Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Drug Ad-dicts in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Khan, Wali; Khan, Naveed Iqbal; Bukhari, Sayed Nimra Faryal; Begum, Nishad

doi:10.18502/ijpa.v14i2.1153

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“…It complete its life cycle in one host can easily be transmitted from one individual to another (auto-infection) and easily renewed by new generation. H. nana was the most prevalent 18.81% (n=54) in urban locality of district Lower Dir, which is comparable with 10.7% in district Swat (Khan et al,2018b).The current infection rate is higher than other studies 10.1% (Khan et al, 2012), 10.1% (Khan et al, 2015), 10% (Khan et al, 2012), 9.36% (Khan et al, 2017a), 8.7% (Arshad et al, 2019), 8.09% (Anwar et al, 2018), 6.78% (Khan et al, 2019), 6.3% (Haider et al, 2018), 6.2% (Ilyas et al, 2018), 5.9%, 4.82% (Shakoor et al, 2018), 4.6%, 3.26% (Maqbool et al, 2007), 3.24% (Khan et al, 2019), 2.77% (Khan et al, 2018b) 2.0% (Kosar et al, 2017) and 1.7% (Chaudhry et al, 2004). The infection rate is lower than other studies conducted in Lahore 27.8%.…”

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“…The cestode parasite infection is high than other studies as 16.7%, 12.8% (Khan et al, 2015), 12.8% (Khan et al, 2012), 9.70% (Khan et al, 2019), 9.52% (Khan et al, 2018b), 8.98% (Khan et al, 2017a), 7.94% (Khan et al, 2019), 7.35% (Maqbool et al, 2007), 7% (Khan et al, 2012), 1.7%, 1.3% as well as socioeconomic profile of the inhabitants (food source, water source, animal at home, toilet source, nail status, weight, height and location, clinical symptoms (abdominal pain, stomach pain), environmental hygiene and living condition characteristics (season, contact with domestic animals and soil). Faecal samples were collected from each of the student and preserved in 10% formalin, and then brought to, Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Malakand, where the samples were examined with the help of microscope by using direct smear technique (WHO, 1991).…”

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Prevalence of cestodes infection among school children of urban parts of Lower Dir district, Pakistan

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Tapeworms of zoonotic importance have been described as a leading public health problem. Current research was aim to assess the prevalence of tapeworms among 5-12years school children residing in district Lower Dir, Pakistan from January 2019-December 2019. The wet mount preparation in saline/iodine/methods were used for stool examination. Data was analyzed using appropriate descriptive, static methods. Of the 400 children studied 71.7% were infected with one or more species of intestinal parasites. Single infection of cestode species was found in 69 individuals with 17.2% prevalence and multiple parasitic infections were identified in 19.7% (n=79/400) individuals. The multiple infection were comprised as 10% (n=40) double, 6.75% (n=27) triple and 3% (n=12) quadruple. A total of 9 species of helminths and one species of protozoan infection. Among the helminths Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent 33.1% (n=95), Taenia saginata 22.6% (n=65), hookworm 19.8% (n=57), Hymenolepis nana 18.8% (n=54), Enterobius vermicularis and Hymenolepis diminuta 1.39% (n=4each), Trichuris trichura 1.04% (n=3), Toxocara spp 0.69% (n=2) and Schistosoma japonicum 0.34% (n=1) were reported. One protozoan species was Cryptosporidium spp 0.69% (n=2) in current study. In case of A.lumbricoides, hookworm, E.vermicularis, T.trichura, T.saginata, H.nana and H.diminuta the male children of below 8 years of age were highly infected. Other infections are reported in the same prevalence with slight difference if any. We conclude that there is a need for mass scale campaigns to create awareness regarding health and hygiene in children and the need for development of effective poverty control programs because deworming alone is not adequate to control parasitic infections.

