Intestinal parasitosis among the elderly people in Kathmandu Valley.

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorShakya, Bikashen_US
dc.contributor.authorRai, Shiba Kumaren_US
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Anjanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorShrestha, Arinaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-28T04:17:33Z
dc.date.available2009-05-28T04:17:33Z
dc.date.issued2006-12-16en_US
dc.descriptionNepal Medical College Journal.en_US
dc.description.abstractPresent study was carried out among the elderly people (60+ years of age) from August 2005 to July 2006 in Kathmandu Valley to assess the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in them. Stool samples were collected from 235 elderly people (122 from government elderly home, 66 from private elderly home and 47 from the households in a rural community). The samples were examined by formal ether sedimentation and Sheather's sucrose floatation followed by Kinyoun's modified Ziehl-Neelsen staining. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was found to be 41.7%, out of which 30.6% had multiple parasitism. The government elderly home had significantly higher parasitic prevalence (50.8%) followed by the rural community (46.8%) and the private elderly homes (21.2%) (P<0.05). Males (43.8%) had slightly infection rate than females (40.4%) (P>0.05). There was equal infection rate with protozoa (25.8%) and helminths (27.0%). Trichuris trichiura (39.4%) and Entamoeba histolytica (19.7%) were the commonest helminth and protozoa, respectively.en_US
dc.description.affiliationCentral Department of Microbiology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal.
dc.identifier.citationShakya B, Rai SK, Singh A, Shrestha A. Intestinal parasitosis among the elderly people in Kathmandu Valley. Nepal Medical College Journal. 2006 Dec; 8(4): 243-7en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/46708
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.nmcth.edu/list_journal_articles.phpen_US
dc.source.urihttps://www.nmcth.edu/nmcj_articles_pdf/volume_wise/nmcj_vol8_no4/Bikash_Shakya.pdfen_US
dc.subject.meshAge Factorsen_US
dc.subject.meshAgeden_US
dc.subject.meshAged, 80 and overen_US
dc.subject.meshAnimalsen_US
dc.subject.meshEpidemiologic Studiesen_US
dc.subject.meshFemaleen_US
dc.subject.meshGeographyen_US
dc.subject.meshHelminthiasis --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshHumansen_US
dc.subject.meshIntestinal Diseases, Parasitic --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshMaleen_US
dc.subject.meshMiddle Ageden_US
dc.subject.meshNepal --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshPrevalenceen_US
dc.subject.meshProtozoan Infections --epidemiologyen_US
dc.subject.meshRisk Factorsen_US
dc.titleIntestinal parasitosis among the elderly people in Kathmandu Valley.en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
nmcj vol.8_no.4_p.243.pdf
Size:
90.71 KB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Journal article
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
No Thumbnail Available
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.79 KB
Format:
Plain Text
Description:
Download
Collections
Nepal Medical College Journal