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dc.contributor.author | Gunawardena, N.K. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Chandrasena, T.G.A.N. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | de Silva, N.R. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-29T09:40:37Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-29T09:40:37Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The Ceylon Medical Journal. 2013; 58(3): 106-10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-0875 (Print) | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4038/cmj.v58i3.5039 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/2240 | en_US |
dc.description | Indexed In MEDLINE | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of enterobiasis among school children in Ragama Medical Officer of Health (MOH) region and the association between clinical features, potential risk factors and infection status. DESIGN: Cross sectional study. SETTING: School based. Participants 260 school children aged 5-7 years, attending five state schools in the Ragama MOH region. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection as diagnosed using adhesive cellophane tapes on the perianal skin on 2 consecutive days. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of enterobiasis was 38%. The risk factors significant on a univariate analysis were male gender, maternal under-education, non-permanency of paternal employment, more household members, more siblings in a family, more persons sleeping with an index child and lack of recent deworming. On a multivariate model more household members, more children in a household, more persons sleeping with the index child, non-permanency of paternal employment and lack of recent deworming were significantly associated with infection. None of the clinical manifestations evaluated (peri-anal itching, insomnia, abdominal pain, and enuresis) showed a significant association with enterobiasis. CONCLUSIONS: Enterobiasis is highly prevalent among primary school children in Ragama. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Sri Lanka Medical Association | en_US |
dc.source.uri | http://cmj.sljol.info/articles/abstract/10.4038/cmj.v58i3.5039/ | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Enterobiasis | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Prevalence | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Cross-Sectional Studies | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Child | en_US |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Factors | en |
dc.title | Prevalence of enterobiasis among primary school children in Ragama, Sri Lanka | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.department | Parasitology | en_US |
dc.creator.corporateauthor | Sri Lanka Medical Association | en_US |
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