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Prevalence of intestinal parasites among patients of a Ghanaian psychiatry hospital.
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- Global prevalence and associated factors of intestinal parasitic infections among institutionalized populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Intestinal Parasitic Infections and Associated Factors Among Psychiatric Patients at Debre Tabor Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Ghana: A Review of Infections and the Risk of Zoonotic Transmission.BioMed research international · 2025Review
- Prevalence of Giardiasis and Entamoeba Species in Two of the Six Governorates of Kuwait.Journal of parasitology research · 2022Article
- Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites and Associated Factors Among Psychiatric Patients Attending Felege Hiwot Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia.Research and reports in tropical medicine · 2021Article
- Soil transmitted helminth infections in Ghana: a ten year review.The Pan African medical journal · 2020Review
- Food-borne and water-borne diseases under climate change in low- and middle-income countries: Further efforts needed for reducing environmental health exposure risks.Acta tropica · 2019Review
- Poisson-Gamma Mixture Spatially Varying Coefficient Modeling of Small-Area Intestinal Parasites Infection.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Gastrointestinal helminths in farmers and their ruminant livestock from the Coastal Savannah zone of Ghana.Parasitology research · 2018Article
- Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among asylum seekers.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2018Article
- Spatio-temporal analysis of small-area intestinal parasites infections in Ghana.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- Multidrug Resistant Enteric Bacterial Pathogens in a Psychiatric Hospital in Ghana: Implications for Control of Nosocomial Infections.International journal of microbiology · 2017Article
- Prevalence and Correlates of Intestinal Parasites among Patients Admitted to Mirembe National Mental Health Hospital, Dodoma, Tanzania.Journal of parasitology research · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeglected tropical diseases are of major concern to sub-Saharan African countries. Though efforts to monitor the prevalence and control are in place, these are mostly restricted to groups within the population. This study was performed to determine the prevalence among patients of a Ghanaian psychiatric hospital and find out whether there is a reason for active monitoring in this population.
methodsA cross-sectional study was performed to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites among patients of a Ghanaian psychiatric hospital. Stool samples were collected and analyzed in addition to data.
resultsOf the 111 patients studied, asymptomatic carriage of parasites was 13.5 % and was higher in males (18.8 %) than in females (4.8 %). Carriage of parasites decreased with age but increase with duration of admission.
conclusionThis is the first report of parasitic pathogens among patients of a psychiatric institution in Ghana. The data shows that there are risks of transmission of infectious diseases via the oral route hence, the need for regular monitoring and intervention is emphasized.
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