Shiferaw Kefale, Tesfay Teklemichael, Kalayu Girmay, Kiros Gebrehiwot
Aksum University, College of Natural and Computational Science, Department of Biology, Aksum, Ethiopia.
J Trop Med. 2021 Jun 10;2021:6694809. doi: 10.1155/2021/6694809. eCollection 2021.
This study was aimed to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections in grade school children in Maksegnit, Northwest Ethiopia. Five species of intestinal parasites were identified with an overall prevalence of 155 (40.4%). Among these, 122 (31.8%) and 18 (4.7%) were predominant. Of the total 155 (40.4%) positive individuals, 149 (39%) had a single infection and the rest 6 (1.6%) had double parasitic infections. Of the different variables assessed, age, gender, shoe wearing, and eating raw or undercooked vegetables were not significantly associated with the prevalence of intestinal parasites ( > 0.05). However, a statistically significant association ( < 0.05) was observed between infected children and variables including defecation habit (AOR = 0.216), cleanliness of fingernails (AOR = 0.146), drinking river water (AOR = 0.124), and hand washing habit after defecation (AOR = 0.236) ( < 0.05). Regular deworming, education on personal hygiene, and environmental sanitation to both students and their parents shall be implemented to reduce the prevalence rate of intestinal parasitic infections in the study area.
本研究旨在评估埃塞俄比亚西北部马克塞格尼特小学生肠道寄生虫感染的患病率及相关危险因素。共鉴定出5种肠道寄生虫，总体患病率为155例（40.4%）。其中，122例（31.8%）和18例（4.7%）为主要感染类型。在总共155例（40.4%）阳性个体中，149例（39%）为单一感染，其余6例（1.6%）为双重寄生虫感染。在评估的不同变量中，年龄、性别、穿鞋情况以及食用生的或未煮熟的蔬菜与肠道寄生虫患病率无显著相关性（>0.05）。然而，在感染儿童与包括排便习惯（比值比=0.216）、指甲清洁程度（比值比=0.146）、饮用河水（比值比=0.124）以及便后洗手习惯（比值比=0.236）等变量之间观察到具有统计学意义的相关性（<0.05）。应针对学生及其家长开展定期驱虫、个人卫生教育和环境卫生工作，以降低研究地区肠道寄生虫感染的患病率。
