Soil-transmitted helminth egg contamination from soil of indigenous communities in selected barangays in Tigaon, Camarines Sur, Philippines

作     者：James Owen C.Delaluna Mary Jane C.Flores Vicente Y.Belizario Jr. Jose Isagani B.Janairo Derick Erl P.Sumalapao James Owen C. Delaluna;Mary Jane C. Flores;Vicente Y. Belizario Jr.;Jose Isagani B. Janairo;Derick Erl P. Sumalapao

作者机构：Biology DepartmentCollege of ScienceDe La Salle UniversityManila Philippines Biological Control Research UnitCenter for Natural Sciences and Environmental ResearchDe La Salle UniversityManila Philippines Department of ParasitologyCollege of Public HealthUniversity of the PhilippinesManila Philippines Department of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsCollege of Public HealthUniversity of the PhilippinesManila Philippines 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2020年第13卷第9期

页      面：409-414页

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学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学] 

基　　金：the Commission on Higher Education K12 Scholarship Program for the funding 

主　　题：Indigenous peoples Soil-transmitted helminths Ascaris Toxocara Trichuris Public health 

摘      要：Objective:To provide baseline data on the prevalence and intensity of soil-transmitted helminthiasis egg contamination in the soil among indigenous ***:A total of 317 soil samples from three barangays of indigenous communities communities in Tigaon,Camarines Sur,Philippines were examined for soil-transmitted helminthiasis egg contamination using optimized sugar flotation ***:Of the soil samples examined,141(44.48%)were contaminated by Ascaris spp.,Toxocara spp.,and Trichuris *** cumulative prevalence varying across the study sites(P0.01).Ascaris *** predominant in all study sites,followed by Toxocara *** Trichuris *** a prevalence of 41.96%,7.57%,and 5.36%,***,Toxocara *** the highest intensity of contamination,followed by Ascaris *** Trichuris *** term of geometric mean soil-transmitted helminthiasis eggs recovered per one gram soil sample(34.25,21.45,and 11.85 respectively).Each study site harbors significant amount of soiltransmitted helminthiasis eggs and zoonotic Toxocara eggs,which present high risk of soil-transmitted helminthiasis infection,particularly among children observed to play and cohabitate with animals known to be hosts of these ***:The alarming rate of soil-transmitted helminthiasis and Toxocara egg contamination reported in this study suggests that additional measures should be undertaken to control soil-transmitted helminthiasis and zoonotic intestinal infections in the country.