Prevalence and Intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in relation to Malnutrition among School-aged Children of Lamurde Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/njpar.v44iI.6
Keywords:
Adamawa, Pupils, Malnutrition, Intensity, Prevalence, AscariasisAbstract
Ascariasis is a severe parasitic disease widely prevalent in remote, tropic, and subtropical regions with poor sanitation and improper water supply system. It is an important Soil-transmitted disease with enormous health and social implications for school-aged children in impoverished communities. This study aimed to detennine the prevalence and intensity of Ascaris lumbricoides infection in relation to malnutrition among School-aged children in Savannah Staff Primary School of Lamurde LGA of Adamawa State, Nigeria. A cross-sectional study of primary school-aged pupils was sampled, and questionnaires were administered to the pupils to determine their social demographic characteristics and their Body Mass Index (BMI) using nutritional indicators such as weight and height. Faecal samples were collected from 220 pupils and examined for Ova of A. lumbricoides using the wet mount, iodine mount and 10% fonnol-ether concentration technique, 74 pupils were positive with 33.7% prevalence, 26.4% low intensity and 7.3% moderate intensity, respectively. The Body Mass Index was observed to be more underweight children, with <I 8.5kg prevalence of 28.6%, healthy children at 4.6%, and overweight was 0.45%. There was no significant association between ascariasis and pupils' social demographic characteristics (P> 0.05) and ascariasis was statistically significant to the BMI of pupils (p<0.05). A. lumbricoides infection in relation to malnutrition was of moderate prevalence; however, this may not be the reason for the level of underweight pupils recorded in our study.
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