| Title |
Prevalence and associated risk factors of Giardia duodenalis infection among school-going children in Nepal
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Parasitology Research, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00436-017-5706-5 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sarmila Tandukar, Jeevan B. Sherchand, Jia Xue, Sital Uprety, Samendra P. Sherchan, Dinesh Bhandari, Bikash Malla, Rajani Ghaju Shrestha, Laxmi Parajuli, Shristi Poudel, Ashmita Dhital, Eiji Haramoto |
| Abstract |
This study aimed to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and its associated risk factors among school-going children in Kathmandu, Nepal. Between August and September 2016, a total of 333 stool samples were collected from children at five public schools. The collected samples were subjected to formol-ether concentration, followed by conventional microscopic examination for intestinal parasites. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 24.3% (81/333), with Giardia spp. showing the highest prevalence of 18.9% (63/333). Samples positive for Giardia spp. by microscopy were further subjected to quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) for G. duodenalis, resulting in a positive ratio of 100%. The positive ratio of Giardia spp. was considerably high among children consuming tanker water (27.3%), jar water (21.0%), and tap water (17.5%). Our results demonstrated that G. duodenalis remains predominant in school-going children in Nepal. |
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| Researcher | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 9% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 12% |
| Unknown | 13 | 39% |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 18% |
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| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 5 | 15% |
| Unknown | 14 | 42% |
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