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A total of 300 children were enrolled from government school.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The study found that the prevalence of helminthiasis was 28.7% (86\/300) and of these 14.0% children were infected with\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">Ascaris lumbricoides<\/jats:italic>\n                      and sex wise association with Helminthic infection was observed as statistically nonsignificant. One third of the (31.39%; 27\/86) children were pallor and 5.81% subjects were having Bitot's spot while 13.95% children were having constitutional symptoms such as weakness, 6.97% subjects have fatigue, and 5.81% children have body ache.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The morbidity can be reduced with appropriate inputs to improve the environmental factors. 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