Open AccessHookworm infestation is highly prevalent in both underweight and overweight school aged children in rural area: an observation from field study in Thailand
Author(s) -
Sora Yasri,
Viroj Wiwanitkit
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
asian pacific journal of tropical disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.208
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 2222-1808
DOI - 10.1016/s2222-1808(14)60723-4
Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , infestation , cross sectional study , medicine , prevalence , environmental health , rural area , hookworm infection , demography , veterinary medicine , pediatrics , obesity , helminths , biology , population , immunology , botany , pathology , sociology
Objective: To report the prevalence of hookworm egg detected in stool examinations of a group of\udschool aged children living in a Thai-Cambodia border area.\udMethods: This work is a cross-sectional study performed as a field survey during the rural\uddevelopmental camp. Basic parasitological study is done.\udResults: Of 156 studied stool samples, the hookworm can be seen in 100 samples giving the\udprevalence rate equal to 64.1%.\udConclusions: Based on the present cross sectional study, it can be seen that the prevalence of\udhookworm infestation is high in both underweight and overweight school aged children in this\udarea