ISSN 2736-1756
Advanced Journal of Microbiology Research ISSN 2241-9837 Vol. 13 (3), pp. 001-004, March, 2019. © International Scholars Journals
Full Length Research Paper
Survey of Ascaris lumbricoides among pupils of primary school in Jos south local government area of Plateau State, Nigeria
Dangana A.1,* Abayomi R. O.2, Way G. D.3 and Akobi O. A.4
1Haematology Department, Federal Medical Centre Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.
2Parasitology Department, Federal Medical Centre Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.
3Family Medcine Department Federal Medical Centre Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.
4Medical Microbiology Department Federal Medical Centre Bida, Niger State, Nigeria.
Accepted 19 January, 2019
Abstract
Ascaris lumbricoides was surveyed among pupils of primary schools in Jos south local government. Four schools were visited: National Research Institute Staff Primary School, Rita Primary School, Joseph Primary School and St Andrew Primary School. A total of 471 samples were collected from pupils of these schools and processed using formol-ether concentration technique. Only 1 (0.2%) pupil from St Andrew Primary School was positive for A. lumbricoides. The prevalence of the infection among the age group showed that 1 (0.9%) in the age group (5 to 9) years was positive while the sex distribution showed a prevalence of 1(0.4%) among the male and no positive case was recorded among the females. The overall prevalence of other parasitic infections was 8.3% with hookworm having the highest prevalence of (5.3%), followed by Entamoeba histolytica with (0.6%), and Giardia lamblia (0.5%), while Hymenolepis nana and Taenia species had both a prevalence of (0.2%).
Key word: Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm, Taenia, prevalence, primary schools, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria.