Abstract
To determine the overall prevalence of human amoebiasis at Nishtar Hospital Multan, Punjab, stool samples (n = 766) were collected from patients visiting Nishtar Hospital Multan. Temporary mounts were prepared for determine amoebiasis. Out of 766 patients, 66 were infected with Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar/Entamoeba moshkovskii. The overall prevalence of parasites was 8.61%. It was more prevalent in females (9.46%) as compared to males (8.15%). The relationship between sex and human amoebiasis was non-significant (P>0.05). The prevalence of amoebiasis was highest in age group of 33 to 48 years (16.67%) and lowest in 49 to 63 years (3.45%). The difference was statistically significant (P<0.05). The high prevalence may be attributed to low sanitary conditions in the region. The protozoan parasites did not show gender specific differences. Key words: Prevalence, age, sex, amoebiasis, humans.
Highlights
Amoebiasis is still one of major health problem and predominantly affects individuals of lower socioeconomic status who live in developing countries (Simonetta et al, 2002)
Microscopy, immunoflorescence (IFA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serological methods including enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA) and latex agglutination are used for the laboratory diagnosis of amebiasis (Petri et al, 2000)
Lower prevalence rate was recorded as 2.2% from infants and young children, aged less than five years in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia by using the commercially available ELISA kit (El-Sheikh and El-Assouli, 2001), 0.78% in Iran by using direct and formalin-ether concentration methods (Hooshyar et al, 2004), 5.5% in agricultural areas in Beit Lahia, Gaza strip (Braga et al, 2001) and 3.95% in Bangladesh (Alzain, 2006)
Summary
To determine the overall prevalence of human amoebiasis at Nishtar Hospital Multan, Punjab, stool samples (n = 766) were collected from patients visiting Nishtar Hospital Multan. Temporary mounts were prepared for determine amoebiasis. Out of 766 patients, 66 were infected with Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar/Entamoeba moshkovskii. The overall prevalence of parasites was 8.61%. It was more prevalent in females (9.46%) as compared to males (8.15%). The relationship between sex and human amoebiasis was non-significant (P>0.05). The prevalence of amoebiasis was highest in age group of 33 to years (16.67%) and lowest in to 63 years (3.45%). The high prevalence may be attributed to low sanitary conditions in the region. The protozoan parasites did not show gender specific differences
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