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[[Risk factor|Risk factors]] predisposing patients | [[Risk factor|Risk factors]] predisposing patients to the development of [[Whipworm infection|whip worm infection]] include low socio-economic status, low levels of education, poor sanitation, and poor [[hygiene]]. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
The following [[Risk factor|risk factors]] predispose patients | The following [[Risk factor|risk factors]] predispose patients to whip worm infection:<ref name="pmid27717859">{{cite journal| author=Ross AG, Olveda RM, McManus DP, Harn DA, Chy D, Li Y et al.| title=Risk factors for human helminthiases in rural Philippines. | journal=Int J Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= 54 | issue= | pages= 150-155 | pmid=27717859 | doi=10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.025 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27717859 }} </ref><ref name="pmid16000342">{{cite journal| author=Diniz-Santos DR, Jambeiro J, Mascarenhas RR, Silva LR| title=Massive Trichuris trichiura infection as a cause of chronic bloody diarrhea in a child. | journal=J Trop Pediatr | year= 2006 | volume= 52 | issue= 1 | pages= 66-8 | pmid=16000342 | doi=10.1093/tropej/fmi073 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=16000342 }} </ref> | ||
*Low socioeconomic status<ref name="pmid27717859">{{cite journal| author=Ross AG, Olveda RM, McManus DP, Harn DA, Chy D, Li Y et al.| title=Risk factors for human helminthiases in rural Philippines. | journal=Int J Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= 54 | issue= | pages= 150-155 | pmid=27717859 | doi=10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.025 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27717859 }} </ref> | *Low socioeconomic status<ref name="pmid27717859">{{cite journal| author=Ross AG, Olveda RM, McManus DP, Harn DA, Chy D, Li Y et al.| title=Risk factors for human helminthiases in rural Philippines. | journal=Int J Infect Dis | year= 2017 | volume= 54 | issue= | pages= 150-155 | pmid=27717859 | doi=10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.025 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=27717859 }} </ref> | ||
*Low levels of education | *Low levels of education | ||
*Poor sanitation | *Poor sanitation | ||
* | *Close proximity to water sources | ||
*Co-infection with [[Ascariasis|A. lumbricoides]] and [[Trichuris trichiura|T. trichiura]] can occur in: | *Co-infection with ''[[Ascariasis|A. lumbricoides]]'' and ''[[Trichuris trichiura|T. trichiura]]'' can occur in: | ||
**Students | **Students | ||
**Fishermen | **Fishermen | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Aravind Kuchkuntla, M.B.B.S[2]
Overview
Risk factors predisposing patients to the development of whip worm infection include low socio-economic status, low levels of education, poor sanitation, and poor hygiene.
Risk Factors
The following risk factors predispose patients to whip worm infection:[1][2]
- Low socioeconomic status[1]
- Low levels of education
- Poor sanitation
- Close proximity to water sources
- Co-infection with A. lumbricoides and T. trichiura can occur in:
- Students
- Fishermen
- Farmers
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ross AG, Olveda RM, McManus DP, Harn DA, Chy D, Li Y; et al. (2017). "Risk factors for human helminthiases in rural Philippines". Int J Infect Dis. 54: 150–155. doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2016.09.025. PMID 27717859.
- ↑ Diniz-Santos DR, Jambeiro J, Mascarenhas RR, Silva LR (2006). "Massive Trichuris trichiura infection as a cause of chronic bloody diarrhea in a child". J Trop Pediatr. 52 (1): 66–8. doi:10.1093/tropej/fmi073. PMID 16000342.