Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series

Almost 2 billion people, about a quarter of the world’s population, are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) worldwide. Approximately 270 million preschool children and more than 550 million school-age children live in areas of extensive parasite trans-mission.1,2 Indonesia is a moderate-t...

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Main Authors: Wardani, Yulia Fatma, Lubis, Teti A., Laksono, Ida Safitri
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Language:English
Published: Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House 2022
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Online Access:https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283760/1/2597-Article%20Text-12170-2-10-20221223.pdf
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author Wardani, Yulia Fatma
Lubis, Teti A.
Laksono, Ida Safitri
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description Almost 2 billion people, about a quarter of the world’s population, are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) worldwide. Approximately 270 million preschool children and more than 550 million school-age children live in areas of extensive parasite trans-mission.1,2 Indonesia is a moderate-to-high-risk area of STH, with an overall mean prevalence of 28.12. However, the prevalence in Papua is higher.3 A study reported that 50 of school-aged children in Jayapura, Papua, a high-risk area, suffered from STH, with distributions of 48.5 Ascaris lumbricoides, 28.6 Trichuris trichiura, 14.3 hookworm, and 8.6 mixed infection. © 2022, Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House. All rights reserved.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:2837602023-11-22T06:43:38Z https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283760/ Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series Wardani, Yulia Fatma Lubis, Teti A. Laksono, Ida Safitri Paediatrics Almost 2 billion people, about a quarter of the world’s population, are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH) worldwide. Approximately 270 million preschool children and more than 550 million school-age children live in areas of extensive parasite trans-mission.1,2 Indonesia is a moderate-to-high-risk area of STH, with an overall mean prevalence of 28.12. However, the prevalence in Papua is higher.3 A study reported that 50 of school-aged children in Jayapura, Papua, a high-risk area, suffered from STH, with distributions of 48.5 Ascaris lumbricoides, 28.6 Trichuris trichiura, 14.3 hookworm, and 8.6 mixed infection. © 2022, Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House. All rights reserved. Indonesian Pediatric Society Publishing House 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repository.ugm.ac.id/283760/1/2597-Article%20Text-12170-2-10-20221223.pdf Wardani, Yulia Fatma and Lubis, Teti A. and Laksono, Ida Safitri (2022) Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series. Paediatrica Indonesiana(Paediatrica Indonesiana), 62 (6). 430 -434. https://www.scopus.com/ 10.14238/pi62.6.2022.430-4
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Laksono, Ida Safitri
Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series
title Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series
title_full Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series
title_fullStr Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series
title_full_unstemmed Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series
title_short Trichuris dysentery syndrome, the neglected tropical disease: a case series
title_sort trichuris dysentery syndrome the neglected tropical disease a case series
topic Paediatrics
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