Enteroparasites prevalence among daycare and elementary school children of municipal schools, Rolândia, PR, Brazil Prevalência de enteroparasitoses em crianças de creches e alunos da rede municipal de ensino de Rolândia, Paraná

Coproparasitological analyses were performed on 191 daycare children and 434 elementary school children from urban and rural areas in Rolândia, Parana State, Brazil. The overall prevalence of enteroparasites was 15.2 % for daycare children and 52.5% for elementary school children. Risk factors are d...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Nilson Giraldi, Odilon Vidotto, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, João Luis Garcia
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2001
Subjects:
Infestação parasitária
Epidemiologia
Escolares
Creches
Brasil
Parasitic infection
Epidemiology
Prevalence
School children
Daycare
Brazil
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822001000400014
https://doaj.org/article/15865f9a2eb840dfb89a8a136ad9d890
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Summary:Coproparasitological analyses were performed on 191 daycare children and 434 elementary school children from urban and rural areas in Rolândia, Parana State, Brazil. The overall prevalence of enteroparasites was 15.2 % for daycare children and 52.5% for elementary school children. Risk factors are discussed. Exames coproparasitológicos realizados em 191 crianças de creches e em 434 alunos da primeira à quarta série das áreas urbana e rural da rede municipal de Rolândia, PR, evidenciaram enteroparasitas em prevalência de 15,2% nas creches e de 52,5% entre os escolares. Fatores de risco são discutidos.

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