ASYMPTOMATIC FALCIPARUM MALARIA AND INTESTINAL HELMINTHS CO-INFECTION AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OSOGBO, NIGERIA

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OJURONGBE OLUSOLA; ADEGBAYI ADEBOLA M.; BOLAJI OLOYEDE S.; AKINDELE AKEEM A.; ADEFIOYE OLUSEGUN A.; ADEYEBA OLUWASEYI A.

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Journal: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (JRMS) Year:2011 | Volume:16 | Issue:5 Page(s): 680-686

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ASYMPTOMATIC FALCIPARUM MALARIA AND INTESTINAL HELMINTHS CO-INFECTION AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OSOGBO, NIGERIA

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MALARIA

HELMINTH

CO-INFECTION

NIGERIA

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BACKGROUND: MALARIA and intestinal HELMINTHs are parasitic diseases causing high morbidity and mortality in most tropical parts of the world, where climatic conditions and sanitation practices favor their prevalence. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and possible impact of falciparum MALARIA and intestinal HELMINTHs CO-INFECTION among school children in Kajola, Osun state, NIGERIA.METHODS: Fresh stool and blood samples were collected from 117 primary school children age range 4-15 years. The stool samples were processed using both Kato-Katz and formol-ether concentration techniques and microscopically examined for intestinal parasitic infections. Blood was collected by finger prick to determine MALARIA parasitemia using thick film method; and packed cell volume (PCV) was determined by hematocrit. Univariate analysis and chi-square statistical tests were used to analyze the data.RESULTS: The prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum, intestinal HELMINTH infections, and CO-INFECTION of MALARIA and HELMINTH in the study were 25.6%, 40.2% and 4.3%, respectively. Five species of intestinal HELMINTHs were recovered from the stool samples and these were Ascaris lumbricoides (34.2%), hookworm (5.1%), Trichuris trichiura (2.6%), Diphyllobothrium latum (0.9%) and Trichostrongylus species (0.9%). For the CO-INFECTION of both MALARIA and intestinal HELMINTHs, females (5.9%) were more infected than males (2.0%) but the difference was not statistically significant (p=0.3978). Children who were infected with HELMINTHs were equally likely to be infected with MALARIA as children without intestinal HELMINTHs [Risk Ratio (RR) =0.7295]. Children with A. lumbricoides (RR=1.359) were also likely to be infected with P. falciparum as compared with uninfected children.CONCLUSIONS: Asymptomatic falciparum MALARIA and intestinal HELMINTH infections do co-exist without clinical symptoms in school children in NIGERIA.

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OJURONGBE, OLUSOLA, ADEGBAYI, ADEBOLA M., BOLAJI, OLOYEDE S., AKINDELE, AKEEM A., ADEFIOYE, OLUSEGUN A., & ADEYEBA, OLUWASEYI A.. (2011). ASYMPTOMATIC FALCIPARUM MALARIA AND INTESTINAL HELMINTHS CO-INFECTION AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OSOGBO, NIGERIA. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (JRMS), 16(5), 680-686. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/587517/en

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OJURONGBE OLUSOLA, ADEGBAYI ADEBOLA M., BOLAJI OLOYEDE S., AKINDELE AKEEM A., ADEFIOYE OLUSEGUN A., ADEYEBA OLUWASEYI A.. ASYMPTOMATIC FALCIPARUM MALARIA AND INTESTINAL HELMINTHS CO-INFECTION AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OSOGBO, NIGERIA. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (JRMS)[Internet]. 2011;16(5):680-686. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/587517/en

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OLUSOLA OJURONGBE, ADEBOLA M. ADEGBAYI, OLOYEDE S. BOLAJI, AKEEM A. AKINDELE, OLUSEGUN A. ADEFIOYE, and OLUWASEYI A. ADEYEBA, “ASYMPTOMATIC FALCIPARUM MALARIA AND INTESTINAL HELMINTHS CO-INFECTION AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN IN OSOGBO, NIGERIA,” JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN MEDICAL SCIENCES (JRMS), vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 680–686, 2011, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/587517/en

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