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Influencing risk factors for increasing trends of Kala-azar in a rural community of Bangladesh
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Aba, Mamoon Mzu, Chowdhury Hossain, Monzur Jahan, Khurshid Mm, Hoque Mk, Majumdar |
| Copyright Year | 2006 |
| Abstract | This was a descriptive type of cross sectional study carried out among the people of a selected village (Lahiripara) in Fulbaria upazila under Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. The study area was endemic for kala-azar. The objective of the study was to find out the influencing risk factors for occurrence of high rate of kala-azar infection. It also determined the sero-prevalence of kala-azar in that community. A total of 218 respondents were studied from 46 households. All the members of the households were interviewed and their blood samples were taken to find out the sero-prevalence by using ELISA test. In the study, 12.4% of the respondents were found sero-positive for kala-azar. Among the important risk factors like economic condition, 81.5% sero-positive cases had less than 4000 taka monthly family incomes. In addition, 81.5% of the seropositive kala-azar cases lived in mud houses, 11.1% in tin houses and 48.1% of them had cracks and crevices in their house floor. Furthermore, 63.0% of the patients did not use mosquito net and 51.9% of them possessed cattle shade, which are also contributing factors for high rate of kala-azar infection. About the knowledge of spreading and prevention of kala-azar, it showed that 45.7% respondents did not know how the disease is transmitted. On the other hand, those who knew, among them 36.9% of respondents answered that the disease could be transmitted by food, 28.3% by close contacts with the patients and 21.7% by using clothes of patients & mosquito borne both. Only 2.1% replied that it was transmitted by bite of sand flies. Regarding prevention of kala-azar, 36.9% replied that it could be prevented by not using clothes of patients, 30.4% by avoiding used utensils of patients and 23.9% by using mosquito net. It showed that most of them had incorrect knowledge about the disease prevention and control which demands urgent B.C.C (Behavioral Change Communication) activities in the kala-azar endemic area from government as well as non-government level. |
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| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
