The Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Kosovar and Serbian School-children in Kosovo.
Kosovo
children
epidemiology
helminths
protozoa
Journal
Helminthologia
ISSN: 0440-6605
Titre abrégé: Helminthologia
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 0043764
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
Historique:
received:
18
07
2019
accepted:
05
05
2020
entrez:
29
8
2020
pubmed:
29
8
2020
medline:
29
8
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and distribution of species of intestinal parasites in the Balkans on the example of Kosovar and Serbian residents from the region of Gnjilane ineastern Kosovo,where the epidemiology of intestinal parasitic infections remains unknown. Parasitological examination of stools pecimens was performed in 2017 and 2018. Stool samples were collected from asymptomatic school-children aged 6-17 years: 530 Kosovars from the municipality of Kaçanik and310 Serbs from the municipalities of Kamenica and Strpce. Each patient provided two stool samples collected every second day,fixed in SAF preservative and 70 % spiritus vini, transported to the Department of Epidemiology and Tropical Medicine at the Military Institute of Medicine in Poland,and tested by light microscopy using three diagnostic methods: directs mearin Lugol's solution,decantation in distilled water, and Fülleborn's flotation. A total of 101 Kosovar children (19.1 % of the study group)were found to be infected with intestinal parasites: nematodes (n=20), cestodes (n=2), trematodes (n=2), and protozoa (n=79). Only 13 Serbian children (4.2 %) were found to beinfected with nematodes (n=4),cestodes (n=3),and protozoa (n=6).
Identifiants
pubmed: 32855615
doi: 10.2478/helm-2020-0033
pii: helm-2020-0033
pmc: PMC7425239
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
276-279Informations de copyright
© 2020 K. Korzeniewski, A. Lass, A. Augustynowicz, M. Konior, published by Sciendo.
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