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Introduction: Gastrointestinal parasitic infections are the major cause of public health in the world especially in children in developing countries. The study aims to investigate the burden of intestinal parasite infections among school children at two different locations at Mamit District in Mizoram, India

Method: The stools were examined by three methods such as direct wet mount, iodine mount and concentration method.

Results: Total of 191 faecal samples were collected from school children with an overall mean age 11.75 years ± 2.35 SD where males and female were 48.2% and 51.8% respectively. The study sites were Dapchhuah (n=127) which is a rural population and Mamit town (n= 64) an aspire urban population. Majority of the children in this overall study population were from above middle school. Among the children 30.4 % were detected of intestinal parasite where Ascaris lumbricoides 14.7% was the most common intestinal helminths followed by tapeworm (Taenia spp.,) 5.8%. Intestinal protozoan Entamoeba histolytica was also detected in 4.7% of the children. No significant differences were observed as risk factor among the age group and genders. However, the rural population has a higher risk of IPI than the urban population.

Conclusion: Information and awareness among the majority is vital to cut the vicious cycle of parasitic diseases. The data generated in this study may help local and regional health authorities to enhance and administer resources for the benefit of the people particularly children in rural areas and take action against intestinal parasite infections. The results of this study have been informed to each school authorities.

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