PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN A RURAL COMMUNITY

Authors

  • Atul Aher Professor Dept. of Microbiology Peoples College of Medical College & RC Bhopal
  • Sanjeev Kulkarni Rural Medical College, LONI - 413713 Dist: Ahmednagar. MS

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v2i12.205

Keywords:

Intestinal parasites, school children

Abstract

Infection caused by intestinal parasites is still a common health problem in a poor-hygiene population of rural area especially for children in developing countries. A cross-sectional study was conducted among school going children to determine the current status of intestinal parasitic infections in a rural community of Western Maharashtra. The study was drawn from schools in and around Loni in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Present study showed the prevalence of 30.4% intestinal parasitic infection in children. The most common parasite was Giardia lamblia (13.5%) followed by Hymenolepis nana (4.5%)

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Author Biographies

  • Atul Aher, Professor Dept. of Microbiology Peoples College of Medical College & RC Bhopal
    Professor, Dept. of Microbiology
  • Sanjeev Kulkarni, Rural Medical College, LONI - 413713 Dist: Ahmednagar. MS
    Associate Professor, Dept. of Microbiology

Downloads

Published

2012-01-01

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 12 (2011): Dec

Section

Case Report

License

Copyright (c) 2011 International Journal of Biomedical Research

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
  • An author must submit Copyright form After acceptance of the article.

How to Cite

1.
PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN A RURAL COMMUNITY. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2012 Jan. 1 [cited 2026 Mar. 9];2(12):605-7. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/693