Geophagy as risk behaviour for gastrointestinal nematode infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in a humid tropical zone of Nigeria
| Autor: | O. N. Ivoke, Njoku Ivoke, Nnenna Ikpor, Florence Oyibo Iyaji, G. E. Odo, Ngozi Evelyn Ezenwaji, Felicia Nkechi Ekeh, US Onoja, Joseph Effiong Eyo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Ancylostomatoidea Veterinary medicine Nematoda 030231 tropical medicine Humid subtropical climate Nigeria 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Strongyloides stercoralis Deworming 03 medical and health sciences Feces Soil 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health parasitic diseases Strongyloides Prevalence Medicine Animals Humans Intestinal Diseases Parasitic Ascaris lumbricoides Nematode Infections 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Risk behaviour biology business.industry General Medicine Articles biology.organism_classification Cross-Sectional Studies Trichuris Pica Trichuris trichiura Gestation Female Gastrointestinal nematode Pregnant Women business Geophagy gastrointestinal nematode pregnant women humid tropics |
| Zdroj: | African Health Sciences; Vol 17, No 1 (2017); 24-31 |
| ISSN: | 1729-0503 1680-6905 |
| Popis: | Background: Geophagy is wide spread among pregnant women in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess intestinal nematode infections among geophagous pregnant women in Southern Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Methods: Pregnant women were aged 17-45 years at gestational ages of ≥ 14 to 24 weeks on hospital enrolment were sampled. Data on geophagy was collected using structured questionnaire. Gastrointestinal nematode status of the participants was determined by stool analyses. Soil types ingested were examined for intestinal nematode ova / larvae. Results: The prevalence of geophagy (46.4%) was associated with socio-demographic characteristics. Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm were associated with geophagy while Trichuris trichiura and Strongyloides stercoralis had no association. Prevalence of A. lumbricoides , T. trichiura and S. stercoralis differed significantly (p |
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