{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,20]],"date-time":"2026-05-20T19:22:33Z","timestamp":1779304953238,"version":"3.51.4"},"reference-count":0,"publisher":"Journal of Nepal Medical Association (JNMA)","issue":"225","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,30]],"date-time":"2020-05-30T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1590796800000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":["J Nepal Med Assoc"],"abstract":"<jats:p>Introduction: Intestinal parasitic infestation is one of the major health problems in developingcountries like Nepal. This study was done to determine the prevalence rate of intestinal parasiticinfestation among school children in Duwakot VDC, Bhaktapur, Nepal.\r\nMethods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was done in 194 public school children of Duwakotvillage development committee from August to October, 2019. Ethical clearance was obtained fromthe Institutional Review Committee (reference no. 1207201915). Simple random sampling was done.One hundred and ninety-four public school children individuals of 6 to 14 years of age were enrolled.Collected stools were examined for the presence of parasites macroscopically and microscopically.Microscopic examination was carried out by direct wet mount using normal saline (0.9%) and Lugol\u2019siodine (0.5%) mount. The data obtained were computed and analyzed using Statistical Package forthe Social Sciences version 16.0.\r\nResults: A total of 194 stool samples were collected from school children and examined. Theprevalence of intestinal parasitosis was 26 (13.40%). The commonest organism was Giardia lambliain 22 (11.34%) cases. Among helminthic infection, 2 (1.03%) cases each were infected by Hymenolepisnana and Hookworm respectively.\r\nConclusions: The prevalence rate of intestinal parasite infestation in Nepal shows considerabledecline in recent years. However, more effort is required by public health resources to minimize theproblem further.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.31729\/jnma.4892","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,2]],"date-time":"2020-11-02T19:36:32Z","timestamp":1604345792000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infestation among Public School Children of a Community"],"prefix":"10.31729","volume":"58","author":[{"given":"Manisha","family":"Sharma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jyotshna","family":"Sapkota","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Beena","family":"Jha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bhavesh","family":"Mishra","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chandra Prakash","family":"Bhatt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"16919","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,30]]},"container-title":["Journal of Nepal Medical Association"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/4892\/3153","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/download\/4892\/3153","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,2]],"date-time":"2020-11-02T19:36:33Z","timestamp":1604345793000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.jnma.com.np\/jnma\/index.php\/jnma\/article\/view\/4892"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,30]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"225","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,30]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.31729\/jnma.4892","relation":{},"ISSN":["1815-672X","0028-2715"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1815-672X","type":"electronic"},{"value":"0028-2715","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2020,5,30]]}}}