Soil-transmitted helminths and plasmodium falciparum malaria among individuals living in different agroecosystems in two rural communities in the mount Cameroon area:a cross-sectional study

作     者：Irene Ule Ngole Sumbele Gladys Belanka Nkemnji Helen Kuokuo Kimbi 

作者机构：Department of Zoology and Animal PhysiologyUniversity of BueaBueaCameroon Department of Medical Laboratory SciencesUniversity of BamendaBamendaCameroon 

出 版 物：《Infectious Diseases of Poverty》 (贫困所致传染病（英文）)

年 卷 期：2017年第6卷第1期

页      面：573-587页

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学科分类：0401[教育学-教育学] 04[教育学] 

基　　金：This work was supported by the special fund for research and modernisation given to the authors by the Government of Cameroon 

主　　题：Soil-transmitted helminths Plasmodium falciparum malaria Co-infection Anaemia Agroecosystem Haematological values Environmental contamination Cameroon 

摘      要：Background:Soil-transmitted helminths(STHs)and Plasmodium falciparum infections remain public health problems in Cameroon.A cross-sectional study was carried out in the Mount Cameroon area to determine the prevalence and intensity of STHs and *** infections in individuals living in different agroecosystems;to assess the influence of these infections on haematological parameters;and to identify the risk factors associated with STH ***:STH and malaria parasites were detected using the Kato-Katz method and Giemsa staining of blood films,*** blood count values were obtained using an automatic haematology *** samples were analysed using the sucrose floatation sedimentation *** and continuous variables were compared as required and logistic regression models were used to assess the risk factors for STH infections and ***:Of the 450 participants examined,STHs,*** and mixed co-infections were detected in 14.0,33.3 and 5.6%of participants,*** higher prevalences of Ascaris(18.8%)and Trichuris(7.9%)infections were observed in participants from tea plantation areas compared to those from banana and palm plantation areas,with similar trends in egg *** prevalence and parasite density were comparable between the different *** overall prevalence of anaemia was 64.2%.The prevalence of haematological manifestations such as moderate(48.0%)and severe(8.0%)anaemia,leucopenia(26.9%)and microcytosis(30.8%)was significantly higher among Plasmodium-STH co-infected *** samples from plantations showed the highest prevalences of STH eggs compared to soil samples from areas around pit toilets and public water *** in a tea plantation area(OR=3.07),age(AOR=1.49)and lack of access to potable water(OR=2.25)were identified as risk factors for STH infections,while the age groups 15-25 years(OR=2.928)and 26-35 years(OR=2.832),and being fem