Burden of common intestinal helminthic infection among children of tea community– A hospital based study

Dr.(Mrs.) Uttara Borkotoki; Purnakshi Bhattacharjee

Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

Burden of common intestinal helminthic infection among children of tea community– A hospital based study

Dr. Mrs. Uttara Borkotoki, Purnakshi Bhattacharjee

Abstract :

Intestinal helminthic infection is one of the most common infection among the children of tea community due to unhygienic living condition , poor economic status, malnutrition and illiteracy. With this background, a cross sectional observational study has been undertaken to assess the prevalence of different intestinal helmithic infection among the children of tea community by examining stool samples microscopically. The subjects selected for the study are children of tea community attending pediatric department. A total 100 cases of both sexes belonging to different age groups were studied. Intestinal helminthic infection was quite common (70%) in the study population. Higher rate of infection was seen in age group ≤1–6 years (76.4%). The most commonest helmithic ova was Ascaris lumicoides (64.8%) followed by Trichuris trichuria and Anchylostoma duodenale(11.4%). By analyzing the result it can be concluded that the intestinal helmithic infection remain a serious problem among the children of tea community and need appropriate prevention and control measures .