Abstract:
This study was conducted on school children in Algitanah locality,
White Nile State. In this study, 288 faecal samples were collected from
students (158 males and 130 females). The stool samples were processed
by using formal ether concentration and direct wet preparation
techniques.
The results revealed that 198 (68.8%) of school children were
infected with intestinal parasites. six different parasites have been
detected in this study and their prevalence was as follows: Entamoeba
coli (44%), Entamoeba histolytica (28.7%), Giardia lamblia (18.2%),
Hymenolepis nana (8.5%), Enterobius vermicularis (0.3%) and
Schistosoma mansoni (0.3%). This study revealed that infection with
intestinal protozoa (62.5%) was higher than infection with intestinal
helminthes (6.3%).
The results showed that the prevalence rates of intestinal parasites
among males and females were almost similar (69.6% and 67.6%
respectively). (P > 0.05). Also, the results showed that there is no
variation in infection rates among different age groups of school children.
(P > 0.05).
The study demonstrated that the prevalence rate of the single infection
was higher than the prevalence rate of the mixed infection (39.6% and
29.1% respectively).
The study proved that there was an obvious difference of the
detection rates of the two techniques used, formal ether concentration and
direct wet mount (68.8% and 54.4% respectively). (P < 0.05 ).
