<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Examinations of the set of 2,760 samples of human stools revealed the current epidemiological situation in the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasitoses in Slovakia. Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic infection was P = 6.81 % out of which the protozoan infections was P = 2.64 % and helminthiases P = 4.17 %, in the representation of endoparasitic species <italic>Entamoeba coli, Giardia intestinalis, Blastocystis hominis, Endolimax nana, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura</italic> and <italic>Enterobius vermicularis</italic>.The species with the highest proportion from the protozoa was <italic>Entamoeba coli</italic> (P = 0.79 %) and from the helminths <italic>Ascaris lumbricoides</italic> (P = 3.73 %). The highest prevalence of protozoan infections (P = 3.27 %) was found in the age group 8 – 18 yearly and helminthic infections (P = 5.84 %) in the lowest age group of children at the age of 1 month to 7 years. Almost regularly, there was most frequently infection with <italic>Endolimax nana, Giardia intestinalis</italic> and <italic>Ascaris lumbricoides</italic>. By comparison of all age categories, a high statistical significance of differences in the prevalence of helminthiases was found, which most frequently infected children aged from 1 month to 7 years (X2, p≤ 0.0001). The statistical significance of differences in the incidence of protozoan infections (X2, p≤ 0.01) and helminthiases (X2, p≤ 0.0001) was recorded between the compared regions of Slovakia (Western, Central and Eastern Slovakia) with the highest prevalence in the eastern region of Slovakia.</abstract>

Examinations of the set of 2,760 samples of human stools revealed the current epidemiological situation in the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasitoses in Slovakia. Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasitic infection was P = 6.81 % out of which the protozoan infections was P = 2.64 % and helminthiases P = 4.17 %, in the representation of endoparasitic species Entamoeba coli, Giardia intestinalis, Blastocystis hominis, Endolimax nana, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and Enterobius vermicularis.The species with the highest proportion from the protozoa was Entamoeba coli (P = 0.79 %) and from the helminths Ascaris lumbricoides (P = 3.73 %). The highest prevalence of protozoan infections (P = 3.27 %) was found in the age group 8 – 18 yearly and helminthic infections (P = 5.84 %) in the lowest age group of children at the age of 1 month to 7 years. Almost regularly, there was most frequently infection with Endolimax nana, Giardia intestinalis and Ascaris lumbricoides. By comparison of all age categories, a high statistical significance of differences in the prevalence of helminthiases was found, which most frequently infected children aged from 1 month to 7 years (X2, p≤ 0.0001). The statistical significance of differences in the incidence of protozoan infections (X2, p≤ 0.01) and helminthiases (X2, p≤ 0.0001) was recorded between the compared regions of Slovakia (Western, Central and Eastern Slovakia) with the highest prevalence in the eastern region of Slovakia.

Epidemiology and geographical distribution of gastrointestinal parasitic infection in humans in Slovakia

St. Elizabeth University of Health and Social Sciences, Palackého 1, P.O. Box 104, 810 00 Bratislava SR

Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafarik University in Košice, Trieda SNP 1, 040 11 Košice, SR

National Cancer Institute, Klenova 3019/1, 833 10 Bratislava, SR

Helminthologia

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Examinations of the set of 2,760 samples of human stools revealed the current epidemiological situation in the occurrence of gastrointestinal parasitoses in...

Epidemiology and geographical distribution of gastrointestinal parasitic infection in humans in Slovakia

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 21, 2016

Page range: 309 - 317

Received: Jun 29, 2016

Accepted: Sep 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0035

Keywords
current epidemiological situation, prevalence, gastrointestinal parasitoses, helminths, protozoa

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Epidemiology and geographical distribution of gastrointestinal parasitic infection in humans in Slovakia

Article Category: Research Article

Published Online: Nov 21, 2016

Page range: 309 - 317

Received: Jun 29, 2016

Accepted: Sep 22, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0035

Keywordscurrent epidemiological situation, prevalence, gastrointestinal parasitoses, helminths, protozoa

© 2016 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
current epidemiological situation, prevalence, gastrointestinal parasitoses, helminths, protozoa