King Abdulaziz University, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Department of Zoology, Mardan, Pakistan.
Braz J Biol. 2022 Aug 29;82:e244747. doi: 10.1590/1519-6984.244747. eCollection 2022.
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are a major cause of morbidity worldwide and have been described as an important public health problem. The present study aimed to determine the un usual parasitic infection and identification of risk factors among 4-12years old school age children residing in lower dir district, Pakistan from 2018- 2019. Of the 400 children studied in which the overall prevalence rate for intestinal parasitic infections was found to be 71.75%. Children infected with single parasite accounted for 67.94% and 32.05% were detected with poly-parasitism. Shistosoma japonicum (0.69%), Taxocara spp (0.69%) and cryptosporidium (0.69%), were identified in children living in studied areas. We conclude that there is a need for mass scale campaigns to create awareness regarding health and hygiene in children and the need for development of effective poverty control programmes.
肠道寄生虫感染（IPIs）是全球发病率的主要原因，被描述为一个重要的公共卫生问题。本研究旨在确定巴基斯坦下迪尔区 2018-2019 年 4-12 岁学龄儿童中不寻常的寄生虫感染和危险因素。在 400 名研究儿童中，肠道寄生虫感染的总患病率为 71.75%。感染单一寄生虫的儿童占 67.94%，检测到 32.05%有多寄生虫感染。在研究地区生活的儿童中发现了日本血吸虫（0.69%）、旋毛虫属（0.69%）和隐孢子虫（0.69%）。我们的结论是，需要开展大规模的宣传活动，提高儿童对健康和卫生的认识，需要制定有效的扶贫控制计划。
