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Intestinal parasitic infections among children aged 7–14 years in Mizan-Aman city, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

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dc.contributor.author Tekalign, Eyob
dc.contributor.author Duguma, Tadesse
dc.contributor.author Sebeta, Asresash
dc.contributor.author Nureye, Dejen
dc.contributor.author Tesfaye, Tarkegn
dc.date.accessioned 2025-01-22T14:14:00Z
dc.date.available 2025-01-22T14:14:00Z
dc.date.issued 2024-12-24
dc.identifier.citation Tekalign E, Sebeta A, Nureye D, Duguma T, Tesfaye T. Intestinal parasitic infections among children aged 7–14 years in Mizan-Aman city, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study. Frontiers in Public Health. 2024 Dec 24;12:1478293. en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1478293
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.mtu.edu.et/xmlui/handle/123456789/204
dc.description.abstract Background: Intestinal parasitic infections continue to pose a major threat to human health globally, with a particularly high prevalence in developing countries. Soil-borne helminthiasis and schistosomiasis are notably widespread. Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence and contributing factors of intestinal parasites infection among participants aged 7–14 years. Methods: Community-wide prevalence study was undertaken from 30 August to 30 September 2021 in Mizan Aman Town. Socio-demographic information was collected using questionnaires. Three of the five kebels were randomly chosen. Households with children aged 7–14 were gathered from the chosen kebels and health post to recruit one eligible subject. Allocation of study subjects to each of the chosen kebels was computed proportionally. Two thick smear of Kato Katz technique was applied to examine stool samples. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20. To investigate the association between the dependent and independent variables, a logistic regression analysis was conducted. Statistics were considered significant for p-values under 0.05. Results: The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 64.6% (215/333). Of these, 51.05% (170/333) were infected with STHs, while 13.5% (45/333) had S. mansoni. T. trichiura was the most prevalent helminth. Infection intensity ranged from light to moderate was observed. Prior information about STHs (aORr:2.022 = CI:1.222–3.340), poor knowledge about STHs (aOR:1.677 = CI:1.057–2.660), unaware of deworming as prevention method of S. mansoni (aOR:2.620:CI:1267–5.418), swimming (aOR:0.448:CI:0.176–0.992) and contact with water (aOR:0.402:CI:0.169–0.957) were significantly associated with the S. mansoni infection. Conclusion and recommendation: The prevalence of intestinal parasite was high. Heavy infection was not recorded. Beyond mass deworming, the report emphasizes the necessity of ongoing public health interventions to address the high prevalence of these intestinal helminths. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship Self en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Frontiers en_US
dc.subject Intestinal parasitic infection, children aged 7-14 years, Mizan-Aman City, Southwest Ethiopia, community-based study en_US
dc.title Intestinal parasitic infections among children aged 7–14 years in Mizan-Aman city, Southwest Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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