title: A province-based study using sampling method to investigate the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis among primary school children in Manisa, Turkey.
abstract: A province-based field study using a portable ultrasound scanner (US) was performed for the first time using sampling method to investigate the prevalence of cystic echinococcosis (CE) in primary school children in Manisa, Turkey. A total of 6093 children from 37 primary schools was selected as the representative sample of the total number of 166,766 primary school children, and examined by the US. Prevalence was found to be 0.15%, as nine children were diagnosed with CE, seven new and two previously operated. A questionnaire applied to the children revealed no significant relationship between the risk factors and the infection (P>0.05). In conclusion, it would be advisable to repeat the study at the same schools in eight years' time, in order to evaluate the efficacy of the control programs, since nearly all students involved in this study will have graduated by then. Besides, it is recommended to choose a sampling group to find the prevalence of an infection in a defined region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Celal Bayar University, Manisa, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ulgen Z
authors.initials: UZ
authors.lastname: Ok
authors.forename: Mine
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ozkol
authors.forename: Ali A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kilimcioğlu
authors.forename: Gönül
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dinç
authors.forename: Petek
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bayindir
authors.forename: Ipek
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ostan
authors.forename: Yüksel
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Pabuşçu
authors.forename: Cemil
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ozcan
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korkmaz
authors.forename: Senol
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coşkun
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yüksel
authors.forename: Nogay
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Girginkardeşler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D002648:Child; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012494:Sampling Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology