title: Egg positive rate of Enterobius vermicularis and Taenia spp. by cellophane tape method in primary school children in Sivas, Turkey.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to find out the number of students with enterobiasis and/or taeniasis in primary schools of Sivas. Among the 2,029 students in 6 primary schools, 316 (15.6%) were positive to Enterobius vermicularis eggs and 32 (1.6%) were positive to Taenia spp. eggs by the cellophane tape method. The egg positive rates of E. vermicularis and Taenia spp. ranged from 9.4% to 27.2% and from 0.8% to 2.6% respectively among six schools. The egg positive rate of E. vermicularis was found to be significantly different among these schools (chi2 = 31.96, P < 0.05), whereas there was no significant difference between the schools for Taenia spp. (chi2 = 4.37; P > 0.05). The rate (18.7%) of E. vermicularis in the urban slum regions was higher than the rate (11.5%) in the urban central regions (chi2 = 19.20; P < 0.05). Above results demonstrate that the egg positive rate of E. vermicularis and Taenia spp. was still prevalent among primary school children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey. celiksoz@cumhuriyet.edu.tr
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celiksöz
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aciöz
authors.forename: Serpil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Değerli
authors.forename: Ahmet
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alim
authors.forename: Cetin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Aygan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002476:Cellophane; D002648:Child; D017229:Enterobiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004757:Enterobius / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count / Q000379:methods; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D013622:Taeniasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D002476:Cellophane