Authors : Redwanullah Memlawal; Mohammad Hamid Kadwal; Safiullah Hazim; Mohammad Yunas Waziri; NoorAgha Nassary
Volume/Issue : Volume 5 - 2020, Issue 11 - November
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The fundamental objective of present research
was to examine the Ascarislumbricoidesamong students of
urban (Jalalabad City) and rural(Khogyani) schools in
Nangarhar Afghanistan. For accomplishment of research
objective, totally 400 samples were obtained from students
of selected schools and further procedure applied
byformal-ether concentration technique. The entire
population of 400 students in two groups of ages; 7-10
years and 10-13 years are chosen. 200 samples was
collected from Jalalabad city school and the remaining 200
samples was collected from a local school in Khogiani
district of Nangarhar province.Data was analyzed using
the R x64 3.3.1 version. One-way analysis of variance
(ANOVA) was applied to evaluate the statistical difference
groups. Tukey HSD test was applied as post hoc test. The
outcomes indicated that in Urban areas schools twenty
three were found positive and infection rate was 11.5%. In
Urban areas schools children’s, the infection was higher in
7-10 years old than 10-13 years old. The results
documented that disease pattern in male and female
children’s was higherin males compared to females.
Whereas, in rural areas schools 28, were found positive
and infection rate was 14%. Furthermore, the occurrence
of Ascariasis in rural areas schools children’s, was higher
in 7-10years old than 10-13 years old.
Keywords : Ascarislumbricoides, Rural, Urban, Schools, Children.