A SURVEY ON HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS IN TWO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NEPAL

A SURVEY ON HELMINTHIC INFECTIONS IN TWO RURAL COMMUNITIES IN NEPAL

This study was carried out to elucidate the prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections in rural communities in Nepal. Of 231 inhabitants randomly sampled in Kotyang and Judigaun, 140 (60.6%) were found to be infected with some soil-transmitted helminths. The highest prevalence was observed in ho...

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Veröffentlicht in:Japanese Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1999/12/15, Vol.27(4), pp.511-515
Hauptverfasser: HAMANO, SHINJIRO, KOBAYASHI, SHIGERU, OGAKI, TETSURO, KOGA, MASATAKA, KAWASAKI, MASUMI, ITO, KAZUE, SAITO, ATSUSHI, TSUJI, MORIYASU, TOKUNAGA, SHOJI, SHARMA, SASHI, ACHARYA, GOPAL P., KAWASAKI, TERUKAZU
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Sprache:eng
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epidemiology
IgE
intestinal parasite
Nepal
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Zusammenfassung:This study was carried out to elucidate the prevalence of intestinal helminthic infections in rural communities in Nepal. Of 231 inhabitants randomly sampled in Kotyang and Judigaun, 140 (60.6%) were found to be infected with some soil-transmitted helminths. The highest prevalence was observed in hookworm infection (52.8%), followed by Trichuris trichiura (18.6%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (11.3%) infections. Some inhabitants harboured Vampirolepis nana and liver fluke. The female group aged 60 years old and more showed significantly higher T. trichiura infection rate than the male group with the same age (p
ISSN:0304-2146
2186-1811
DOI:10.2149/tmh1973.27.511