Influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand
Objective: To determine the influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis (O.) viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by using four datasets of years 2016 and 2017. Generalized linear mixed model was employed to...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:6ded8e8be99447dcb48c19ee9ccf6677 2023-05-15T15:11:06+02:00 Influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand Kittipong Sornlorm Wongsa Loahasiriwong Paiboon Sithithaworn Wilaiphorn Thinkhamrop 2019-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.271289 https://doaj.org/article/6ded8e8be99447dcb48c19ee9ccf6677 EN eng Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications http://www.apjtm.org/article.asp?issn=1995-7645;year=2019;volume=12;issue=11;spage=499;epage=506;aulast=Sornlorm https://doaj.org/toc/2352-4146 2352-4146 doi:10.4103/1995-7645.271289 https://doaj.org/article/6ded8e8be99447dcb48c19ee9ccf6677 Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 11, Pp 499-506 (2019) geographic factors opisthorchis viverrini infection cholangiocarcinoma northeast of thailand Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.271289 2022-12-30T22:14:04Z Objective: To determine the influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis (O.) viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by using four datasets of years 2016 and 2017. Generalized linear mixed model was employed to analyze association between geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors and O. viverrini infection. Results: Totally there were 1 885 participants. The prevalence of O. viverrini infection was 10.03%. Geographic factors that showed statistically significant association with O. viverrini infection in the Northeast region were featured by at least a dam and reservoir (Adj. OR = 4.21, 95%CI: 2.49-7.13, P < 0.001), at least a weir (Adj. OR = 1.74, 95%CI: 1.09-2.77, P = 0.020), > 50 dogs and cats per village (Adj. OR = 3.40, 95%CI: 2.17-5.31, P < 0.001), and rice fields covered > 50% of its areas (Adj. OR = 1.91, 95%CI: 1.04-4.01, P = 0.036), as well as low to moderate levels of knowledge (Adj. OR = 1.60, 95%CI: 1.32 to 1.94, P < 0.001), consumed raw fish (Adj. OR = 1.90, 95%CI: 1.02 to 3.52, P = 0.040) and consumed processed raw fish (Adj. OR = 3.03, 95%CI: 2.20 to 4.18, P < 0.001). Other significant covariates were gender and age of the respondents. Conclusions: O. viverrini infection still remains a public health problem of the Northeast of Thailand. Geographic and demographic factors, knowledge, and consumption behaviors of raw fish products are significantly associated with O. viverrini infection. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Weir ENVELOPE(177.167,177.167,-84.983,-84.983) Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine 12 11 499 |
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Objective: To determine the influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis (O.) viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted by using four datasets of years 2016 and 2017. Generalized linear mixed model was employed to analyze association between geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors and O. viverrini infection. Results: Totally there were 1 885 participants. The prevalence of O. viverrini infection was 10.03%. Geographic factors that showed statistically significant association with O. viverrini infection in the Northeast region were featured by at least a dam and reservoir (Adj. OR = 4.21, 95%CI: 2.49-7.13, P < 0.001), at least a weir (Adj. OR = 1.74, 95%CI: 1.09-2.77, P = 0.020), > 50 dogs and cats per village (Adj. OR = 3.40, 95%CI: 2.17-5.31, P < 0.001), and rice fields covered > 50% of its areas (Adj. OR = 1.91, 95%CI: 1.04-4.01, P = 0.036), as well as low to moderate levels of knowledge (Adj. OR = 1.60, 95%CI: 1.32 to 1.94, P < 0.001), consumed raw fish (Adj. OR = 1.90, 95%CI: 1.02 to 3.52, P = 0.040) and consumed processed raw fish (Adj. OR = 3.03, 95%CI: 2.20 to 4.18, P < 0.001). Other significant covariates were gender and age of the respondents. Conclusions: O. viverrini infection still remains a public health problem of the Northeast of Thailand. Geographic and demographic factors, knowledge, and consumption behaviors of raw fish products are significantly associated with O. viverrini infection. |
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Influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand |
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Influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand |
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Influence of geographic, knowledge and behavioral factors on Opisthorchis viverrini infection in the Northeast of Thailand |
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