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Soil-transmitted helminth infections in school children of three districts of Malakand region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

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dc.contributor.author Khan, Wali
dc.contributor.author Khan, Jahangir
dc.contributor.author Khan, Naeem
dc.contributor.author Iqbal, Ruhoollah
dc.contributor.author Ullah, Atta
dc.contributor.author Ghaffar, Rukhsana
dc.contributor.author Mehmood, Sardar Azhar
dc.contributor.author Ahmad, Shabir
dc.contributor.author Khan, Sheema
dc.contributor.author Ullah, Farman
dc.date.accessioned 2022-12-14T03:36:44Z
dc.date.available 2022-12-14T03:36:44Z
dc.date.issued 2019-03-20
dc.identifier.citation Khan, W., Khan, J., Khan, N., Iqbal, R., Ullah, A., Ghaffar, R., ... & Ullah, F. (2019). Soil-transmitted helminth infections in school children of three districts of Malakand region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 32(2), 799-803. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 1011-601X
dc.identifier.uri http://142.54.178.187:9060/xmlui/handle/123456789/15049
dc.description.abstract Information on prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections among school children is scarce in Pakistan. This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth in school children of three districts in, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A total of 300 stool samples were examined from August 2015 to August 2016 using direct smear (Normal saline and Lugol,s Iodine solution) and the concentration methods. One hundred and eighty seven (62.3%) pupils were found infected with soil-transmitted helminths. One hundred and forty five (77.5%) were infected with single parasite and forty two (22.4%) with multiple infections. Ascaris lumbricoides 125 (66.4%), Trichuris trichura 50 (26.5%) and Ancylostoma duedenale 13 (6.91%) were detected. The children above 8 years in age were more parasitized than below 8 years (p=0.7832; P>0.05). Males were found more parasitized than females (p=0.9315; P>0.05). Children in lower Dir district were found more infected followed by Swat and upper Dir (P< 0.0001; p<0.05). No significant relationship was found among the examined and that of infected children for ages and sex in all the districts. Malakand division is an area with poor hygiene located in temperate zone near the border of Afghanistan and China. The prevalence of reported nematode parasites here compared with the same studies is unexpectedly high. These types of studies should continue time to time to know the hazardous nature of such parasitic infections for the betterment of the human health. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Karachi:Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, university of Karachi. en_US
dc.subject School children en_US
dc.subject intestinal parasites en_US
dc.subject helminth infections en_US
dc.subject soil-transmitted infections en_US
dc.subject Pakistan en_US
dc.title Soil-transmitted helminth infections in school children of three districts of Malakand region, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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