Enteroparasites in Children With Moderate Malnutrition Treated in Two Hospitals in the City of Maracaibo

• Main Authors: Ellen Acurero Yamarte, Marinella Calchi La Corte, Zulbey Rivero Rodríguez, Angela Bracho Mora, Adriana Maldonado Ibañez, Miguel Reyes, Belisa Vergara, Ana Velazco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2013
• Subjects: Enteroparásitos; niños; desnutrición; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Ritchie
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/5a30e0862ac04dfdb7b0307c6883ebc4

Objective: To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in moderately malnourished children treated at two hospitals in the city of Maracaibo, State of Zulia. Materials and Methods: Eighty-four fecal samples from moderately malnourished children of both sexes between 8 months and 12 years of...