Identification and prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites among children aged 2-5 in Barangay 719 Zone 78 Vito Cruz, Malate, Manila / Valenzuela, Abigail Leanillo. 6

By: Valenzuela, Abigail Leanillo. 4 0 16, [, ] | [, ] |
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Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; March 2005.46Edition: Description: 28. cm. viii, 43 ppContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Related works: 1 40 6 []Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- -- -- 20 -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: -- 2 -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | LOC classification: | | 2Other classification:
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Action note: In: Summary: ABSTRACT: The study focused on the Identification and Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites Among Children Aged 2-5 in Barangay 719 Zone 78 Victo Cruz, Malate, Manila. A total of eighty-five (85) stool samples were collected from the month of October 2004 to January 2005. Three diagnostic techniques: Kato-Katz Modified Thick Smear Technique, Harada Mori Culture Method and Formalin Ether Concentration Technique (FECT) were used to identify the presence of parasites on the stools Survey questions were given to identify which among the risk factors such as sex, age, nail biting habit, source of water, walking bare foot, playing in floods when raining, washing of hands before meals are associated on the rate of parasitic infection. Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura were the parasites identified. A. lumbricoides (23.53%) has a higher prevalence compared to T. Trichiura (2.3550. The rate of parasitic infection was not dependent on the risk factors except for the age of the subjects. Other editions:
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Thesis: (B.S. Biology)-Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 2005. 56

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ABSTRACT: The study focused on the Identification and Prevalence of Gastrointestinal Parasites Among Children Aged 2-5 in Barangay 719 Zone 78 Victo Cruz, Malate, Manila. A total of eighty-five (85) stool samples were collected from the month of October 2004 to January 2005. Three diagnostic techniques: Kato-Katz Modified Thick Smear Technique, Harada Mori Culture Method and Formalin Ether Concentration Technique (FECT) were used to identify the presence of parasites on the stools Survey questions were given to identify which among the risk factors such as sex, age, nail biting habit, source of water, walking bare foot, playing in floods when raining, washing of hands before meals are associated on the rate of parasitic infection. Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura were the parasites identified. A. lumbricoides (23.53%) has a higher prevalence compared to T. Trichiura (2.3550. The rate of parasitic infection was not dependent on the risk factors except for the age of the subjects.

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