Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites among school children in District Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan

摘要

This study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection among school going childrenacross District Upper Dir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. A total of 222 stool specimens (156 from boys and 66from girls) were taken from participants of age 4-15 years. Among 222 inhabitants 81 were included from urbanand 141 from rural areas. Overall prevalence of parasitic infection was found to be (73.87%). A total of 10different species (7 helminthes and 3 protozoans) were detected. The parasites encountered were Ascarislumbricoides (54.50%), Taenia saginata (16.22%), Hymenolepis nana (10.81%) and Taxocara species (10.36%),Trichuris trichiura (6.76%), Entamoeba coli (5.41%), Giardia lamblia (2.25%), Entamoeba histolytica (1.3%),Enterobius vermicularis (1.3%) and hookworms (0.45%). Ascaris was more frequent (75.18%) in ruralcommunity, while Taenia saginata (35.80%), Hymenolepis nana (25.93%) and Taxocara species (28.40%) weremore prevalent among urban population.