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Item Prevalence of Pinworm (Enterobius Vermicularis) and other Intestinal Parasites among the Primary Level Children of Government School, Chhampi, Lalitpur(faculty of zoology, 2017-11) Khadka, KarunaEnterobius vermicularis is worldwide in distribution and a major health problem specially among children of developing countries including Nepal. E. vermicularis is detected from perianal region rather than stool sample whereas other intestinal parasites can be collected from stool sample. The present study was carried out to determine the prevalence of E. vermicularis along with other intestinal parasites in the primary level children aged between 2-13 of Shree Chhampi Devi Higher Secondary School, Chhampi, Lalitpur, Nepal. A total of 107 scotch tape (cellophane tape) samples along with stool samples were collected for detection of E. vermicularis and other intestinal parasites. Microscopic examination was conducted for the identification of parasites. Among them, E. vermicularis infection was observed in 10.28% of children with almost equal prevalence in both male and female. Age wise high prevalence was found among the age group 5-7 yrs old (4.67%). The infection rate was not significantly associated with ethnic group (P=0.17), since the prevalence rate was highest in Janajati children (54.54%) compared to others. Itching behavior and nail biting behavior were significantly associated with the prevalence rate of E. vermicularis (P=0.01, P=0.023) respectively. Other intestinal parasites by stool examination revealed five different species of intestinal parasites. Among them, E. coli (27.66%) was the most prevalent protozoan parasite while in case of helminthic parasites, Ascaris lumbricoides (51.06%) was most prevalent followed by Trichuris trichiura (8.51%), Taenia solium (6.38%) and Hookworm (6.38%).The prevalence rate of intestinal parasites showed the significant association with ethnic groups (P=0.00102), knowledge of parents and attitude. Similarly, there were significant association with cleaning vegetables (P=0.015), nail cutting habit (P=0.0001) and use of antihelminthetic (P=0.028). Thus, IPI is still a major health problem among primary level school children and it should be regarded as public health and awareness, sanitation and hygiene practices should be improved.Item Study on intestinal Parasitic Infections in badi,Tharu and Highcastecommunity of Kailali and Kanchanpur Districts(Central Department of Microbiology, 2010) Paneru, Bam DevPresent study was carried out inBadi, Tharuand high castecommunity to determine theprevalence of intestinal parasitic infection. High castepeople wereselected from MalakhetiVDC 1 and 3, Kailali.Badipeople were selected from Malakheti VDCward no.1 and 3,Kailali and from Raikwar BichawaVDC wardno3, Kanchanpur.Tharuwere selected fromKrishnapur VDC ward no.3 Kanchanpur. This study also specifies the correlation betweenparasitic infection and sanitary facilities, source of drinking water, public health awareness,occupation, socio-economic status and others among these ethnic groups. The study wasconducted from September 2009 to May 2010. Altogether 378 samples were collected (123fromBadi,128 fromTharuand 127 from high castecommunity). The samples were formalinfixed and brought to Kathmandu. The laboratory processing ofsample was carried out at ShiGan health Foundation, Maharajgunj, Chakrapath, Kathmandu. The sampleswere examinedusing direct wet mount using iodine solution after the samples had been concentrated byformalin-ether sedimentation technique. The overall prevalence of intestinal parasites wasfound to be 35.19%, out of which 24.06% had multiple parasitism and 75.94% hadmonoparasitism. Males were marginally more infected (36.00%) than females (34.48%)(p>0.05). Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections wassame inBadi(47.97%) andTharu(47.66%) community, but lower in high caste community (10.24%). Males had higherprevalence than females inTharu(male; 50.79%, female; 44.62%) and inhigh caste(male;11.32%, female; 9.72%) community, whereas females had higher prevalence in Badicommunity (male; 43.86%, females; 50.52%). Prevalence of multiple parasitism was19.51%, 4.69% and 1.57% inBadi,Tharuand high castecommunity respectively. Amongpositive stool samples, hookwormwas most common helminthes (46.62%) andGiardiawasmost common protozoa (36.09%). Total of 6 parasites; hookworm,Giardia,E. histolytica,E.coli,H. nanaandB. hominiswere detected. Hookworm occurred in highest prevalence inTharu(34.38%) community and all other parasites occurred in highest prevalence inBadicommunity (Giardia:28.46%,E. histolytica: 24.06%,E. coli: 6.50%,H. nana: 4.88% andB.hominis: 2.43%). Children (0-15 years) were marginally more infected (36.08%) than adults(34.24%) (p> 0.05). Among children, prevalenceof intestinal parasitic infectionwas highestin Badi(56.72%), followed by Tharu (40.94%) and high caste (10.61%) community. 6 Prevalenceof intestinal parasitic infectionwas found to be same among people of agriculture(42.00%) and other (42.74%) occupation but lower among people with study occupation(18.01%).The rate of parasitic infection was very high among those suffering from recentgastrointestinal disease (87.25%) than among non sufferers (1.31%)(p<0.01). The rate ofintestinal parasitic infection was higher among those who had taken anti-parasitic drugswithin past 6 month(70.59%) than among those not having drugs (31.69%) (p<0.01). Higherprevalence of intestinal parasitosis was observed among those who did not wash their hand(81.11%) than among those who washed their hand (20.83%) before eating (p<0.01).Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis was found to be higher among those who did not cut theirnail (82.02%) than among those who cut their nail (20.76%) regularly (P<0.01). People whodrunk non treated water weresuffered more (48.62%) than who drink treated water (8.00%)(p<0.01). Higher prevalence of intestinal infection was found among those not having toilet(57.87%) than among those having toilet at home (10.50%) (p<0.01). Hence prevalence ofintestinal parasitic infection was studied along with correlation of different parameters. Key words: Badi, Tharu, high caste, intestinal parasites, Kailali District, KanchanpurDistrict, Malakheti VDC, Krishnapur VDC, Raikwar VDC. 7