Enterobius vermicularis infection: Prevalence and risk factors among preschool children in kindergarten in the capital area, Republic of the Marshall Islands
BMC Infectious Diseases Jun 22, 2019
Fan CK, et al. - Among children in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), researchers investigated the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis (pinworm) infection and associated risk factors. They also assessed if eggs contaminated participants’ clothing or the ground and tables in kindergarten classrooms. From 14 kindergartens with a total of 635 preschool children (PSC) in Majuro City, 392 PSC participated in this project. Pinworm infection was prevalent of 22.4% (88/392). Higher prevalence was noted among boys (24.5%) vs girls (20.31%), PSC aged > 5 years (32.77%) vs those aged ≤5 years (17.95%), PSC who lived in urban areas (22.95%) vs those who lived in rural areas (20.69%), and PSC “having an older sister” vs those who did not. Observations revealed no egg contamination on the clothes of the belly and hip sites or on the ground and tables in the 14 kindergartens. These findings emphasize the significance of mass screening and treatment of infected PSC in pinworm control in the RMI.
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