title: Study of parasitic infection among children of Sukumbasi Basti in Kathmandu valley.
abstract: Keeping in view of heavy burden of intestinal parasitosis, present study was done to find out the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in children (aged <16 years) of Sukumbasi (people living without land ownership) Basti (community) in Kathmandu Valley. A total of 279 stool samples collected in clean, dry and screw capped plastic container were firstly examined for the presence of adult worm and/or segments of worms. Samples fixed in 10% formal-saline were then examined microscopically after concentration by formal-ether sedimentation technique. Overall parasite positive rate was 43.3% (121/279) with no significant difference in two genders (Boys: 48.3%, 73/151; Girls: 37.5%, 48/128) (p=0.07). Altogether 11 species of parasites were detected. Of them Giardia lamblia was most common followed by Entamoeba histolytica, Trichuris trichiura and others. Positive rate was higher in Tibeto-Burman (55.0%, 77/140) and the least in Indo-Aryan (25.4%, 27/ 106) (p=0.01) ethnic groups. Children taking anti-parasitic drug in last six months had significantly low positive rate (25.4%, 15/59) than others (48.2%, 106/220) (p=0.002). Results of this study suggestive of periodic administration of anti-parastic drugs and need for improvement of sanitary/hygienic practice.
authors: Central Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. dhiraj_alee@yahoo.com
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Thapa Magar
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Rai
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Lekhak
authors: K R
authors: KR
authors: Rai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D009390:Nepal / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence