Prevalence, infection intensity and associated factors of soil transmitted helminths among primary school children in Gurage zone, South Central Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study design

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes among primary school children. School based cross-sectional study design was employed. A total of six hundred study subjects were selected by a multistage sampling method. Fresh stool specimens were collected using...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2019-04, Vol.12 (1), p.231-231, Article 231
Main Authors: Weldesenbet, Habtamu, Worku, Abdulsemed, Shumbej, Teha
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chemotherapy
Children
Cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Data processing
Demographic aspects
Diagnosis
Disease prevention
Disease transmission
Elementary school students
Epidemiology
Ethiopia
Glycerol
Gurage zone
Helminthiasis
Hygiene
Infections
Intestinal parasites
Medical examination
Medical research
Population density
Prevalence
Public health
Questionnaires
Research Note
Sanitation
School children
Soil transmitted helminthes
Statistical analysis
Tropical diseases
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Summary:The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil transmitted helminthes among primary school children. School based cross-sectional study design was employed. A total of six hundred study subjects were selected by a multistage sampling method. Fresh stool specimens were collected using clean, dry and wide mouthed labeled stool cups. It was processed by Kato-Katz technique. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 and p-value 
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-019-4254-8