Addo Seth Offei, Owusu-Akyaw Margaret, Bentil Ronald Essah, Amoah Stacy, Oware Seth, Baako Bernice Olivia Ama, Larbi John Asiedu
Parasitology Department, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana, ug.edu.gh.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Biology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, knust.edu.gh.
Biomed Res Int. 2025 Sep 1;2025:7766777. doi: 10.1155/bmri/7766777. eCollection 2025.
Intestinal parasites pose a risk to public health globally, causing a high economic burden in developing countries. Most diagnostic methods aimed at detecting these parasites in hospital settings are not sensitive to recovering parasites. Hence, the prevalence of these diseases remains a challenge in areas of poor environmental sanitation and inadequate diagnostic tools. Control strategies are critical but may need a deep understanding of the epidemiology of parasitic diseases. In Ghana, intestinal parasitic infections are considered to be an important public health issue. Despite efforts to reduce the burden of infections, these parasites continue to spread. As such, this review is aimed at bringing up to date the existing information on the burden of intestinal parasites in Ghana by compiling available publications from 1975 to 2023. Emphasis is made on parasitic infections in vulnerable groups, livestock and the risk of zoonotic transmission. There is a need for more surveillance efforts to determine the dynamics of infections as well as intensify mass education.
肠道寄生虫在全球范围内对公共卫生构成威胁，在发展中国家造成了高昂的经济负担。大多数旨在在医院环境中检测这些寄生虫的诊断方法对寄生虫的检出并不敏感。因此，在环境卫生差和诊断工具不足的地区，这些疾病的流行仍然是一个挑战。控制策略至关重要，但可能需要深入了解寄生虫病的流行病学。在加纳，肠道寄生虫感染被认为是一个重要的公共卫生问题。尽管努力减轻感染负担，但这些寄生虫仍在继续传播。因此，本综述旨在通过汇编1975年至2023年的现有出版物，更新加纳肠道寄生虫负担的现有信息。重点关注弱势群体、家畜中的寄生虫感染以及人畜共患病传播的风险。需要加强监测工作以确定感染动态，并加强大众教育。
