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ArticlePathogens (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Intestinal Parasites in Children up to 14 Years Old Hospitalized with Diarrhea in Mozambique, 2014-2019.

Ofélia Luís Nhambirre, Idalécia Cossa-Moiane, Adilson Fernando Loforte Bauhofer, Assucênio Chissaque, Maria Luisa Lobo, Olga Matos, Nilsa de Deus

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Article in Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections for six years (2015-2020) in Thi-Qar Province, Iraq.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ofélia Luís NhambirreGroup of Opportunistic Protozoa/HIV and Other Protozoa, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Medical Parasitology Unit, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8648-4277
Idalécia Cossa-MoianeInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), EN1, Bairro da Vila-Parcela n°3943, Distrito de Marracuene, Maputo 264, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0003-3307-8739
Adilson Fernando Loforte BauhoferInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), EN1, Bairro da Vila-Parcela n°3943, Distrito de Marracuene, Maputo 264, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0001-8184-9695
Assucênio ChissaqueInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), EN1, Bairro da Vila-Parcela n°3943, Distrito de Marracuene, Maputo 264, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0002-9470-6068
Maria Luisa LoboGroup of Opportunistic Protozoa/HIV and Other Protozoa, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Medical Parasitology Unit, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.
Olga MatosGroup of Opportunistic Protozoa/HIV and Other Protozoa, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Medical Parasitology Unit, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1349-008 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5793-7716
Nilsa de DeusInstituto Nacional de Saúde (INS), EN1, Bairro da Vila-Parcela n°3943, Distrito de Marracuene, Maputo 264, Mozambique.ORCID 0000-0001-6769-7111
Instituto Nacional de Saúde · MZEduardo Mondlane University · MZUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversity of Lisbon · PT

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) JO369/5-1European Foundation Initiative for African Research into Neglected Tropical Diseases (EFINTD) 98539
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diarrhea remains a public health problem in Mozambique, even with control strategies being implemented. This analysis aimed to determine the proportion and factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection (IPI) in children up to 14 years old with diarrheal disease, in the southern, central and northern regions of Mozambique. A single diarrheal sample of 1424 children was collected in hospitals and examined using the formol-ether concentration and modified Ziehl−Neelsen techniques to identify intestinal parasites using optical microscopy. Sociodemographic characteristics were obtained by questionnaires. Descriptive statistics and cross-tabulation were performed, and p-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. A single IPI was detected in 19.2% (273/1424) of the children. Cryptosporidium spp. was the most common parasite (8.1%; 115/1424). Polyparasitism was seen in 26.0% (71/273), with the co-infection of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura (26.8%; 19/71) being the most common. Age and province were related to IPI (p-value < 0.05). The highest occurrence of IPI was observed in the wet period (October to March), with 21.9% (140/640), compared to the dry period (April to September), with 16.9% (131/776) (p-value = 0.017). Cryptosporidium spp. and the combination of A. lumbricoides/T. trichiura were the main intestinal parasites observed in children hospitalized with diarrhea in Mozambique.

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