Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007
A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine intestinal parasitism in children treated at the “Cerro Gordo” Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic in Barquisimeto, Lara. Feces samples were collected from 106 children (1-12 years old) and analyzed using both direct and Ritchie´s technique analyses, de...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:96e24bcb5d3d4ab499a27fa2771ec9f2 2023-10-01T03:54:11+02:00 Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 Melisa Fuentes Liset Galíndez Dayana García Nora González Juan Goyanes Herrera Eddy Sánchez Julia 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/96e24bcb5d3d4ab499a27fa2771ec9f2 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4872 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/96e24bcb5d3d4ab499a27fa2771ec9f2 Kasmera, Vol 39, Iss 1, Pp 31-42 (2011) parasitosis intestinales características epidemiológicas B. hominis G. lamblia complejo entamoeba histolytica/entamoeba dispar H. nana A. lumbricoides Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2011 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:45:51Z A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine intestinal parasitism in children treated at the “Cerro Gordo” Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic in Barquisimeto, Lara. Feces samples were collected from 106 children (1-12 years old) and analyzed using both direct and Ritchie´s technique analyses, demonstrating intestinal parasitism in 42.5% of the children, predominantly of school age (48.9%), but independent of gender. The most frequent agent was Blastocystis hominis (42.2%), followed by Giardia lamblia (37.8%), Entamoeba histolytica/ Entamoeba dispar Complex (13.3%), Hymenolepis nana (11.1%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (4.4%). For children with a normal nutritional condition, 41.7% had parasites, while this value was 35.7% for nutritionally undernourished children. The presence of intestinal parasites showed relations to the community’s trash collection management program status (p=0.048). Poor hand washing habits were significantly associated with anal pruritus (p=0.008). Inadequate water quality was related to blastocystosis (p= 0.025) and comensals (p= 0.035). The presence of parasites was not associated with specific gastrointestinal symptoms, socioeconomic status, disposition of excreta, presence of vectors in the home, food washing and storage, frequency of garbage collection, washing of hands, family parasitism history and anti-parasite treatment antecedents. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Ritchie ENVELOPE(-128.387,-128.387,54.916,54.916) |
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parasitosis intestinales características epidemiológicas B. hominis G. lamblia complejo entamoeba histolytica/entamoeba dispar H. nana A. lumbricoides Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Melisa Fuentes Liset Galíndez Dayana García Nora González Juan Goyanes Herrera Eddy Sánchez Julia Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 |
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parasitosis intestinales características epidemiológicas B. hominis G. lamblia complejo entamoeba histolytica/entamoeba dispar H. nana A. lumbricoides Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 |
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A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine intestinal parasitism in children treated at the “Cerro Gordo” Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic in Barquisimeto, Lara. Feces samples were collected from 106 children (1-12 years old) and analyzed using both direct and Ritchie´s technique analyses, demonstrating intestinal parasitism in 42.5% of the children, predominantly of school age (48.9%), but independent of gender. The most frequent agent was Blastocystis hominis (42.2%), followed by Giardia lamblia (37.8%), Entamoeba histolytica/ Entamoeba dispar Complex (13.3%), Hymenolepis nana (11.1%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (4.4%). For children with a normal nutritional condition, 41.7% had parasites, while this value was 35.7% for nutritionally undernourished children. The presence of intestinal parasites showed relations to the community’s trash collection management program status (p=0.048). Poor hand washing habits were significantly associated with anal pruritus (p=0.008). Inadequate water quality was related to blastocystosis (p= 0.025) and comensals (p= 0.035). The presence of parasites was not associated with specific gastrointestinal symptoms, socioeconomic status, disposition of excreta, presence of vectors in the home, food washing and storage, frequency of garbage collection, washing of hands, family parasitism history and anti-parasite treatment antecedents. |
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Melisa Fuentes Liset Galíndez Dayana García Nora González Juan Goyanes Herrera Eddy Sánchez Julia |
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Melisa Fuentes Liset Galíndez Dayana García Nora González Juan Goyanes Herrera Eddy Sánchez Julia |
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Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 |
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Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 |
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Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 |
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Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 |
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Frequency of Intestinal Parasitism and Epidemiological Characteristics of the 1 to 12 Year-Old Child Population Treated at the Cerro Gordo Type II Urban Outpatient Clinic. Barquisimeto, State of Lara. January-June 2007 |
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frequency of intestinal parasitism and epidemiological characteristics of the 1 to 12 year-old child population treated at the cerro gordo type ii urban outpatient clinic. barquisimeto, state of lara. january-june 2007 |
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Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales |
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