Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey?

Sibel Ak; Fadime Eroğlu; Ali İhsan Nergiz; Furkan Hıyamlı

doi:10.5798/dicletip.319779

Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey?

Abstract

Objective: The soil and waterborne parasitic infections rate is high degree in developed and developing countries.
Migratory workers have greater exposure to these parasitic infections and a lot of morbidity due to these infections in
workers.
For this reason, we aimed to investigate the presence of soil and waterborne parasites in the Gaziantep Organized
Industrial Zone of southeast Turkey.
Methods: A total of 25 environmental samples (18 soil samples and 7 water samples) were taken from The Gaziantep
Organized Industrial Zone, in two different seasons (summer and winter). All of the samples were screened for
parasites using microscopic examination and culture methods. The parasites were genotyped with polymerase chain
reaction and DNA sequencing analysis.
Results: The prevalence of soil and water transmitted parasites was found to be positive 52% (13/25) in summer
while there is no any parasites in winter. It was found 22.3% (4/18) Acanthamoeba (genotype4), 16.6% (3/18)
Ascaris lumbricoides, 11.1% (2/18) Strongoides stercoralis in soil samples and 14.3% (1/7) Acanthamoeba (genotype
4), 42.9% (3/7) Blastocystis (subtype3) in all of water samples.
Conclusion: The migratory worker waves have always shaped the ethnic composition and public health problem of
the province of Gaziantep. Climate change has the potential to influence prevalence of parasite and our study has
shown that increased prevalence of parasite in summer. The global target for the coming years should be to remove
the deaths from earth and waterborne parasitic infections in the worker populations. Thus, we prevent the
distribution of parasitic infections in our country.

Keywords

Soil,water,parasite

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English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Sibel Ak This is me
Türkiye

Fadime Eroğlu
Türkiye

Ali İhsan Nergiz This is me
Türkiye

Furkan Hıyamlı This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 7, 2017

Submission Date

June 7, 2017

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Year 2017 Volume: 44 Number: 2

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https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.319779

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APA

Ak, S., Eroğlu, F., Nergiz, A. İ., & Hıyamlı, F. (2017). Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey? Dicle Medical Journal, 44(2), 205-212. https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.319779

AMA

1.Ak S, Eroğlu F, Nergiz Aİ, Hıyamlı F. Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey? Dicle Medical Journal. 2017;44(2):205-212. doi:10.5798/dicletip.319779

Chicago

Ak, Sibel, Fadime Eroğlu, Ali İhsan Nergiz, and Furkan Hıyamlı. 2017. “Are Soil and Waterborne Parasitic Infections Health Risk for Worker Populations in Southeast Turkey?”. Dicle Medical Journal 44 (2): 205-12. https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.319779.

EndNote

Ak S, Eroğlu F, Nergiz Aİ, Hıyamlı F (June 1, 2017) Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey? Dicle Medical Journal 44 2 205–212.

IEEE

[1]S. Ak, F. Eroğlu, A. İ. Nergiz, and F. Hıyamlı, “Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey?”, Dicle Medical Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, pp. 205–212, June 2017, doi: 10.5798/dicletip.319779.

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Ak, Sibel - Eroğlu, Fadime - Nergiz, Ali İhsan - Hıyamlı, Furkan. “Are Soil and Waterborne Parasitic Infections Health Risk for Worker Populations in Southeast Turkey?”. Dicle Medical Journal 44/2 (June 1, 2017): 205-212. https://doi.org/10.5798/dicletip.319779.

JAMA

1.Ak S, Eroğlu F, Nergiz Aİ, Hıyamlı F. Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey? Dicle Medical Journal. 2017;44:205–212.

MLA

Ak, Sibel, et al. “Are Soil and Waterborne Parasitic Infections Health Risk for Worker Populations in Southeast Turkey?”. Dicle Medical Journal, vol. 44, no. 2, June 2017, pp. 205-12, doi:10.5798/dicletip.319779.

Vancouver

1.Sibel Ak, Fadime Eroğlu, Ali İhsan Nergiz, Furkan Hıyamlı. Are soil and waterborne parasitic infections health risk for worker populations in southeast Turkey? Dicle Medical Journal. 2017 Jun. 1;44(2):205-12. doi:10.5798/dicletip.319779

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