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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Balasegaram, Sooria author Beebeejaun, Kazim author Dashti, Alejandro author Muadica, Aly Salimo author Köster, Pamela Carolina author Bailo-Barroso, Begoña author Hernandez-De-Mingo, Marta author Dacal, Elena author Saugar, Jose Maria author Fuentes Corripio, Isabel author Carmena, David author 2020-06-04 Chronic infections by enteric parasites including protist and helminthic species produces long-term sequelae on the health status of infected children. This study assesses potential associations linked with enteric parasite infections in symptomatic and asymptomatic children in Zambézia province, Mozambique. In this prospective cross-sectional study, stool samples and epidemiological questionnaires on demographics and risk associations were collected from symptomatic children (n = 286) from clinical settings and asymptomatic (n = 807) children from 17 schools and creches aged 3‒14 years. We detected enteric parasites by PCR-based methods. We calculated prevalence (adjusted for age, sex, house construction, drinking water, and latrine use) and odds ratios (OR) for risk associations with logistic regression, after adjusting for district, neighbourhood, and symptoms. Numbers and adjusted prevalences (95% confidence intervals in brackets) for the symptomatic and asymptomatic populations were G. duodenalis 120, 52%(22-82), 339, 42% (25-59); followed by S. stercoralis 52, 14%(9‒20), 180, 20%(15-25). Risk associations for G. duodenalis included drinking untreated river/spring water, OR 2.91 (1.80-4.70); contact with ducks, OR 14.96 (2.93‒76.31); dogs, OR 1.92 (1.04-3.52); cats, OR 1.73 (1.16-2.59), and a relative with diarrhoea, OR 2.59 (1.54‒4.37). Risk associations for S. stercoralis included having no latrine, OR 2.41 (1.44-4.02); drinking well water, OR 1.82 (1.02-3.25), and increasing age, OR 1.11 (1.04-1.20). We found a high prevalence of intestinal parasites regardless of the children's symptoms. Drinking well or river water, domestic animals, and latrine absence were contributing factors of human infections. Clin Microbiol Infect . 2020 Jun 4;S1198-743X(20)30308-6 10.1016/j.cmi.2020.05.031 1469-0691 Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 32505583 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/10582 Risk associations for intestinal parasites in symptomatic and asymptomatic schoolchildren in central Mozambique.