PREVALENCE OF INFANTILE AND MATERNAL GEOHELMINTHIASES IN PARTS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorZACHARISTA, IFEAMAECHI NWOYE
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T13:41:24Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T13:41:24Z
dc.date.issued2016-03
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) IN ZOOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study evaluated the prevalence of infantile (0–12 months) and maternal geohelminth infections in parts of Kaduna State in order to provide data to enrich the pool of information required to paint a picture of infantile and maternal geohelminth infections and plan for the effective control of this disease. Stool samples were collected from five hundred and nine (509) mothers and their infants (513) from six general hospitals in the State and examined for geohelminth eggs by the sedimentation technique (Formol - ether concentration technique) and microscopy. Questionnaire was used to collect demographic data and risk factors. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed using Odds Ratio. Percentage was used to determine the prevalence of geohelminth infections, Chi Square (χ2) was used to determine association between geohelminth infections and gender of infants as well as the age of the mothers and their infants. Student‟s t– test was used to test the difference between the prevalence of geohelminth infections in mothers and their infants. ANOVA was used to test the differences in prevalence of geohelminth infections between the hospitals. The result from the stool samples examination revealed that 12.18% of the mothers and 1.56% of the infants were infected respectively. Eggs of Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura were observed in mothers‟ stool samples while hookworm and Ascaris eggs were found in infants. Hookworm was the most prevalent species in mothers (8.45%) while Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent (0.98%) in the infants. The difference in prevalence between the mothers and the infants was significant (P<0.05). In terms of sex of the infants, the prevalence was 1.10% in males and 2.08% in females, but was insignificant (p>0.05). The prevalence in the mothers was 18.97% in age group of 35–44 years, 15.51% in age group 15-24 years and 8.33% in age group of 25-34 years. In infants, 2.95% prevalence was observed in the age group 5-12 viii months while 0.36% in the age group 0–4 months. The difference in prevalence among the age groups in both mothers and the infants was significant (P< 0.05). For multiple or mixed infections, 2.16% of the mothers had dual infections of Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm, and 0.20% had hookworm and Trichuris trichiura. Intensity of geohelminth infections in mothers was 4.72%, 7.07% and 0.20% light infections of Ascaris lumbricoides, hookworm and Trichuris trichiura respectively. They had 1.18% and 1.38% moderate infections of Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm respectively. The infants had 0.98% and 0.59% light infections of Ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm respectively. Factors that had significant association with geohelminth infections in mothers include non formal education (prevalence, 22.22%; Odds Ratio, 2.883), dumping of refuse around the house (prevalence, 16.67%; Odds Ratio, 1.979), use of well as source of drinking water (prevalence, 14.78%, Odds Ratio, 1.816), lack of awareness about geohelminthiasis (prevalence, 14.75%, Odds Ratio, 2.921) and having up to 5-8 or 9-12 children in a family respectively (prevalence, 23.30%, 75%, Odds Ratio, 2.942 and 22.678 respectively). In infants, walking barefoot and failure to refrigerate infants‟ food had significant association with infantile geohelminth infections (prevalence, 1.77%, 5.38%, Odds Ratio, 1.7126 and 5.133 respectively). In conclusion, this study revealed high prevalence of geohelminth infections in mothers and low prevalence in infants.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/8555
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectINFANTILE,en_US
dc.subjectMATERNAL,en_US
dc.subjectGEOHELMINTHIASES,en_US
dc.subjectKADUNA STATE,en_US
dc.titlePREVALENCE OF INFANTILE AND MATERNAL GEOHELMINTHIASES IN PARTS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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