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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
10
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pubmed:dateCreated |
2008-9-8
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pubmed:abstractText |
A cross-sectional study was conducted in Zimbabwe among 1303 primary schoolchildren from a rural (53.3%) and a commercial farming area (46.7%) to determine the prevalence of co-infection by helminths and Plasmodium falciparum. Urine was examined on three successive days using the filtration method. Two stool specimens were processed using the Kato-Katz method and a third specimen was processed using the sedimentation method. Plasmodium falciparum was diagnosed from thick blood films. The prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium in the rural and farming areas was 66.8% and 52.3%, respectively, and for S. mansoni the prevalence was 12.4% and 22.7%, respectively. Plasmodium falciparum, hookworms, Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura occurred only in the farming area, with a prevalence of 27.9%, 23.7%, 2.1%, 2.3%, respectively. Co-infection and triple infection with schistosomes, P. falciparum and soil-transmitted helminths occurred in the commercial farming area only. Hookworm and S. mansoni infections were associated with P. falciparum malaria (P<0.001, OR=2.48, 95% CI 1.56-3.93 and P=0.005, OR=1.85, 95% CI 1.20-2.87, respectively). Overlap of helminths with malaria is a concern among primary schoolchildren and incorporating helminth control in programmes aiming to control malaria will improve funding and increase the efficiency of control for neglected tropical diseases in identified co-endemic settings.
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pubmed:commentsCorrections | |
pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Oct
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pubmed:issn |
1878-3503
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Electronic
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pubmed:volume |
102
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1039-45
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-7-15
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Animals,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Cross-Sectional Studies,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Feces,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Helminthiasis,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Helminths,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Malaria, Falciparum,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Plasmodium falciparum,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Rural Health,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Sex Distribution,
pubmed-meshheading:18656215-Zimbabwe
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pubmed:year |
2008
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pubmed:articleTitle |
The burden of polyparasitism among primary schoolchildren in rural and farming areas in Zimbabwe.
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pubmed:affiliation |
National Institute of Health Research, Box CY 573, Causeway, Harare, Zimbabwe.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't,
Multicenter Study,
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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