Abstract
The prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis is serious public health concern globally. In rural East Kalimantan, Indonesia has high-risk environmental factors of the prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis. In this study would show the infection rates, correlation analysis between environmental risk factors and prevalence of hookworm infection with statistical analysis. We performed a cross-sectional study among 213 participants from rural community of East Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. In this study used two diagnostic methods: Kato Katz and Koga agar plate culture/KAP culture for diagnosing of hookworm and Strongyloides infections. Chi-square analysis was used for study correlation between environmental factors and hookworm infection. Hookworm, strongyloides, and ascaris infections were found in this study; 44.1%, 16.4%, and 7.5% respectively. Environmental risk factors such as; rainy season, quality of soil and infection hookworm and strongyloides in pet have significant correlation (p-value < 0.05) with hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis. The prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis has correlation with environmental factors, and the finding in this research could be contributed to decreasing program of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis especially in rural community area.
Highlights
The prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis is serious public health concern globally
We perform a cross-sectional study in rural community in Muarakiaman and Marangkayu district to analysis of geography, texture of soil, humidity, hookworm, and strongyloides in pet, vegetation, elevation, volume rain, amount days of rain yearly, temperature and quality of soil as clay content, organic carbon of soil and pH of soil was correlated with prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis
Prevalence hookworm and strongyloides infections were diagnosed by Kato Katz technique and APC method showed of 213 tested samples from community have 94 (44.1%) cases found positive with hookworm infection and 35 (16.4%)cases found positive with strongyloides infection and addition finding of Ascaris lumbricoides as 16 (7.5%)
Summary
The prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis is serious public health concern globally. Hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis are prevalent in poor rural communities tropical and subtropical areas in many developing countries [1]. They are transmitted through in protected contact with soil are endemic in tropical and temperate regions. Hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis are transmitted through in protected contact with soil are endemic in tropical and temperate regions. We perform a cross-sectional study in rural community in Muarakiaman and Marangkayu district to analysis of geography, texture of soil, humidity, hookworm, and strongyloides in pet, vegetation, elevation, volume rain, amount days of rain yearly, temperature and quality of soil as clay content, organic carbon of soil and pH of soil was correlated with prevalence of hookworm infection and strongyloidiasis
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