title: Parasitic infections in finger-sucking school age children.
abstract: Prevalence of parasites, acquired by the fecal-oral route, was recorded in 80% of primary school children with a finger-sucking habit, which was higher than that in nonfinger-sucking children. About 85% of the children did not wash their hands after defecation. The toilet facility available to the children also affected the infection pattern in finger-sucking children who used pit latrines recording higher prevalence of parasites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, USA.
authors.forename: Olufunmilayo Ajoke
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Idowu
authors.forename: Omolayo
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Babatunde
authors.forename: Temidayo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soniran
authors.forename: Adekunle
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Adediran
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005386:Fingersucking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000635:transmission; D015995:Prevalence; D014038:Toilet Facilities