Open Access<p>Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection and Its Associated Factors Among School Children in Two Primary Schools in Harbu Town, North East Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study</p>
Author(s) -
Daniel Gebretsadik,
Melkam Tesfaye,
Aderaw Adamu,
Gashaw Zewde
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric health, medicine and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1179-9927
DOI - 10.2147/phmt.s252061
Subject(s) - cross sectional study , medicine , hygiene , giardia lamblia , intestinal parasite , personal hygiene , population , entamoeba histolytica , entamoeba coli , environmental health , veterinary medicine , ascaris lumbricoides , demography , helminths , immunology , family medicine , pathology , sociology
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are major health problems in many developing countries. School children between the ages of 5 and 15 years suffer the highest infection rate and parasitic burden that are attributed to poor sanitation and hygiene. In Ethiopia, the prevalence of IPIs among school children is high (ranging from 66.7% to 83.8%).