Changing Trend of Infectious Diseases in Nepal

Kumar, Shiba

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“…Infectious diseases were the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Nepal and have been listed as the ‘top ten diseases’ of the country until the year 2000, but have shown a declining trend, especially vaccine-preventable diseases in the last 10–15 years of period [ 5 ]. Intestinal parasites are the leading cause of diarrhoea which is transmitted faeco-orally when we consume contaminated food and water.…”

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Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and associated risk factors among school children of Saptari district, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Gupta¹,

Rayamajhee

Sherchan

et al. 2020

Trop Med Health

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Background: Intestinal parasitosis, caused by both helminths and protozoans, are among the most prevalent infections, especially in developing countries. Enteric parasites continue to be a major cause of parasitic diseases which is the most common among street and school going children with poor sanitation. This cross-sectional study was carried out to determine the prevalence and potential risk factors of intestinal parasitosis among school going children of two schools of Saptari district of southern Nepal. Stool samples were collected in a clean, dry, screwcapped, and wide-mouthed plastic container, fixed with 10% formal-saline solution, and transported to the laboratory for further microscopic analysis by following concentration technique. Results: Out of the 285 stool samples analysed, 94 (33%) were positive for the parasitosis. Presence of intestinal parasites was marginally more in rural school (44.6%) than in urban (30%) (P < 0.05). Giardia lamblia was highly prevalent (15.4%) followed by Entamoeba histolytica-like (7.7%), E. coli (7%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.8%), and Hymenolepis nana (1.08%), respectively. Children of the age group 11-15 years were highly affected (44.2%) compared to younger age groups. The findings of intestinal parasitosis in the study population were statistically significant with family income, hand-washing habit, type of drinking water, and availability of a toilet facility at home (P < 0.05). Over 85% of infection was associated with parasitosis that indicated mainly waterborne infection rather than soil-borne helminths. Conclusions: Poor hygiene measures and farming occupation are identified as major risk factors of parasitic infections, so sanitation especially focusing on safe drinking water along with multi intervention strategies must be emphasized in the Saptari district of Nepal to reduce the burden of parasitic diseases in school children.

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Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and associated risk factors among school children of Saptari district, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

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Rayamajhee

Sherchan

et al. 2020

Trop Med Health

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“…Ethical approval was taken from the Institutional Review Committee of Shi-Gan Health Foundation prior this study. The studies conducted in Nepal include the seroprevalence in general population in different places, 5,6 ranging from 24.0% to 76.1% (with an average of 45.6%), [7][8][9] pregnant women and women with bad obstetric history 10 and selected patients in Kathmandu. 11 High seroprevalence in common meat animals (pigs, goats, buffalos and chickens) has been reported 12 and the high seroprevalence in man is associated with the raw meat eating habits of locals.…”

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Seroprevalence Toxoplasma Infection among HIV/AIDS Patients in Kathmandu, Nepal

Bhandari

Devkota

et al. 2021

Nep. Med. Coll. J.

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Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease caused by Toxoplasma gondii affecting about one third of the world’s population. It can be asymptomatic to fatal toxoplasmic encephalitis depending on the immune status of infected individuals. Among HIV/AIDS patients, it usually manifest as life-threatening condition. We, therefore, studied the seroprevalence of T. gondii infection among HIV/AIDS patients in Nepal and this report constitutes the first report from Nepal. A total of 45 HIV/AIDS patients were included in this study. The serum samples collected and stored at -20°C were tested for Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies at National Public Health Laboratory, Teku, Kathmandu using Snibe Maglumi 1000 Fully Automated Immunoassay Analyzer and the results were expressed in AU/ml. The blood put into the EDTA tube was used for CD4 count using BD FACS Calibur Flow Cytometer. In this study, 33.3% (15/45) HIV infected patients were seropositive for anti-T. gondii IgG. However, none of them were positive to anti- T. gondii IgM. Most of the patients (36 out of 45 patients) had <200/mm3 CD4 cell count. However, out of them 36.1% (13/36) were seropositive to anti-T. gondii IgG whereas 22.2% (2/9) patients with ≥200 CD4 cell counts had Toxoplasma antibodies (p >0.05).

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“…Nepal is now facing a double-triple burden of diseases; non-communicable-existing as well as diseases emerged in last decade and emerging communicable diseases such as dengue fever, scrub typhus, influenza (H5N1 and H1N1), leptospirosis, enteric fever, Malaria. 4 There is an expected surge of infectious disease during summer and monsoon seasons as usual in developing countries including Nepal. The number of COVID-19 cases has rapidly been increasing in Nepal since the beginning of May 2020.…”

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Care of Non COVID Patients in COVID-19 Era

Piryani¹,

Piryani

Dangal

2020

Kathmandu Univ. Med. J.

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The consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are extensive and far-reaching. Non COVID communicable diseases continue to spread and non-communicable diseases continue to progress. People may access healthcare facilities little bit late due to fear of contracting COVID-19 and present with severe symptoms, even with complications. Nepal has been facing dual burden of both non-communicable and communicable diseases. The number of COVID-19 patients has continuously been rising in Nepal since the start of May 2020. There is an anticipated surge of infectious disease such as malaria, dengue fever, enteric fever, scrub typhus, leptospirosis during summer and monsoon seasons in Nepal. There will be surge of cases of acute undifferentiated febrile illness (AUFI) during monsoon. As fever is one of the very common symptoms of COVID-19, so COVID-19 needs to be considered in differential diagnoses of acute undifferentiated febrile illness.

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Changing Trend of Infectious Diseases in Nepal

Cited by 15 publications

References 58 publications

Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and associated risk factors among school children of Saptari district, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and associated risk factors among school children of Saptari district, Nepal: a cross-sectional study

Seroprevalence Toxoplasma Infection among HIV/AIDS Patients in Kathmandu, Nepal

Care of Non COVID Patients in COVID-19 Era

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