Gastrointestinal parasitic infections: Prevalence and risk factors in West Ismailia, Arab Republic of Egypt.

IF 4.3 3区医学 Q1 GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY

Gut Pathogens Pub Date : 2024-06-19 DOI:10.1186/s13099-024-00622-y

Shahira Abdelaziz Ali Ahmed, Samar Farag Mohamed, Heba Sayed El-Mahallawy, Annalisa Quattrocchi, Panagiotis Karanis

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Abstract

Background: This study aimed to determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites (GIP) in the rural community of West Ismailia and its associated risk factors. Human infection by GIP is natural and expected. There are few records concerning parasitic infection in the rural areas of the Ismailia Governorate.

Methods: From 520 individuals, sociodemographic and risk factors information were retrieved. Fecal samples were collected, concentrated, and tested for GIP infection using a microscopic examination.

Results: The West Ismailia study population had a 40.4% prevalence of GIP infection, including single and concomitant parasite infections. The most common cause of GIP infection was protists (38%). Entamoeba sp., Blastocystis sp., and G. duodenalis were the most common parasites. Poly-parasitism was prevalent within the West Ismailia region. Age, abdominal symptoms, perianal itching, ownership of numerous animal species, exposure to turbid water, previous parasitic infection (PPI), and non-treatment reception of PPI were all considered significant factors associated with GIP infection. Specific individuals from the same family have been observed to have identical GIP.

Conclusion: GIP infection remains underestimated in rural areas. Periodic screening and treatment for GIP infection in children and public education on GIP hazards and prevention, focusing on personal hygiene, are recommended. Family members of affected individuals should be screened and treated for GIP.

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胃肠道寄生虫感染：阿拉伯埃及共和国西伊斯梅利亚的发病率和风险因素。

背景：本研究旨在确定西伊斯梅利亚农村社区的胃肠道寄生虫（GIP）感染率及其相关风险因素。人类感染胃肠道寄生虫是自然现象，也是意料之中的事。有关伊斯梅利亚省农村地区寄生虫感染的记录很少：方法：从 520 人中检索社会人口学和风险因素信息。结果：西伊斯梅利亚研究人群中的寄生虫感染率达到了 99%：结果：在西伊斯梅利亚的研究人群中，GIP 感染率为 40.4%，其中包括单一和并发的寄生虫感染。最常见的 GIP 感染原因是原生动物（38%）。最常见的寄生虫是恩塔米巴虫、布氏囊虫和十二指肠杆菌。西伊斯梅利亚地区普遍存在多寄生虫寄生现象。年龄、腹部症状、肛周瘙痒、饲养多种动物、接触浑浊的水、曾感染寄生虫（PPI）以及未接受 PPI 治疗都被认为是与 GIP 感染有关的重要因素。据观察，同一家庭中的特定个体也会感染相同的 GIP：结论：在农村地区，GIP 感染仍被低估。建议定期筛查和治疗儿童 GIP 感染，并开展有关 GIP 危害和预防的公共教育，重点关注个人卫生。感染者的家庭成员也应接受 GIP 筛查和治疗。

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Gut Pathogens GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY-MICROBIOLOGY

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期刊介绍： Gut Pathogens is a fast publishing, inclusive and prominent international journal which recognizes the need for a publishing platform uniquely tailored to reflect the full breadth of research in the biology and medicine of pathogens, commensals and functional microbiota of the gut. The journal publishes basic, clinical and cutting-edge research on all aspects of the above mentioned organisms including probiotic bacteria and yeasts and their products. The scope also covers the related ecology, molecular genetics, physiology and epidemiology of these microbes. The journal actively invites timely reports on the novel aspects of genomics, metagenomics, microbiota profiling and systems biology. Gut Pathogens will also consider, at the discretion of the editors, descriptive studies identifying a new genome sequence of a gut microbe or a series of related microbes (such as those obtained from new hosts, niches, settings, outbreaks and epidemics) and those obtained from single or multiple hosts at one or different time points (chronological evolution).