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


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  • Atul Aher


    Professor
    Dept. of Microbiology
    Peoples College of Medical College & RC
    Bhopal

  • Sanjeev Kulkarni


    Rural Medical College,
    LONI – 413713
    Dist: Ahmednagar. MS

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

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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%)

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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

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2012-01-01

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Aher A, Kulkarni S. . Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2012 Jan. 1 [cited 2022 Jun. 17];2(12):605-7. Available from: http://www.ssjournals.org/index.php/ijbr/article/view/693

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