Prevalence of intestinal parasites in children of Paján Canton, Ecuador

• Main Authors: Yelisa Durán-Pincay, Zulbey Rivero-Rodríguez, Angela Bracho-Mora
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2019
• Subjects: parasitosis intestinales; niños; prevalencia; ecuador; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/42d9803cc88449dd9bd2a948dd133db2

Intestinal parasites are one of the most important health problems that are mainly used in developing countries. The objective of this work was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in the schools of the Paján canton, Ecuador. We analyzed 351 stool samples with physiological saline solution and lugol from children between the ages of 5 and 9 years of either sex. A general prevalence of parasites of 45.30% (159/351) was determined, prevailing monoparasites over polyparasites (91.82% / 8.18%). The main characteristics of the species were the protozoa Entamoeba Complex 26.50% (93 cases) E. coli (6.55%) and G. lamblia (6.27%) and the helminths A. lumbricoides (1.14%) and E. vermicularis (0.57%). It is concluded that children in the school age of Paján canton have a prevalence of parasites for permissive conditions for the transmission of enteroparasites; that is necessary to follow up on preventive measures and treatment of parasitosis.