Environmental contamination and risk factors for geohelminth transmission in three informal settlements in Durban metropole, South Africa.
Geohelminth eggs
Infection rates
Informal settlements
Sanitation
Soil contamination
Journal
Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology
ISSN: 0971-7196
Titre abrégé: J Parasit Dis
Pays: India
ID NLM: 9713059
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
10
06
2020
accepted:
03
09
2020
entrez:
13
11
2020
pubmed:
14
11
2020
medline:
14
11
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Informal settlements/slums are characterised by a lack of adequate sanitation and safe drinking water. Contaminated soil and water sources combined with poor hygiene and environmental conditions results in the transmission of soil transmitted helminths to humans. The aim of the present study was to assess environmental contamination and risk factors for geohelminth transmission in three informal settlements in Durban, South Africa. Each settlement had different types of sanitation facilities namely; flush toilets, pit latrines and chemical toilets. Thirty adult members from 30 households from each settlement were interviewed to determine their knowledge, attitudes and behaviour on geohelminth transmission. Furthermore, two hundred soil samples were collected from areas considered potential sources of infection and processed for the detection and identification of geohelminth eggs. Prevalence and intensities of geohelminth infections from school-age children were also assessed. From the total collection in the three settlements, 31.6% (95/190) were positive for geohelminth eggs with
Identifiants
pubmed: 33184546
doi: 10.1007/s12639-020-01270-0
pii: 1270
pmc: PMC7596138
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
794-805Informations de copyright
© Indian Society for Parasitology 2020.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestThe authors declare they have no conflict of interest.
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