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Title: Soil transmitted helminthiasis in different occupational groups in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Authors: Wali Khan
Noor-Un-Nisa
Aly Khan
Keywords: Geohelminth infections
Intestinal parasitic diseases
gastrointestinal diseases
Microscopy, Larval nematodes
Pakistan.
Issue Date: 20-Jul-2017
Publisher: Karachi: Pakistan Botanical Society, University of Karachi
Citation: Khan, W., & Khan, A. (2017). Soil transmitted helminthiasis in different occupational groups in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 30(4), 1345-1351.
Abstract: We investigated the prevalence of geohelminth parasites in farmers, education concerned and shepherd of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total of 1041 stool samples were examined from January 2006 to December 2008 using direct smear (Normal saline and Lugol,s Iodine solution) the concentration methods and procedures. Seven hundred and sixty three (73.2%) individuals were found infected with one or more than one geohelminth parasites. Four hundred and eighteen (54.7%) were infected with single parasite and three hundred forty five (45.3%) with multiple infections. Ascaris lumbricoides 460 (53.0%), Trichuris trichura 228 (26.2%), Enterobius vermicularis 123 (14.1%) and Ancylostoma duedenale 56 (6.45%) were detected. The adults were found more parasitized than children and males were more infected than females. Shepherds were found more infected than farmers and education concerned. Although Swat is an area with poor hygiene located in temperate zone near the border of Afghanistan and China. The prevalence of reported geohelminth parasites here compared with the same studies is unexpectedly high. These type of studies should continue time to time to know the hazardous of such parasitic infections for the betterment of the human health.
URI: http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15989
ISSN: 1011-601X
Appears in Collections:No.3 July 2017

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