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ArticleEnvironmental health insights2024

Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminth Infections and Associated Risk Factors Among School Children in Dembecha Town, Ethiopia.

Aleka Aemiro, Sissay Menkir, Abayeneh Girma

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Article in Environmental health insights, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aleka AemiroDepartment of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekdela Amba University, Tulu Awuliya, Ethiopia.
Sissay MenkirDepartment of Biology, College of Science, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.
Abayeneh GirmaDepartment of Biology, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Mekdela Amba University, Tulu Awuliya, Ethiopia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6155-315X
Bahir Dar University · ET

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections are among the most common infections that affect the poorest and most deprived communities. In most developing countries, children aged 5 to 15 years are at risk for chronic helminth infection and associated morbidity. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH infections and associated risk factors among three government elementary schools in Dembecha town, Ethiopia. We conducted a school-based cross-sectional study involving 316 participants between November 2019 and March 2020. A systematic random sampling method was used to select study participants from the study schools. Data related to the sociodemographic characteristics of the study participants and risk factors for STH infections were collected using a pretested questionnaire survey. Parasitological examinations of stool samples were performed using the formal-ether concentration method. Study participants aged 5 to 15 years were enrolled in this study. The overall prevalence of STH infection was 21.5% (68/316).

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Dembecha townEthiopiaprevalencerisk factorsschool-age childrensoil-transmitted helminth infections

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