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The relation between the prevalence of soil transmitted parasites in the soil and among school children in Zagazig district, Sharkyia Governorate, Egypt

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Soil transmitted helminths are highly prevalent throughout the developing countries of the world and Egypt is categorized as one of the developing countries. This study aimed to detect the relation between the presence and prevalence of STH in the soil and their reflection on the prevalence among school-children living in rural and urban areas in Zagazig district, Egypt. The present study was carried out on (859) school-children aged 6–13 years in Zagazig district all over the year 2013. They were subjected to stool examination. Out of them 100 suspected children were serotested for anti-TES IgG antibodies Toxocara spp. Soil samples also were collected from their places and regions. The results showed overall prevalence of parasitic infections was 21.07 % for helminthic infection and 39.46 % for protozoa. The prevalence of parasitic infections was more among children in rural areas (28, 49.2, 11.1 %) than those who live in urban areas (6.4, 18, 2.2 %) for helminths, protozoa and Toxocara as the most prevalent helminth respectively. Highly significant association was found between soil-transmitted helminthic infections detected by stool examination of the studied children group and the prevalence of geohelminthes in the examined soil samples, taken from residency areas of those children. This association was missed regarding protozoal infections. According to the results, low level of education and consequently poor socio-economic and hygienic conditions of families appear to be powerful determinants of infection. Thus, improving environmental sanitation is imperative for the control of soil-transmitted helminths.

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    Adel M. Farghly, Sabah M. A. Mohamed, Sara A. Abdel-Rahman, Faten E. Mohammed & Enas S. El-Bahaie

  2. Clinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

    Mahmoud A. El-Shafey

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Farghly, A.M., Mohamed, S.M.A., Abdel-Rahman, S.A. et al. The relation between the prevalence of soil transmitted parasites in the soil and among school children in Zagazig district, Sharkyia Governorate, Egypt. J Parasit Dis 40, 1021–1029 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-014-0627-z

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