TY - JOUR
KW - Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs)
KW - Helminths
KW - Mother’s education
KW - Open defecation
KW - STH
KW - Schistosoma
KW - schistosomiasis
KW - Ethiopia
AU - Teshale T
AU - Belay S
AU - Tadesse D
AU - Awala A
AU - Teklay G
AB - <p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>To assess the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections and associated factors among primary school children of Medebay Zana wereda, a northwestern zone of Tigray, northern Ethiopia from March to April 2017.</p>

<p><strong>RESULT: </strong>The prevalence of intestinal helminths was 12.7%. The highest prevalence of intestinal helminth infections was observed in the age group of 11-14&nbsp;years old and the most prevalent helminths species were Schistosoma mansoni. Mothers' level of education [AOR = 0.27 [0.13-0.58]], place of defecation [AOR = 2.63, 95% CI 1.14-6.02]], hand wash before meals [AOR = 9.0, 95% CI 3.72-21.74]], hand wash after defecation [AOR = 5.77 [1.78-18.63]] and eating unwashed vegetables [AOR = 5.67 [2.19-14.73]] were associated with higher risk of having intestinal helminths detected in stool. In the study area the risk of detecting intestinal helminths in their stool were more associated the improper personal hygiene of the children.</p>

BT - BMC research notes
C1 - <p>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29973255?dopt=Abstract</p>

DO - 10.1186/s13104-018-3556-6
IS - 1
J2 - BMC Res Notes
LA - eng
N2 - <p><strong>OBJECTIVE: </strong>To assess the prevalence of intestinal helminth infections and associated factors among primary school children of Medebay Zana wereda, a northwestern zone of Tigray, northern Ethiopia from March to April 2017.</p>

<p><strong>RESULT: </strong>The prevalence of intestinal helminths was 12.7%. The highest prevalence of intestinal helminth infections was observed in the age group of 11-14&nbsp;years old and the most prevalent helminths species were Schistosoma mansoni. Mothers' level of education [AOR = 0.27 [0.13-0.58]], place of defecation [AOR = 2.63, 95% CI 1.14-6.02]], hand wash before meals [AOR = 9.0, 95% CI 3.72-21.74]], hand wash after defecation [AOR = 5.77 [1.78-18.63]] and eating unwashed vegetables [AOR = 5.67 [2.19-14.73]] were associated with higher risk of having intestinal helminths detected in stool. In the study area the risk of detecting intestinal helminths in their stool were more associated the improper personal hygiene of the children.</p>

PY - 2018
EP - 444
T2 - BMC research notes
TI - Prevalence of intestinal helminths and associated factors among school children of Medebay Zana wereda; North Western Tigray, Ethiopia 2017.
UR - https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s13104-018-3556-6
VL - 11
SN - 1756-0500
ER -