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

Ugbomoiko, U.S., Dalumo, V., Ofoezie, I.E., Obiezue, R.N.N.·2009·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
DOI 10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.014
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The risk factors predisposing children to ascariasis transmission in a rural community of Osun State, Nigeria were investigated from November 2005 to April 2006. Children below 16 years of age were examined at the household level after information on biodata, access to water supply and sanitation, socio-economic status of their parents and degree of cohabitation with their parents was collected using a questionnaire. Of 440 children examined, overall prevalence was 60% and median intensity was 1548 eggs per gram (epg) (min. 48 epg; max. 55464 epg). Infection patterns were gender comparable and age dependent, with peak prevalence (67.8%) occurring in children aged 5-9 years and peak median intensity (4368 epg) in children aged >or=15 years. Logistic regression analysis revealed that prevalence was influenced by patterns of water supply and sanitation, parents' educational background, number of biological parents living with a child and number of playmates a child has. These findings suggest that socio-environmental risk factors which play a role in disease transmission need to be taken into account when formulating sustainable control strategies for ascariasis and other intestinal parasites in Nigeria and elsewhere.

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  • Studies that compared access to sanitation between men and women found largely unremarkable gender differences.

    “Generally, studies that compared access to sanitation between men and women found largely unremarkable gender differences (Ugbomoiko et al., 2009;Al-Delaimy et al., 2014;Alemu et al., 2017;Baker et al., 2018).”

    From A Systematic Review of Water and Gender Interlinkages: Assessing the Intersection With Health (2020) · cites this paper as Ugbomoiko et al., 2009

  • Boys were at greater risk than girls for contracting schistosomiasis and hookworm infections as well as stunting.

    “In assessing whether women and girls were at higher risk for health burdens, most studies focused on children determining that boys were at greater risk for contracting both schistosomiasis (Kapito-Tembo et al., 2009;Ugbomoiko et al., 2009;Atalabi et al., 2016;Donohue et al., 2017) and hookworm infections (Baker et al., 2018) as well as stunting (Akombi et al., 2017) which is in line with a well-d”

    From A Systematic Review of Water and Gender Interlinkages: Assessing the Intersection With Health (2020) · cites this paper as Ugbomoiko et al., 2009

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Authors
Ugbomoiko, U. S., Dalumo, V., Ofoezie, I. E., & Obiezue, R. N. N.
Affiliations
  • University of Ilorin (NG)
  • University of Nigeria (NG)
Corresponding author
Ugbomoiko, U.S.
ORCID
Venue
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Published
2009-03
Volume
103
Issue
3
Pages
223-228
ISSN
0035-9203 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.trstmh.2008.12.014
OpenAlex
W2090694749
Semantic Scholar
26dd25c6260700430693fdc01d72aae9759967b2
Cited by
27
References
18
Citations by year
2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 3
FWCI
2.16
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Helminth infection and control
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
Keywords
ascariasis, school-aged children, socio-environmental risk factors, water supply, sanitation, parental education, cohabitation, playmates, intestinal parasites, infection prevalence, egg intensity, rural communities, Osun State
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Animals, Ascariasis, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, Humans, Infant, Male, Nigeria, Parasite Egg Count, Regression Analysis, Risk Factors, Rural Health, Socioeconomic Factors, Water Supply, Prevalence, Ascaris lumbricoides, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution

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