%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence and Sensitization and Intestinal Parasitic Infestation of Vernal Keratoconjunctivitis in School Children of Kinshasa
%A L¨¦on Muamba Nkashama
%A David Kayembe Lubeji
%A Mireille Solange Nganga Nkanga
%J Open Journal of Pediatrics
%P 568-580
%@ 2160-8776
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojped.2023.134064
%X <strong>Background</strong><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><strong>:</strong></span><b> </b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">There is no study that estimates the prevalence of vernal
keratoconjunctivitis and the association between vernal keratoconjunctivitis
and intestinal parasitic infestation in our setting. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Purpose</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: This study
aimed to estimate the vernal keratoconjunctivitis prevalence, describe the
profile of sensitization and determine the association between vernal
keratoconjunctivitis disease and intestinal parasitic infestation in school
children of Kinshasa during the scholar year from 2022 to 2023. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Methods</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">:
An observational, cross-sectional study was performed from September 2022 to
June 2023. The children with vernal keratoconjunctivitis were recruited by
using the four-stage probability sampling technique. Children attending in the
school children of Kinshasa with vernal keratoconjunctivitis were enrolled in
the classroom and underwent a clinical examination and skin prick test for 11
allergens and stool examination direct with microscope in the Laboratory. Data
were entered in Microsoft Sheets using SPSS version 20.0. The Chi-square test
was used to compare the sex, age groups, home environment (grow trees and/or
flowers around the yard), dampness in the house, keeping pets (cat and/or dog),
number of people per household, number of people sharing a bedroom and
intestinal parasitic infestation. The significant level was set to a value of p
&lt; 0.05. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: A total of 28,800 students from four-stage
probabilist sampling technique in school of Kinshasa were included, and 2100
students had </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">symptoms according to the
vernal keratoconjunctivitis-related symptom</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> questionnaire. Children with
vernal keratoconjunctivitis were enrolled and the mean age ¡À standard was 7.2 ¡À
3.7 years, with a prevalence of 7.2% and gender was three boys for one girl.
All vernal keratoconjunctivitis children recruited in urban and rural part had
33.1% positive skin prick test (SPT) and 67.9% showed polysensitization.
Children an urban part was more sensitized than rural respectively with </span><i><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Dermatophagoides
%K Prevalence
%K Sensitization
%K Intestinal Parasitic Infestation
%K School Children
%K Kinshasa
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