著者

石山 聡子 小野 一男 ライ シバ クマール ライ チャンドラ カラ ライ ガネッシュ 辻 英高

出版者

神戸常盤短期大学

雑誌

神戸常盤短期大学紀要 (ISSN:03899578)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.24, pp.81-86, 2003-03-31

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A survey on intestinal parasitosis and its pre-disposing factors was done among public primary school (1-5 classes) children (n=221 ; M : 107 and F : 114, Age : 5 to 16 years) in a suburban area of Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Fecal samples were preserved into Cary-Blair transport media and in 10% formal. -saline. Parasites were detected by formal. -ether concentration technique. Blood hemoglobin was estimated by cyanmethemoglobin method. A questionnaire was done to reveal pre-disposing factors. The overall prevalence of parasitosis was 72.4% with significant difference in boys and girls (p<0.05). Approximately half of the infected children (46.9%) had multiple parasitic infections. Altogether eleven types of parasites were recovered. Trichuris trichiura was most frequently detected followed by Ascaris lumbricoides and Giardia lamblia. Hemoglobin level also did not differ significantly in children with and without parasitosis.