The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Process on the Incidence of Intestinal Parasites; Aydın Province Example

Autor: İbrahim Yıldız, Evren Tileklioğlu
Jazyk: English<br />Turkish
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Türkiye Parazitoloji Dergisi, Vol 47, Iss 2, Pp 100-104 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1300-6320
2146-3077
DOI: 10.4274/tpd.galenos.2023.22438
Popis: Objective:The Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, which started in our country in March 2020, has caused a sudden and dramatic change in our habits. As a result of the pandemic measures directly effective in the transmission of parasites, it has become important to investigate the possible effect of the COVID-19 pandemic process on the incidence of intestinal parasites.Methods:In order to examine the situation before and after the pandemic, all stool and cellophane tape test results examined from March 11, 2018 to March 11, 2022 in Aydın Adnan Menderes University Faculty of Medicine Parasitology Laboratory were evaluated retrospectively. The relationship between the socio-demographic characteristics of the cases, the distribution of the months and years of diagnosis and the prevalence of parasites were also evaluated.Results:Of the 13,036 stool samples examined, 67.42% belong to the pre-pandemic and 32.58% belong to the post-pandemic period. In total, 1.959 stool samples were positive for at least one parasite, of which 71.41% were from the pre-pandemic. Blastocystis spp. was the most frequently detected parasite both before (14.63%) and after the pandemic (12.59%). Of the 3.194 cellophane tape examined, 72.32% belonged to the pre-pandemic and 27.68% post-pandemic period, and Enterobius vermicularis eggs were detected in 246 (7.70%) of all. The majority of E. vermicularis positive samples (82.11%) were belonged to the pre-pandemic period. The number and positivity rates of stool and cellophane tape samples examined in the post-pandemic period showed a significant decrease (p
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