Schistosoma mansoni infections, undernutrition and anaemia among primary schoolchildren in two onshore villages in Rorya District, North-Western Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMunisi, David Zadock
dc.contributor.authorJoram, Buza
dc.contributor.authorKinung’hi, Safari M.
dc.contributor.authorMpolya, Emmanuel A.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-31T06:57:23Z
dc.date.available2020-08-31T06:57:23Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionFull-text article. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167122en_US
dc.description.abstractUndernutrition and anaemia remain to be a major public health problem in many developing countries, where they mostly affect children. Intestinal parasitic infections are known to affect both growth and haemoglobin levels. Much has been reported on the impact of geohelminths on anaemia and undernutrition, leaving that of Schistosoma mansoni not well studied. Therefore this study intended to determine the association between S.mansoni infections, anaemia and undernutrition among schoolchildren in Rorya district, Northwestern Tanzania. A cross-sectional study was carried among school children in two onshore villages namely Busanga and Kibuyi in Rorya district. Single stool specimens were collected from 513 randomly selected schoolchildren and processed for microscopic examination using the Kato-Katz method. Nutritional status was determined by anthropometry. Blood samples were also collected and examined for malaria parasites and haemoglobin levels using the Giemsastain and HaemoCue methods, respectively. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect socio-demographic data and associated factors. The prevalence of S. mansoni infection and malaria was 84.02% and 9.16%, respectively. Other parasites found were Ascaris lumbricoides (1.36%) and Hookworm (1.36%). The prevalence of stunting and wasting was 38.21% and 14.42%, respectively. The prevalence of anaemia was 29.43%, whereby 0.58% had severe anaemia. S. mansoni infection was not found to be associated with undernutrition or anaemia (p>0.05). The risk of stunting and wasting increased with increasing age (p<0.001). Anaemia was associated with age, sex and village of residence (p<0.05).en_US
dc.identifier.citationMunisi, D. Z., Buza, J., Mpolya, E. A., & Kinung’hi, S. M. (2016). Schistosoma mansoni infections, undernutrition and anaemia among primary schoolchildren in two onshore villages in Rorya District, North-Western Tanzania. PloS one, 11(12), e0167122.en_US
dc.identifier.otherDOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0167122
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/2446
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.subjectS. mansonien_US
dc.subjectUndernutritionen_US
dc.subjectAnaemiaen_US
dc.subjectPublic health problemen_US
dc.subjectS.mansoni infectionsen_US
dc.subjectSchistosoma mansoni infectionsen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Schoolchildrenen_US
dc.subjectRorya districten_US
dc.subjectNorth-Western Tanzaniaen_US
dc.subjectSchistosoma mansonien_US
dc.titleSchistosoma mansoni infections, undernutrition and anaemia among primary schoolchildren in two onshore villages in Rorya District, North-Western Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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