Open AccessCorrelation of Nutritional Status with Hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis Infection in Children Under Five Years in Kokar Public Health Center, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara
Author(s) -
Benaya Yamin Onesiforus,
Indra Elisabet Lalangpuling,
Mahardika Agus Wijayanti,
E. Elsa Herdiana Murhandarwati
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indonesian journal of tropical and infectious disease/indonesian journal of tropical an infectious disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2356-0991
pISSN - 2085-1103
DOI - 10.20473/ijtid.v8i3.12570
Subject(s) - strongyloides stercoralis , hookworm infection , hookworm infections , underweight , helminths , intestinal parasite , necator americanus , strongyloidiasis , medicine , veterinary medicine , feces , ascaris lumbricoides , immunology , biology , environmental health , obesity , overweight , microbiology and biotechnology
Malnutrition can reduce immune response particularly in cytokine (IL-4, IL-5, IL-10) production and immune eector (eosinophil, IgE, and mast cell), thus increasing the probability of intestinal nematode infection. Through this study, intestinal nematode infections occurred among children under five years, at dierent nutrition status, in Kokar Public Health center, Alor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara was captured. Hookworm and Strongyloides stercoralis were studied as both of them have devastating impacts compare to other helminthes compare to other helminths. This study is a cross- sectional study with a quote sampling technique. As many as 238 children, aged 12-59 months living in Kokar’s Public Health Center area, Alor regency were recruited in this study i.e. 7.7% severely underweight, 19.2% underweight, 70.5% normal and 2.6% overweight. Data were collected in August - October 2016. Hookworm and S. stercoralis infection were determined from collected fecal samples of all subjects using either Baermann test, Koga Agar Plate (KAP), or Harada- Mori culture method. The prevalence of hookworm and S. stercoralis infection was 8.82%, and 0,42%. Correlation between nutritional status and hookworm infection were analyzed by Mann-Whitney test with p value = 0.54 (p > 0.05). Prevalence of hookworm and S. stercoralis among children under five years in Kokar were 8.82% and 0.42%. There was no significant correlation between nutritional status with hookworm infection prevalence.