Prevalence of selected intestinal protozoan infections in marginalized rural communities in Palestine

Bibliographic Data

ID15380454
AuthorsAmer Al‐Jawabreh (0000-0001-5929-8743, Arab American University, corresponding author), Suheir Ereqat (0000-0003-3706-5732, Al-Quds University), Kamal Dumaidi (0000-0002-7299-9736, Arab American University), Hanan Al-Jawabreh (0000-0003-3561-5534, Al-Quds University), Ziad Abdeen (0000-0001-5871-0310, Al-Quds University), Abedelmajeed Nasereddin (0000-0001-8162-420X, Al-Quds University), Abdelmajeed Nasereddin
Year2019
Volume19
Issue1
Pages1667-1667
Publication date2019-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-019-8024-2
PMID31829156
OpenAlexW2995079944
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited30

The increased prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in children in marginalized rural areas in Palestine is worrying. The addition of PCR-based methods is important for the diagnosis of such infections as, with cautious interpretation, it increases proficiency and overcomes underestimation and misdiagnosis of cases. Control measures including education on personal hygiene and environmental sanitation, should be introduced to reduce the prevalence of the intestinal parasites and, thus, the infections they cause in this and other areas

Ascaris lumbricoides · Biology · Deworming · Environmental health · Feces · Giardia lamblia · Helminths · Hymenolepis nana · Intestinal parasite · Odds ratio · Pathology · Population · Rural area · Socioeconomic status · Veterinary medicine · Amoebic Infections and Treatments · Demography · Medicine · Parasites and Host Interactions · Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics · Epidemiology · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Microbiology

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