Gbakima A A, Sherpard M, White P T
Coventry Politech, England, UK.
East Afr Med J. 1994 Dec;71(12):792-6.
In a survey of five primary schools and one secondary school in and around the Njala University College environment, in Southern Sierra Leone, 1820 school children were examined. Ascaris lumbricoides was the most common helminth encountered (33.3%) followed by Trichuris trichiura (14.6%) and hookworm infection (10.4%). There was striking differences in the rate of infection between the various schools with the International School being the least affected by all parasites. Multiple infections were quite common, with 53.1% having one type of helminth infection, 40% had two types of helminth infections, while 6.9% had three or more helminth infections. School screening should be an important component of Primary Health Care in Sierra Leone since it offers good opportunity for disease surveillance, health education and early detection and treatment of infections before they become chronic.
在对塞拉利昂南部恩贾拉大学学院周边的五所小学和一所中学进行的一项调查中，对1820名学童进行了检查。蛔虫是最常见的寄生虫（33.3%），其次是鞭虫（14.6%）和钩虫感染（10.4%）。各学校之间的感染率存在显著差异，国际学校受所有寄生虫的影响最小。多重感染相当普遍，53.1%的人感染一种寄生虫，40%的人感染两种寄生虫，而6.9%的人感染三种或更多种寄生虫。学校筛查应成为塞拉利昂初级卫生保健的重要组成部分，因为它为疾病监测、健康教育以及在感染变为慢性之前进行早期发现和治疗提供了良好机会。
