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High prevalence of intestinal worms in children up to 5 years of age in Huaphan province, Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR)
- Source :
- Parasite Epidemiology and Control, Vol 2, Iss 3, Pp 114-117 (2017), Parasite Epidemiology and Control
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Elsevier, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background The prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infection is high in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR), reaching 62% among school-children. However, this prevalence presents wide regional variations, due to differences in healthcare access and environmental factors. Curiously, there are few studies on helminth infections in pre-school children – an age group targeted by the national de-worming campaign. Therefore, a preliminary study was conducted in a remote region of Huaphan Province, North Laos, to determine the prevalence of helminth infections in pre-school children. Results A total of 74 pre-school aged children provided stool samples for this study. Parasite eggs were detected in 41.9% with Ascaris lumbricoides being most common (32.4%). Presence of parasites was significantly associated with distance from health centres. Conclusions Such a high prevalence of helminth infection indicates that the national deworming campaign is not adequate in the remote areas, in particular in villages distant from health care centres. It is necessary to ensure the proper administration of anti-helminthics to all children and to adapt the implementation of deworming campaigns to the specificities of each province.
- Subjects :
- Veterinary medicine
Helminth infections
Epidemiology
030231 tropical medicine
LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
Article
lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases
Deworming
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Lao PDR
Environmental health
Health care
parasitic diseases
Prevalence
Helminths
lcsh:RC109-216
030212 general & internal medicine
Soil-transmitted-helminths
High prevalence
biology
business.industry
biology.organism_classification
Infectious Diseases
Geography
Parasitology
Ascaris lumbricoides
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24056731
- Volume :
- 2
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Parasite Epidemiology and Control
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....af8c6109bea8596fec3a95593c98a284