Sharma Archa, Purwar Shashank, Gupta Shipra, Gupta Ayush, Gautam Disha
Department of Microbiology, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Department of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.
J Lab Physicians. 2022 Oct 20;15(2):202-206. doi: 10.1055/s-0042-1757417. eCollection 2023 Jun.
Intestinal parasites are a major public health problem in tropical countries. Over 1.5 billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH), of which 225 million are in India. Parasitic infections are associated with poor sanitation, lack of safe potable water, and improper hygiene. The study was undertaken to ascertain the impact of control strategies, namely open-defecation free drive and mass drug administration of single dose albendazole. Stool samples received at AIIMS Bhopal Microbiology laboratory, across all age groups, were studied for protozoan trophozoites/cysts and helminthic ova. Out of 4,620 stool samples, 389 (8.41%) were positive either for protozoal or helminthic infections. Protozoan infections were more common than helminthic infections with infection being the most common, 201 (51.67%), followed by , 174 (44.73%). The helminthic infections constituted 14 (3.5%) of the positive stool samples with Hookworm ova in 6 (1.5%) cases. This study proves that strategies, namely "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" and "National Deworming Day" started in 2014 and 2015 led to significant reduction of intestinal parasite infections in Central India, with a higher reduction of STH compared with protozoan parasite infection being ascribed to the activity spectrum of albendazole.
肠道寄生虫是热带国家的一个主要公共卫生问题。超过15亿人感染了土源性蠕虫，其中2.25亿人在印度。寄生虫感染与卫生条件差、缺乏安全饮用水和卫生习惯不当有关。 本研究旨在确定控制策略的影响，即无露天排便运动和单剂量阿苯达唑的大规模药物给药。对在全年龄组的博帕尔全印医学科学研究所微生物实验室收到的粪便样本进行原生动物滋养体/包囊和蠕虫虫卵研究。 在4620份粪便样本中，389份（8.41%）原生动物或蠕虫感染呈阳性。原生动物感染比蠕虫感染更常见，其中 感染最为常见，有201份（51.67%），其次是 ，有174份（44.73%）。蠕虫感染占阳性粪便样本的14份（3.5%），其中6份（1.5%）样本中有钩虫卵。 本研究证明，2014年和2015年启动的“清洁印度运动”和“全国驱虫日”等策略，使印度中部的肠道寄生虫感染显著减少，与原生动物寄生虫感染相比，土源性蠕虫感染减少幅度更大，这归因于阿苯达唑的活性谱。
