Socio-environmental factors and ascariasis infection among school-aged children in Ilobu, Osun State, Nigeria

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-228

  Ugbomoiko, U S ^a   Dalumo, V ^a   Ofoezie, I E ^b   Obiezue, R N N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Ascariasis; Children; Intensity; Nigeria; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NIGERIA; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 61349130659     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.014     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Crompton D.W.T., and Savioli L. Intestinal parasitic infection and urbanization. Bull World Health Organ 71 (1993) 1-7
2. WHO. Prevention and control of intestinal parasitic infections. Geneva, World Health Organization, Technical Report Series No. 749; 1987.
3. Asaolu S.O., Ofoezie I.E., Odumuyiwa P.A., Sowemimo O.A., and Ogunniyi T.A.B. Effect of water supply and sanitation on the prevalence and intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides among pre-school-age children in Ajebandele and Ifewara, Ogun State, Nigeria. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 96 (2002) 600-604
4. Ugbomoiko U.S., and Ofoezie I.E. Multiple infection diagnosis of intestinal helminthiasis in the assessment of health and environmental effect of development projects in Nigeria. J Helminthol 81 (2007) 227-231
5. Crompton D.W.T. Prevalence of ascariasis. In: Crompton D.W.T., Nesheim M.C., and Pawlowski Z.S. (Eds). Ascariasis and its prevention and control (1989), Taylor and Francis, London 45-69
6. Ayoade J.O. Climate change. In: Barbour K.M., Oguntoyinbo J.S., Onyemelukwe J.O.C., and Nwafor J.C. (Eds). Nigeria in maps (1982), Holder & Stoughton, London 14-15
7. Siegal S., and Castellan N.J. Non-parametric statistics for the behavioural sciences. 2nd ed. (1988), McGraw-Hill, New York
8. Hosmer D.W., and Lemeshow S. Applied logistic regression (1989), Wiley-Interscience Publications, New York
9. WHO Action Against Worms. Geneva: World Health Organziation, ©2008. http://www.who.int/wormcontrol/newsletter/en/index.html [accessed 13 August 2008]; 2007.
10. Carneiro F.F., Cifuentes E., Tellez-Rojo M.M., and Romieu I. The risk of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in children as an environmental health indicator to guide preventive activities in Caparao and Alto Caparao, Brazil. Bull World Health Organ 80 (2002) 40-46
11. Pawlowski Z.S., and Davis A. Morbidity and mortality in ascariasis. In: Crompton D.W.T., Nesheim M.C., and Pawlowski Z.S. (Eds). Ascariasis and its prevention and control (1989), Taylor and Francis, London 71-86
12. Engels D., and Savioli L. Reconsidering the underestimated burden caused by neglected tropical diseases. Trends Parasitol 22 (2006) 263-266
13. Asaolu S.O., and Ofoezie I.E. The role of health education and sanitation in the control of helminth infections. Acta Trop 86 (2003) 283-294
14. Holland C.V., and Asaolu S.O. Ascariasis is Nigeria. Parasitol Today 6 (1990) 143-147
15. Feachem R.G., Guy M.W., Harrison S., Iwugo K.D., Marshall T., Mbere N., et al. Excreta disposal facilities and intestinal parasitism in urban Africa: preliminary studies in Botswana, Ghana and Zambia. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 77 (1983) 515-521
16. Shuval H.L., Tilden R.L., Perry B.H., and Grosse R.N. Effect of investment in water supply and sanitation on health status: a threshold-saturation theory. Bull. World Health Organ 59 (1981) 243-248
17. Yeager B.A.C., Huttly S.R.A., Bartolini R., Rojas M., and Lanata C.F. Defecation practices by young children in Peruvian shantytown. Soc Sci Med 49 (1999) 531-541
18. Quihui L., Valencia M.E., Crompton D.W.T., Phillips S., Hagan P., Morales G., et al. Role of the employment status and education of mothers in the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Mexican rural schoolchildren. BMC Public Health 6 (2006) 225