Soil transmitted helminths and schistosoma mansoni infections among school children in zarima town, northwest Ethiopia

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 189
• Main Authors: Alemu, Abebe, Atnafu, Asmamaw, Addis, Zelalem, Shiferaw, Yitayal, Teklu, Takele, Mathewos, Biniam, Birhan, Wubet, Gebretsadik, Simon, Gelaw, Baye
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 09.07.2011; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Analysis of Variance; Ancylostomatoidea - growth & development; Animals; Ascaris lumbricoides - growth & development; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Elementary school students; Ethiopia - epidemiology; Feces - parasitology; Female; Hand Disinfection; Health aspects; Helminthiasis; Humans; Male; Nematode Infections - epidemiology; Nematode Infections - parasitology; Nematode Infections - prevention & control; Nematode Infections - transmission; Prevalence; Risk Factors; Schistosoma mansoni - growth & development; Schistosomiasis; Schistosomiasis - epidemiology; Schistosomiasis - parasitology; Schistosomiasis - prevention & control; Schistosomiasis - transmission; Soil - parasitology; Surveys and Questionnaires; Trichuris - growth & development; Ethiopia

In Ethiopia, because of low quality drinking water supply and latrine coverage, helminths infections are the second most predominant causes of outpatient morbidity. Indeed, there is a scarcity of information on the prevalence of soil transmitted helminths and Schistosomiasis in Ethiopia, special in...