Intestinal parasites among humans and their livestock animals in a rural community in Gharbia governorate, Egypt
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Intestinal parasites among humans and their livestock animals in a rural community in Gharbia governorate, Egypt Amel Youssef Shehab1 • Amal Farahat Allam1 • Hoda Fahmy Farag1 Heba Elhadad1 • Shimaa Fawzy El Kotb1 • Hend Aly El-Taweel1
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Received: 20 July 2020 / Accepted: 25 September 2020 Ó Indian Society for Parasitology 2020
Abstract Our objective was to study the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among humans and their contact livestock animals in a rural community in Gharbia governorate, Egypt. The collected human and livestock animal fecal samples were examined by formol ether sedimentation technique and modified Ziehl–Neelsen stain. Human samples were further examined by the Kato–Katz technique. The total prevalence of intestinal parasites in humans was 52.3%; 7.3% helminths and 45% protozoa. Regarding animals, 29% of livestock animals had protozoan parasites and no helminths were detected. Results revealed that risk factors including drinking tap water and attendance of nurseries, affected the rate of parasitic infection among humans. The infection rate of protozoa was significantly higher among humans (1.5 times) as compared to animals.
due to ecological, public, educational, and financial reasons (Cutler et al. 2010). In Egypt, intestinal parasitic zoonoses are widespread among children and residents of rural areas, where livestock animals are traditionally kept inside houses (Youssef and Uga 2014; Hassan et al. 2019). The consequences of such zoonotic diseases are intensified owing to their economic and clinical impact on both humans and animals (Molyneux et al. 2011). Information on the prevalence of different zoonotic parasitic diseases in Egypt is still limited and needs more investigation. The present work aimed to study the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections among humans and their contact livestock animals in a rural community.
Keywords Zoonoses Intestinal parasites Egypt
A cross-sectional study was carried out in Sebrbay village, Gharbia governorate, located about 115 km away from Alexandria. The sample size was calculated based on a 26.5% prevalence rate of intestinal parasites previously reported by Monib et al. (2016) with a maximum accepted error of 4.5% at 95.0% confidence interval using Epi info 7 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Atlanta, GA, USA). Three hundred individuals agreed to submit their stool samples in addition to 165 fecal samples of their livestock animals. Ethical endorsement was obtained from the Ethics Board of the Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University. A predesigned data collection sheet was prepared to enclose the demographic profile of the participants, the different risk factors, source of water supply and the types of livestock animals. The collected human stool sample was divided into two portions. A fresh unpreserved part for microscopic
Introduction Zoonotic parasitic diseases are naturally transmitted between humans and animals (Weiss 2008; Alho et al. 2018). These diseases are characterist
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