1. Pinworm infection in school children of four districts of Malakand region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
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W. Akram, Naeem Khan, Shariat Ullah, M. M. Khan, Waheed Ali Panhwar, Imran, S. Ahmed, Mahmoud S. Ahmed, Sardar Azhar Mehmood, and Wali Khan
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Male ,Veterinary medicine ,Trichuris ,QH301-705.5 ,Science ,oxiuríase ,nematóide intestinal ,Feces ,Pinworm infection ,Helminths ,medicine ,Prevalence ,Animals ,Humans ,Pakistan ,Enterobius ,Biology (General) ,Enterobiosis ,Child ,Schools ,biology ,enterobiose ,Botany ,Enterobiasis ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,oxyuriasis ,enterobiosis ,QL1-991 ,Child, Preschool ,QK1-989 ,oxiúros humanos ,saúde infantil ,child health ,Taenia ,Female ,intestinal nematode ,human pinworms ,Ascaris lumbricoides ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Zoology - Abstract
Illnesses caused by human pinworm remains a pediatric health problem in developing nations including Pakistan. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis in school children of four districts in Malakand region, Pakistan. Four hundred faecal specimens were screened from May 2014 to July 2017 using normal saline and Lugol Iodine solution. Twenty three (5.75%) individuals were found infected with E. vermicularis. Five children (1.25%) were infected with only E. vermicularis and eighteen (4.5%) were mixed with other helminths. E. vermicularis 23 (5.75%), hookworm 11 (2.75%), Ascaris lumbricoides 5 (1.25%), Taenia saginata 2 (0.5%) and Trichuris trichuira 4 (1%) were detected. Age wise 5-8 years were more parasitized followed by 13-15 and 9-12 years of age (0.0296, P
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- 2022