Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Ranchi District, Jharkhand
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 11
Abstract
Introduction: Intestinal parasitic infestations have a very high prevalence in tropical and subtropical countries. Intestinal parasitic infections are prevalent worldwide and in developing countries may even be more important than bacterial infections.Various organisms have been identified as causing diarrhoeal diseases. Objective was to know the prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in patients in Ranchi District. Material and methods: Fresh Stool specimens from 260 patients were collected from September 2014 to September 2015 in RIMS,Ranchi. Both macroscopic and microscopic examinations were done. The Microscopic Examination was done by Normal saline preparation and Lugol’s Iodine preparation directly from the stool as well as by different concentration methods – (a) Simple salt floatation (b) Zinc sulphate centrifugal floatation (c) Formol-ether sedimentation. Results: The overall prevalence was found to be 40.38% (15.76% by Routine Method and 29.22% by Concentration Method). The overall prevalence was found to be maximum for Taenia, 21.15%. The prevalence of female was higher than male which was found to be 17.07% in female and 15.16% in male by Routine method and 30.00% in female and 28.85% in male by Concentration Method,.The highest prevalence was in age group 6-10 yrs, (66.03%) followed by age group 26-30 yrs, (40.54%) and age group 31-35years (38.23%). Conclusion: Multiple approaches including health education, improving the existing sanitary practices and regular preventive chemotherapy are needed to control the burden of Intestinal Parasitic Infections.
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Uppal Rashmi Kunkal, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Manoj Kumar, A. K. Agrawal, Pinki Kumari, Ankur Kumar
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