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Research Article: A -Year Trend Analysis of Intestinal Parasitic Infections at Grarigy Health Center, Northwest Ethiopia: Implication for Epidemic Preparedness

Date Published: 2023-05-23

Abstract:
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) are a set of illnesses brought by one or more species of protozoa, cestode, trematode or nematode. In order to thrive, parasites live inside their hosts. Some barely have an impact on their hosts. Others spread, proliferate, or infiltrate organ systems, making their hosts ill and infecting them with parasites. They have an oral-faecal and direct skin penetration mode of transmission among people, and a direct life cycle. Parasitic infections are among the most prevalent and ignored tropical infectious diseases in the world, with long-lasting repercussions on humanity. About million schoolchildren are infected due to IPIs in sub-Saharan Africa, where Ethiopia is second only to Nigeria in prevalence. According to the WHO report; there were around deaths of ascariasis, , deaths of hookworm infection, and , deaths of amoebiasis each year globally. Multiple infections with hookworm, roundworm, and amoeba are also common and their serious effect is aggravated by lack of micronutrient.,

Introduction:
Intestinal parasitic infections (IPI) are a set of illnesses brought by one or more species of protozoa, cestode, trematode or nematode. In order to thrive, parasites live inside their hosts. Some barely have an impact on their hosts. Others spread, proliferate, or infiltrate organ systems, making their hosts ill and infecting them with parasites. They have an oral-faecal and direct skin penetration mode of transmission among people, and a direct life cycle. Parasitic infections are among the most prevalent and…

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