%0 Journal Article
%T Epidemiological Study of Intestinal Parasitosis at the Albert Royer National Children’s Hospital
%A Cheikh Binetou Fall
%A Babacar Senghor
%A Isaac A. Manga
%A Souleye L&#233
%A lo
%A Carole Pab Minlekib
%A Khadime Sylla
%A Magatte Ndiaye
%A Doudou Sow
%A Roger C. Tine
%A Faye Babacar
%J Advances in Infectious Diseases
%P 847-856
%@ 2164-2656
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/aid.2024.144063
%X Intestinal parasites are very common and represent a public health problem worldwide. Despite all the mass drug distribution strategies, these diseases still pose a public health problem in Senegal. It is in this context that we conducted this study, the aim of which was to reassess the epidemiology of intestinal parasitosis in children aged 0 to 15 years over one year in the parasitology-mycology laboratory of the Albert Royer Children&#8217;s Hospital. The study involved 1426 children aged between 2 months and 15 years, with an average age of 5.15 years. Children under 5 years of age represented 52.59% of the study population, and those over 5 years of age were 47.41%, with a sex ratio of 1.5. There were 176 subjects carrying at least one parasitic species, giving an overall prevalence of 12.34%. Of the children with parasites, 76.14% had intestinal protozoosis and 23.86% had helminthiasis. The parasitic species isolated were represented by <i>Entamoeba coli</i> (51.70%), followed by <i>Giardia lamblia</i> (17.05%), <i>Entamoeba histolytica</i> (5.11%), <i>Trichomonas intestinalis</i> (1.14%) and <i>Entamoeba histolytica</i> (0.57%). The main helminths found were eggs of <i>Ascaris lumbricoides</i> (21.02%) followed by <i>Ankylostoma</i><i> duodenale</i> (1.14%), <i>Trichuris </i><i>trichiura</i> (1.14%) and <i>Taenia sp.</i> (0.57%). The results of our study show once again the endemic nature of the disease.
%K Protozoosis
%K Helminthiasis
%K Children
%K Drug Administration
%K Hospital
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=138383