001）以及食用生蔬菜的习惯方面（P<0.005）存在显著差异，而在性别、教育水平和职业方面差异不显著。
研究区域农村居民中IPIs的患病率相当低，并且蠕虫感染率的下降非常显著。
