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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in Under-Five Children With Malnutrition in Sohag, Egypt


Sponsor

Sohag University

Enrollment

100 participants

Start Date

Aug 20, 2024

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Summary

This study aims to estimate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in under-five children with malnutrition.


Eligibility

Min Age: 6 MonthsMax Age: 5 Years

Inclusion Criteria1

  • \- 100 children aged between 6 months and 5 years, having malnutrition symptoms (growth retardation, failure to thrive, lethargy, generalized weakness, xerophthalmia, etc.) will be randomly recruited from pediatric outpatient clinics, Faculty of medicine, Sohag University.

Exclusion Criteria1

  • children who took specific anthelmintic, antiprotozoal, purgatives or anti-diarrheal drugs three weeks before the stool sampling.

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Locations(1)

Esraa Ahmed Mahmoud Mohamed

Sohag, Saqulta, Egypt

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