Open AccessHOOKWORM INFECTION
Author(s) -
Mughees Anjum
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2006.13.01.5058
Subject(s) - hookworm infection , hookworm infections , feces , eggs per gram , medicine , veterinary medicine , population , necator americanus , negative correlation , helminths , immunology , biology , environmental health , ascaris lumbricoides , microbiology and biotechnology
Objectives: To find out prevalence rate of hookworm infection in a rural community of Pakistan. Tofind out whether a significant correlation exists between hookworm infection and haemoglobin. This study “Correlationof hookworm infection and haemoglobin” was conducted in rural population of Mustafaabad (Iulliani) located in DistrictKasur. (Pakistan). By a stratified random sampling 1010 male adult subjects were selected from the above locality. 253i.e. 25.05% were found hookworm positive. Samples of stool and blood were collected. A thorough study on 253hookworm positive subjects was carried out for calculation of haemoglobin levels and intensity of hookworm infectionin terms of number of ova per gram of faeces. Haemoglobin levels were estimated by cyanomethaemoglobin methodand quantitative estimation of hookworm ova in stool was carried out by stoll’s modified egg counting technique. Theresults of the study showed statistically significant relationship between haemoglobin level and No. of hookworm ovaper gram of faces.(r = -- 0.876) for 253 hookworm positive cases, which reflects a high degree of negative correlation.