Abstract
Stool sample of 515 healthy urban and rural school children of Lalitpur district in theage group between 7-12 were collected and tested for the presence of ova and cyst ofhelminths and protozoan. A total of 81.94% of the children were found infested withparasites. Both rural and urban children exhibited similar pattern of infestation. Noassociation of the infestation with the localities is observed (X2 = 2.17). A very greatprevalence of helminths especially Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichuriacompared to protozoan was observed. Among rural and urban children, total A.lumbricoides infestation was 73.45% and 71.66% and T. trichuria infestation was27.27% and 37.91% respectively. 78.36% and 84.07% of the male, and 92.45% and73.72% of the female children from the urban and rural respectively were foundinfested with the protozoan and helminths. The infestation was not associated withparticular gender (X2 = 0.1121). The helminth parasitic infestation rate is very highcompared to protozoan parasites among the school going children, hence the parentsand the children should be made aware of the problem.Key Words: Helminths, Protozoan, Lalitpur, Children, Prevalence, Water.
Highlights
The human intestinal parasites in people with gastroenteritis have been reported in many studies
This finding is consistent with the findings of Rai and Gurung where 69 % of the school children in Birgunj were reported infected by intestinal parasites.[8]
Since both urban and rural children were similar in their hygienic practice, dietary habit, socioeconomic condition, source of water, they exhibit similar pattern of helminthic infestation
Summary
The human intestinal parasites in people with gastroenteritis have been reported in many studies. In Nepal different reports on intestinal parasitic infestation among patients attending hospitals to detect the cause of diarrhea, dysentery etc. In contrast Shakya H R (1999) has reported that in child patients seeking treatment in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital parasitic infestation was found in 10.6% with protozoan parasites in high prevalence than helminths.[4] In the other hand, Chand A B reported that among the child patients attending Kanti Children Hospital 27.94% were found infested with pathogenic parasites, among which 16.91% were protozoan parasites and 11.03% were the helminths. Among helminths A lumbricoides was in greatest prevalence (6.62 %) followed by hook worm (3.31%)and T. trichuria (1.1%).[5] Yet another pattern of parasitic infestation has been reported by Piya et al (2001), where 41.30 % of children attending Kanti Children Hospital were reported to be infested by intestinal parasites with Entamoeba histilytica topping the list 27.17 % followed by A lumbricoides (9.23 %) and Giardia lambia (3.8 %).[6]
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