Prevalence of intestinal parasites in Afghan community on the example of patients treated in Ghazni Provincial Hospital

Deworming Campaign in Eastern Afghanistan – Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Adoption of Treatment Strategy

“…The mean age of females was 8.7 and males 9.0 (range [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The analysis of age and sex did not show statistically significant differences (Mann-Whitney U test 1.28, p = 0.2018).…”

“…The mean age in the study population of 777 Afghan children treated in Ghazni Provincial Hospital was 8.7 years (range [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The mean age of females was 8.7 and males 9.0 (range [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17].…”

“…Owing to limited diagnostic capabilities of the Afghan health care, reports on the prevalence of diseases in the general population are rarely laboratory-confirmed. An improvement in the health status of the Afghan population is additionally restrained by poor public awareness of the principles of hygiene and disease prevention [3].…”

First detection and genotyping of Giardia intestinalis in stool samples collected from children in Ghazni Province, eastern Afghanistan and evaluation of the PCR assay in formalin-fixed specimens

“…The aim of this action was to prepare the scheme of deworming for the local population. Based on a microscopic screening study of this material, we showed a high prevalence of intestinal parasites in these populations (Korzeniewski et al 2014, 2015a,b, 2016, 2017). Examination of 777 children hospitalised in the Ghazni Province Hospital performed in 2012–2013 showed the presence of intestinal parasitic infection in 40.2% of them, with a predominance of A. lumbricoides and G. intestinalis (17.2 and 16.7%) (Korzeniewski et al 2014).…”

Detection of Giardia intestinalis infections in Polish soldiers deployed to Afghanistan

“…Afghanistan provides an excellent example of a developing country characterised by high rates of invasive gastrointestinal tract diseases. The author's study, carried out among patients with internal complaints treated in the Ghazni Provincial Hospital, eastern Afghanistan in 2012, found that 49.4% of the examined children and 24.3% of adults were infected with intestinal parasites, predominantly with ascariasis, giardiasis and hymenolepiasis [16].…”