Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Hawassa University students’ clinic, Southern Ethiopia: a 10-year retrospective study
| Autor: | Kidist Ayele, Tadesse Menjetta, Wondimu Anjulo, Tewodros Tafesse, Mekides Haile, Teketel Simion, Solomon Asnake |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Hymenolepis nana
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Trichuris Adolescent Universities Parasitic infections lcsh:Medicine Intestinal parasite medicine.disease_cause General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Strongyloides stercoralis Young Adult Internal medicine Protozoan infection Helminths parasitic diseases Hawassa University medicine Prevalence Animals Humans Enterobius Protozoa Intestinal Diseases Parasitic lcsh:Science (General) Ascaris lumbricoides Students lcsh:QH301-705.5 Retrospective Studies Protozoan Infections biology business.industry lcsh:R Entamoeba histolytica General Medicine medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Research Note lcsh:Biology (General) Female Ethiopia business lcsh:Q1-390 |
| Zdroj: | BMC Research Notes BMC Research Notes, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1756-0500 |
| Popis: | Objective The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among patients who had attended Hawassa University students’ clinic, Southern Ethiopia. Result Over the 10 years period, a total of 13,679 patients visiting Hawassa University students’ clinic were included in the study. A total of 6553 (47.9%) patients were positive for at least one intestinal parasite. The overall prevalence of intestinal helminth and protozoan infections was 20.3% and 27.6% respectively. There were four dual infections and one triple infection. E. histolytica/E. dispar trophozoite was the most common identified parasite, which was seen in 18% of the patients while Enterobius vermicularis (0.1%) was the least reported parasite. Other parasites identified were Ascaris lumbricoides (15.0%), Hookworm species (2.0%), Taenia species (1.8%), Hymenolepis nana (0.7%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.3%), Trichuris trichuria (0.2%), and Shistosoma mansoni (0.2%). The prevalence of helminthes was higher in females (23.3%) than in males (19.5%) (P |
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