Prevalence of Pathogenic Intestinal Parasites Among Preschool Children in Al-Medina District, Saudi Arabia

Autor:	Saleh R. Al-Ballaa, Mohammed A. Al-Sekeit, Suliman R. Al-Balla, Abdulrahman M. Al-Mazrou, Mogbil A. Al-Hedaithy, Rashed S. Al-Rashed
Rok vydání:	1993
Předmět:	Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Multistage sampling Environmental health education parasitic diseases Medicine General Medicine business geographic locations
Zdroj:	Annals of Saudi Medicine. 13:259-263
ISSN:	0975-4466 0256-4947
DOI:	10.5144/0256-4947.1993.259
Popis:	The prevalence of pathogenic intestinal parasites among preschool children in Al-Medina district, Saudi Arabia, was determined through a randomized multistage sampling of 8000 preschool children. Duplicate specimens from each child were examined using a simple sedimentation technique. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites among children screened was 18.4%. The most common parasite isolated was Giardia lamblia (14.5%). This was followed by Entamoeba histolytica (2.7%), Enterobius vermicularis (1.4%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.0%) and others. Out of the 1462 children positive for parasites, 183 (12.5%) had mixed parasitic infections. Prevalence among preschool children was highly associateed with older age, rural residence, non-municipal water supply, inadequate latrine type, low level of parental education, abdominal pain, and diarrhea.
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