OCCURRENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN PAEDIATRIC AGE GROUP AMONG PATIENTS TMMC & RC IN MORADABAD

Imran Ahamad*, Rajesh Kumar and Divya Chaubey

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The burden of intestinal parasitic infection varies in different region of the country. In developing countries like india, such infections are major health problem specially affecting school going children, approximately 3.5 billion people are infected by intestinal parasites. For these various programe run by government organizing to control these parasitic infection. Studies have demonstrated a common relationship between parasitic infections and lower socioeconomic status of the region.Low socioeconomic conditions, lack of access to potable drinking water, poor personal hygiene and environmental sanitation are the factors associated with intestinal parasitic infection. These infections can cause iron deficiency anemia & growth retardation in children. Objective: To study the occurrence of intestinal parasites among paediatric age group patients. Material & Methods: The study was performed in parasitology section of department of microbiology TMMC & RC Moradabad on 50 clinically suspected cases of intestinal parasitic infection, between Sep. 2016 to feb 2017. Stool samples were collected and examined by standard parasitological examination including saline amount and iodine preparation along with stool concentration method (Saturated salt solution & Formalin ether) in microscopy negative cases. Result: Out of 50 stool sample 20 samples were positive for intestinal parasite in which egg of Taenia species (45%) was most common among all followed by egg of Hook worm(35%), Trichuris trichiura(10%), Giardia lamblia(5%) & Strongyloides stercoralis(5%). Conclusion: In our study most of population come from rural area and has low socioeconomic status with poor hygiene in which leads to faeco-oral contamination, as a result there are infestation of intestinal parasites.

Keywords: Intestinal parasites, paediatric age group.