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Prevalence of cestodes infection among school children of urban parts of Lower Dir district, Pakistan

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“…Taenia spp is one of the meat born pathogenic helminth parasites of human in origin. Taenia saginata has also been reported to be infected human in Pakistan as 0.4% Arshad et al (2019) Karachi; 9.70% Khan et al (2019) Swat; 8.98% Khan et al (2017) Swat. This disease causes heavy economic losses with enormous health and social implications in endemic communities of the world.…”

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Gastrointestinal helminths in dog feces surrounding suburban areas of Lower Dir district, Pakistan: A public health threat

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Data on environmental contamination of the parasites of zoonotic importance is scarce in Pakistan. Soil contamination with feces of dogs hide infective stages of the parasite represents a health-risk to humans. This study was aimed to assess the eggs of gastrointestinal parasites of stray dogs and household dogs in lower Dir district, Pakistan with special consideration to those that can be spread to humans. One hundred and fifty two stool specimens from (stray dogs=90 and household dogs=62) were collected. The helminth eggs were processed by direct smear method and centrifugation techniques and identified by microscopic examination. Of the total examined dogs 26.8% (n=41 /152) were found to be infected with one or more intestinal parasites. The intestinal helminths detected were Dipylidium caninum (n =18, 11.8%), followed by Toxocara canis (n =16, 10.5%), Taenia spp., (n=10, 6.57%) Ancylostoma caninum (n=6, 3.94), Toxascaris spp., Capillaria spp., and Trichuris vulpis (n=2, 1.31% each) in order of their prevalence. Pattern of infection revealed that 27 (65.8%) dogs have single, 13(31.7%) double and 1(2.43%) triple infection. The stray dogs were highly infected 34.4% (n=31) than house hold dogs 16.1% (n=10). The prevalence of infection with intestinal parasites was significantly different among these two groups (p = 0.0097). This study highlight a severe environmental contamination by frequent parasitic stages infectious to humans. There is a higher risk of zoonotic transmission from dogs which indicate an immediate need for the controlling of these parasites and educating the public to take wise action relating to the parasites and pets.

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“…Most of the studies have been conducted on intestinal parasitic infections in Pakistan time by time, however Malakand region the north west of Pakistan is also been screened as Khan et al (2011Khan et al ( , 2012Khan et al ( , 2014Khan et al ( , 2015Khan et al ( , 2016Khan et al ( , 2017aKhan et al ( , b, 2018Khan et al ( , 2019aKhan et al ( , b, 2020 and Noor-un-Nisa et al (2012).…”

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Prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases in school children of rural areas of district Lower Dir, Pakistan

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Khan

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Braz. J. Biol.

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Present study was conducted among school children to recognize the prevalence of IPIs in rural communities of district Dir Lower, Pakistan. A sum of 324 samples of stool were collected (210 boys and 114 girls). Used direct smear method and formol ether sedimentation concentration technique for processing the samples. The result shows that 82% (n=266) were found infected comprised 64.8% male and 35.1% females. Children of the age group 10 to 12 years were found extremely infected 94.2% while 4-6 year age group were having minimum ratio of infection 72%. Current study shows mono parasitism in 50.6% of the students while 22.2% were infected with 2 species and 7.40% were infected with three species of parasites. Seven species of intestinal parasites were reported include Ascaris lumbricoid in male (n=122) 58.0% and in female (n=65) 57.0% followed by Hook worm (n=88) 41.9% and (n=44) 38.5%; Tania saginata (n=44) 20.9% and (n=24) 21.0%; Entrobius vermicularis (n=32) 15.2% and (n=16) 14.0%; Trichuris trichura (n=25) 11.9% and (n=22) 19.2%; Hymenolepis nana (n=24) 11.4% and (n=18) 15.7% and Entameoba histolytica (n=16) 7.61% and (n=14) 12.2% in male and females respectively. The study indicates that most occurring intestinal parasite in the current study were Ascaris lumbricoides 58.0% (n=122) followed by hookworms 41.9% (n=88). Male students were more infected than females in the present study.

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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infection among Drug Ad-dicts in District Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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Cited by 8 publications

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Prevalence of cestodes infection among school children of urban parts of Lower Dir district, Pakistan

Prevalence of cestodes infection among school children of urban parts of Lower Dir district, Pakistan

Gastrointestinal helminths in dog feces surrounding suburban areas of Lower Dir district, Pakistan: A public health threat

Prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases in school children of rural areas of district Lower Dir, Pakistan

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