Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in Rural Southern Indians

Overview

Journal Trop Med Int Health

Specialties Public Health
Tropical Medicine

Date 1998 Mar 4

PMID 9484973

Citations 42

Authors

G Kang

M S Mathew

D P Rajan

J D DANIEL

M M Mathan

V I MATHAN

J P Muliyil

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of intestinal protozoal and helminthic infection in a rural population.

Method: Seventy-eight members of 15 families from a village were studied. Stool samples from all subjects were examined on alternate days for one month.

Results: The overall prevalence rate of various parasitic infections was 97.4%, with only 2 of 78 subjects not excreting parasites in any of their 15 samples. Eighteen (23.1%) persons had only one type of parasite, while 58 (74.3%) excreted multiple parasites. Giardia and Cryptosporidium were the commonest protozoan infections, affecting 42/78 (53.8%) and 31/78 (39.7%), respectively. Hookworm infestations were the commonest helminthic infections, seen in 48/78 (61.5%). Based on excretion patterns, the asymptomatic individuals could be divided into 2 groups of infrequent and frequent excretors, indicating that the host response may determine the level of parasite replication in the gut.

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