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Authors
Affiliations
1 School of Public Health and Community Medicine, B P Koirala Institute of Health
Sciences Dharan, NP
2 Department of Microbiology, Chitwan Medical College Bharatpur, NP
Source
International Journal of Medical and Dental Sciences, Vol 2, No 2 (2013), Pagination: 121-127
Abstract
Background:Worm infestation has remained major zoonotic diseases in Nepal especially among children.
Objectives: To measure the prevalence of worm infestation and to identify risk factors associated with worm infestation among the school children of Dharan.
Material and Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among school children of Dharan. Stratified random sampling method was applied to choose the schools and the study subjects. The Chi-square test was used to measure the association of risk factors and worm infestation.
Results: Overall prevalence of worm infestation among the school children was 11.3 percent. Taenia species was found very high (5.3%) in comparison to other worms i.e. Hookworm (2%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.9%), Trichuris trichiura (1%), Hymenolepsis nana (0.7%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.3%). No significant relationship was traced among the factors in the causation of worm infestation although slight indications present.
Conclusions: Overall prevalence of worm infestation among the school children has remained high.
Keywords
Dharan, Prevalence, Risk Factors, School Children, Worm Infestation.
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