Open AccessPrevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections among Schoolchildren of Kapan VDC, Kathmandu
Author(s) -
U. Kc,
Shiva Kumar,
Shaila Basnyat,
Milan Kumar Upreti
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of applied sciences and biotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2091-2609
DOI - 10.3126/ijasbt.v7i1.21637
Subject(s) - trichuris trichiura , veterinary medicine , incidence (geometry) , giardia lamblia , giardia , prevalence , diarrhea , trichuris , biology , medicine , helminths , zoology , gastroenterology , immunology , ascaris lumbricoides , epidemiology , microbiology and biotechnology , physics , optics
The present study investigated the intestinal parasitic infections in schoolchildren of Kapan VDC, Kathmandu, Nepal. A total of 330 schoolchildren were included in this study. Stool samples collected in clean, dry, screw-capped plastic containers were examined by formal-ether sedimentation technique. A total of 134 samples (40.6%) were positive for some kind of intestinal parasites. The percentage of monoparasitism (67.9%) were higher than multiparasitism (32.1%). Giardia lamblia (17.8%) and Trichuris trichiura (3.6%) were the commonest protozoa and helminthes respectively. Girls were marginally more infected (41.4%) than boys (39.8%) (p>0.05). Children 5 (41.5%) than ≤5 (40.1%) (p=0.82). In ethnic wise distribution, incidence rate of parasites was higher in Dalits (71.4%) and the least in Indo-Aryans (33.1%) (p<0.05). Children drinking water from groundwater source had marginally lower prevalence rate (31.3%) than who used tap water (58.4%) (p<0.001). The higher infection rate (51.3%) was observed in children belonging to labour family and the least in the business family (33.3%) (p=0.032). The children who had taken anti-parasitic drug within past 6 months had lower prevalence rate (25%) than those who had not taken drugs (44.4%) (p=0.005).
Int. J. Appl. Sci. Biotechnol. Vol 7(1): 22-26