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Prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminth infections among pre-school age children in 12 kindergartens in Jimma Town, southwest Ethiopia.
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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg] 2015 Mar; Vol. 109 (3), pp. 225-7. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 04. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Background: Pre-school age children (preSAC) remain difficult to reach in mass drug administration (MDA) programmes to control soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections. Kindergartens provide a unique platform to increase the coverage of MDA in preSAC in Ethiopia, but surveys assessing STHs among preSAC in kindergartens are scarce.<br />Methods: We report the prevalence and intensity of STH infections among 622 preSAC in 12 kindergartens in Jimma, Ethiopia.<br />Results: STHs were found in all kindergartens, with prevalence exceeding 50% in 8 kindergartens. The majority of the infections were of low intensity.<br />Conclusions: This study highlights the importance of kindergartens as an additional opportunity for MDA in Ethiopia.<br /> (© The Author 2014. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved. For permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
- Subjects :
- Ancylostomatoidea isolation & purification
Animals
Ascaris lumbricoides isolation & purification
Child, Preschool
Cross-Sectional Studies
Ethiopia epidemiology
Feces parasitology
Female
Helminthiasis parasitology
Helminthiasis transmission
Humans
Infant
Male
Prevalence
Trichuris isolation & purification
Helminthiasis epidemiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1878-3503
- Volume :
- 109
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25371496
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/tru178