Wahdini Sri, Putra Vicco Primadhasta, Sungkar Saleha
Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Infect Chemother. 2021 Sep;53(3):519-527. doi: 10.3947/ic.2021.0067.
Intestinal protozoan infection is a public health problem in Indonesia, particularly in regions lacking clean water sources such as Perokonda and Perobatang villages, Southwest Sumba Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. The residents of Perokonda and Perobatang villages use wells and unprotected open springs respectively. Therefore, this study aims to determine the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections in these two villages.
This was a cross-sectional study, carried out in Perokonda and Perobatang from August 2016 to August 2017. A total of 291 children aged 6 months to 18 years were used as subjects. Furthermore, fecal examinations were carried out by preparing smears, which were stained with lugol solution and examined under the microscopes by four experienced technicians. The data were processed using SPSS version 20 and analyzed by chi-square test.
Among the 291 samples, the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections was 20%, with 23.4% in Perokonda and 17.2% in Perobatang. The predominant species found were (34.5%), (19.0%), and (15.5%). Moreover, approximately 69.0% of single infections were found while 31.0% were mixed and associated with 2 to 3 protozoan species. There were no significant differences between the prevalence of intestinal protozoan infections and the children in Perokonda and Perobatang villages (confidence interval 0.83 - 2.62, = 0.19).
The type of water sources has no relationship with the species of intestinal protozoan infecting children in Perokonda and Perobatang.
肠道原生动物感染是印度尼西亚的一个公共卫生问题，特别是在缺乏清洁水源的地区，如东努沙登加拉省西南松巴摄政区的佩罗孔达村和佩罗巴唐村。佩罗孔达村和佩罗巴唐村的居民分别使用井水和未受保护的露天泉水。因此，本研究旨在确定这两个村庄肠道原生动物感染的患病率。
这是一项横断面研究，于2016年8月至2017年8月在佩罗孔达和佩罗巴唐进行。共有291名6个月至18岁的儿童作为研究对象。此外，通过制备涂片进行粪便检查，涂片用卢戈氏溶液染色，并由四名经验丰富的技术人员在显微镜下检查。数据使用SPSS 20版进行处理，并通过卡方检验进行分析。
在291个样本中，肠道原生动物感染的患病率为20%，佩罗孔达村为23.4%，佩罗巴唐村为17.2%。发现的主要种类为（34.5%）、（19.0%）和（15.5%）。此外，约69.0%为单一感染，31.0%为混合感染，与2至3种原生动物有关。佩罗孔达村和佩罗巴唐村肠道原生动物感染的患病率与儿童之间没有显著差异（置信区间0.83 - 2.62，= 0.19）。
水源类型与佩罗孔达村和佩罗巴唐村感染儿童的肠道原生动物种类无关。
