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Investigation of the Association between COVID 19 Infection, Gastrointestinal Manifestations, Parasitic Diseases and Antiparasitic Treatment: An Electronic Data Compilation

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: COVID 19 pandemic has posed great challenges to national and international health organizations. This health burden is exaggerated in middle and low-income countries, due to the endemicity of parasitic diseases. Pre-existing parasitic infections and antiparasite drug therapy may modify the host's immune response to infection with SARS-CoV-2 and can attenuate the severity of disease presentation. Methods: A cross-sectional analytical study was done to investigate the possible association between COVID-19 syndrome, gastrointestinal manifestations, parasitic diseases and antiparasitic treatment. A non-probability convenient sampling technique was used to recruit participants, through electronic data collection. Results: The mean age of the survey respondents reporting a positive history of COVID 19 infection was 35.69±12.24 years. Study participants with a positive COVID 19 history have reported a positive history of gastrointestinal disorders in 40.9% of 93 patients responding to that question. Twenty-six out of 95 (27.4%) participants reporting a positive history of COVID 19 also reported a previous history of parasitic infection, while 22 (15.6%) subjects out of 141 individuals with a negative history of COVID 19 infection had a past experience of parasitic infection (P=0.028) Among the parasitic infections stated was amoebiasis, giardiasis and enterobiasis. Conclusions: The higher incidence recorded of parasitic infections among subjects with a positive history of COVID-19 suggests that parasite co-infection 3 may lead predispose to a high incidence of COVID-19, which conflicts with other literature data reporting a protective effect of parasitosis against SARS CoV-2 infection. More extensive survey studies targeting larger populations are of crucial importance, especially in developing countries. 

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10.21608/eajbsg.2022.226672

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COVID 19- Gastrointestinal Manifestations, electronic data collection and Parasitic Diseases

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Alshaimaa

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Hamed

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M.

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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University

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amsolaiman@kasralainy.edu.eg

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Eman

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Elsebaie

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Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

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Hoda

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Shaheen

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A.A.

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Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine for Girls Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt.

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Amal

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Mahfouz

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Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Modern University for Technology and Information, Cairo, Egypt. - Egyptian Drug Authority, Giza, Egypt.

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Marwa

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Hasan

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D.A.

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Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt.

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Magda

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Abdeltawab

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Medical Parasitology Department, Faculty of Medicine Cairo University.

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14

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30067

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2022-06-01

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2022-02-28

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2022-06-01

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85

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99

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2090-0872

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2090-0880

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Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, G. Microbiology

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Investigation of the Association between COVID 19 Infection, Gastrointestinal Manifestations, Parasitic Diseases and Antiparasitic Treatment: An Electronic Data Compilation

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22 Jan 2023