Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
INTRODUCTION: Children are an important high-risk group for helminth and protozoa infections. Daycare centers are environments where children have proven to be more susceptible to acquiring intestinal parasites. Thus, the purpose of this study was to verify the prevalence of intestinal parasites in...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:11c7ed79c8a749bfabb424e1e3cbdf04 2023-05-15T15:07:45+02:00 Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ana Lúcia Ribeiro Gonçalves Talita Lucas Belizário Janderson de Brito Pimentel Mário Paulo Amante Penatti Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822011005000022 https://doaj.org/article/11c7ed79c8a749bfabb424e1e3cbdf04 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000200013&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/s0037-86822011005000022 https://doaj.org/article/11c7ed79c8a749bfabb424e1e3cbdf04 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 44, Iss 2, Pp 191-193 (2011) Parasitas intestinais Creches Educação em saúde Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2011 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/s0037-86822011005000022 2022-12-30T23:22:51Z INTRODUCTION: Children are an important high-risk group for helminth and protozoa infections. Daycare centers are environments where children have proven to be more susceptible to acquiring intestinal parasites. Thus, the purpose of this study was to verify the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children who attended the two daycare centers maintained by the local government of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS: Fecal samples were collected from 133 children (73 children at the Public Preschool for Early Childhood Education, PPECE A, and 60 at the PPECE B) following identification according to sex and age and agreement to participate by parents or guardians who signed the free, informed consent form. The samples were examined by the Lutz method. RESULTS: Coproparasitological tests performed on 133 children showed that 29.3% of them were parasitized for enteroparasites or commensals, 6.7% of the children presented polyparasitism. Among the protozoa, Giardia lamblia were the most prevalent and Hymenolepis nana were the most frequent among the helminths. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, analysis of the results showed that intestinal parasites still represent a public health problem, especially among children and in areas where the socioeconomic and educational conditions are less favorable. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 44 2 191 193 |
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INTRODUCTION: Children are an important high-risk group for helminth and protozoa infections. Daycare centers are environments where children have proven to be more susceptible to acquiring intestinal parasites. Thus, the purpose of this study was to verify the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children who attended the two daycare centers maintained by the local government of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. METHODS: Fecal samples were collected from 133 children (73 children at the Public Preschool for Early Childhood Education, PPECE A, and 60 at the PPECE B) following identification according to sex and age and agreement to participate by parents or guardians who signed the free, informed consent form. The samples were examined by the Lutz method. RESULTS: Coproparasitological tests performed on 133 children showed that 29.3% of them were parasitized for enteroparasites or commensals, 6.7% of the children presented polyparasitism. Among the protozoa, Giardia lamblia were the most prevalent and Hymenolepis nana were the most frequent among the helminths. CONCLUSIONS: Thus, analysis of the results showed that intestinal parasites still represent a public health problem, especially among children and in areas where the socioeconomic and educational conditions are less favorable. |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children in the region of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil |
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