Confirmation of Soil-Transmitted-Helminths Infection Prevalence by Kato-Katz Kit Diagnostic in Elementary School Children in West Martapura River Banks, South Kalimantan Indonesia

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Soil-Transmitted Helminths (STH) infections are the most widespread neglected tropical diseases, primarily affecting morbidity in School Age Children (SAC). STH infection SAC remains a public health problem Martapura River Banks. Early and accurate detection is essential to determine an effective treatment for reducing morbidity. The Health Department recommends detecting by Kato Katz (KK) but centers only direct method. This research objective confirm prevalence Kato-Katz elementary school children West Banks, South Kalimantan, Indonesia, against modified KK templates were developed from acrylic material. A total number of 253 7-12 years old four schools examined STHs eggs using both microscopies method two trained laboratory technicians. was 50 (19.76%), interpreted as low 78 (30.83%), moderate KK. concordance between methods significantly based on Cohen’s kappa (?=0.682). Even though strong, 30.08% higher than Direct, which 20.33% positive. study recommended diagnostic measurement infection.

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عنوان ژورنال: Tropical Health and Medical Research

سال: 2023

ISSN: ['2684-740X']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35916/thmr.v5i1.90