- CODEN : IAJPBB
- issn 2349-7750
TITLE:
CORRELATION OF HOOKWORM INFECTION & MEAN CORPUSCULAR HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION
AUTHORS:
Amna Shabbir, Farzeen Fazal, Samra Maqbool
ABSTRACT:
Objective: To determine frequency of hookworm infected patients and its relation to mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration Design & duration: It is a cross sectional study of observational type completed in six months duration. Setting: Study was conducted in peripheral rural areas of city Bahawalpur. Patients & methods: People of rural areas in periphery of city Bahawalpur were included in the study using non-probability randomized sampling technique. Blood and stool samples were taken. Blood sample were tested for mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, and stool samples were tested for hook worm ova to diagnose hook worm infection. Consent was taken from all cases in study group. People irrespective of gender and age were included in this study. Tests were carried out in pathology lab of Bahawal Victoria hospital Bahawalpur. A Performa was designed in which all relevant data was documented like age, gender, hook worm infection and MCHC values as determined from tests. Results: Total 800 cases were studied including 214() female and 586() male cases. There were 25.4% cases having hook worm infection and 74.6% were not having infection. There were 10.7% cases having hookworm ova <4000 in stool sample, 6.7% cases were containing ova 4001-8000, 4.1% cases containing 8001-12000 ova and 3.7% cases were containing 12001-16000 ova in stool sample. Conclusion: Hookworm infection is much common in people of peripheral areas associated with low mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration. Key words: Hookworm infection, MCHC, Anemia
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