Prevalence and Effect of Personal Hygiene Ontransmission of Helminthes Infection Among Primary School Children Living in Slums
ZENITH International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Vol.2 Issue 7, July 2012, ISSN 2231 5780 PREVALENCE AND EFFECT OF PERSONAL HYGIENE ONTRANSMISSION OF HELMINTHES INFECTION AMONG PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN LIVING IN SLUMS R.M. KAPILA THARANGA RATHNAYAKA & ZHONG-JUN WANG* *Department of Statistic, Science Collage, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, PR China - 433070. ABSTRACT Soil–Transmitted Nematode Inflections are the most common helminthes infections among the world population, while it causes serious infections in developing countries, mainly in south Asia and Africa. Day by day the rate of infection has been rising rapidly. Aim of the present survey was to explore the relationship between the prevalence and intensity of risk factors for Ascaris infection among primary school children in Badulla district, Sri Lanka, using standard parasitological techniques. In this paper we analyze these effects via two models, one multiple regressive technique, to identify the association between prevalence of infection and some risk factors, and the other multiple logistic regression analysis, to study the independent association of factors for Ascaris infection. Results provide an estimate that socio economic conditions, de-worming and rate of infection are highly co-related with each other. Authorities should pay more attention for these factors in order to control the rate and spread of infection. KEYWORD: Ascaris infection, Helminthes infection, Kato- katz technique, Logistic Regression Analysis. ______________________________________________________________________________ 1. INTRODUCTION Soil – transmitted nematode inflections are one of most plenteous nematode infections in the world today. Especially it is wide- spread throughout the developing world, including Sri Lanka and other south Asian counties. According to the World Heath Organizational (WHO) reports of 2010, approximately 0.807-1.221 billion humans have been infected with Nematode infection, 604-795 million have trichuriasis, and 576-740 million have hookworm infections all over the world.
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