Intestinal parasitic infections causes significant morbidity in worldwide. In Senegal, since 2005 mass deworming campaign has been introduced as a preventive strategy. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among children living in Koranic teaching Schools in Senegal. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2018. Koranic schools were selected using simple random sampling and data on socio-demographic characteristicsand prevalence were collected. Stool samples were collected and treated accordingly. Descriptive analysis was performed using Stata software. Significance level was set at 5%. A total of 463 children were recruited in this study. The mean age of study population was 10.93 ± 2.4. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 22.68%. Poly-parasitism was detected in 20% of students. Students infected with single, double and triple parasites were 80%, 19.05% and 0.95%, respectively. The most common parasites were Entomoba coli cyst (33.33%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (32.38%), Giardia cyst (9.52%), Trichirus Trichiura (3.81%) and Schistosoma mansoni 0.95%. Intestinal parasites were more common in peri-urban areas (66.31%). Intestinal parasitic infection has been found to be very common in Koranic school children. Therefore, health education, improvement of learning and living conditions, and student deworming are essential.
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abstract = {Intestinal parasitic infections causes significant morbidity in worldwide. In Senegal, since 2005 mass deworming campaign has been introduced as a preventive strategy. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among children living in Koranic teaching Schools in Senegal. A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to May 2018. Koranic schools were selected using simple random sampling and data on socio-demographic characteristicsand prevalence were collected. Stool samples were collected and treated accordingly. Descriptive analysis was performed using Stata software. Significance level was set at 5%. A total of 463 children were recruited in this study. The mean age of study population was 10.93 ± 2.4. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 22.68%. Poly-parasitism was detected in 20% of students. Students infected with single, double and triple parasites were 80%, 19.05% and 0.95%, respectively. The most common parasites were Entomoba coli cyst (33.33%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (32.38%), Giardia cyst (9.52%), Trichirus Trichiura (3.81%) and Schistosoma mansoni 0.95%. Intestinal parasites were more common in peri-urban areas (66.31%). Intestinal parasitic infection has been found to be very common in Koranic school children. Therefore, health education, improvement of learning and living conditions, and student deworming are essential.},
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