PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ELELE ALIMINI, EMOUHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE
Abstract
Abstract
In order to identify the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections and to determine the impact of some factors such as age, sex and complaints related to these infections. This study was carried out on 300 stool specimen of primary school children from two schools in Elele Almini , Emouha Local SGovernment Area, Rivers State. . One hundred and sixty four (164) were from the private school and one hundred and thirty six (136) of them were from the community school. Using formol ether sedimentation techniques to process the feaces, 58(19.33%) of the samples were found positive for various intestinal parasites with Hookworm species accounting for 12.07%; Ascaris lumbrcoides 29.31%; Trichurs trichura 1.72%; Strongyloides stercoars 24.14%; Entamoeba hstoytca 17.24%; Giardia amblia13.79%. Cases of polyparasitism were also detected but none of the pupils had more than two parasite species. Sex and age did not affect the pattern of infection (P
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