Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018
The objective of the present investigation was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children users of 12 Simoncito Initial Education Centers (CEIS) of the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. The feces of 515 children of both genders (2 to 5 years...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:aa61f8c1ff2b4305b4a0a75068523e76 2023-10-09T21:49:07+02:00 Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018 Rodolfo Antonio Devera Iván Dario Amaya-Rodríguez Ytalia Yanitza Blanco-Martínez 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4276398 https://doaj.org/article/aa61f8c1ff2b4305b4a0a75068523e76 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/31681 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 doi:10.5281/zenodo.4276398 https://doaj.org/article/aa61f8c1ff2b4305b4a0a75068523e76 Kasmera, Vol 48, Iss 2, Pp e48231681-e48231681 (2020) parasitosis intestinales prevalencia niños preescolares blastocystis spp. giardia intestinalis Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4276398 2023-09-10T00:44:41Z The objective of the present investigation was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children users of 12 Simoncito Initial Education Centers (CEIS) of the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. The feces of 515 children of both genders (2 to 5 years old) were studied using the spontaneous sedimentation technique. The prevalence of enteroparasites was 39.4% (n = 203). There were no statistically significant differences (χ2 = 1.59 d.f .: 2 p> 0.05) with respect to age but if according to gender (p <0.05), because the most affected were male child with 46.9%. Eleven taxa of enteroparasites were identified, highlighting the chromist Blastocystis spp. (27.4%) and the protozoan Giardia intestinalis (13.2%). A low prevalence of helminths was found, where Ascaris lumbricoides was the most common with 1.6%. Of the 203 parasitized children, 70.9% (n = 144) were monoparasitized and 29.1% (n = 59) polyparasitized. The main associated parasites were Blastocystis spp. (89.8%), G. intestinalis (44.1%) and Endolimax nana (35.3%). In conclusion, a high prevalence of intestinal parasites was determined in the population studied, so these infections continue to be a public health problem in children from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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The objective of the present investigation was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children users of 12 Simoncito Initial Education Centers (CEIS) of the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. The feces of 515 children of both genders (2 to 5 years old) were studied using the spontaneous sedimentation technique. The prevalence of enteroparasites was 39.4% (n = 203). There were no statistically significant differences (χ2 = 1.59 d.f .: 2 p> 0.05) with respect to age but if according to gender (p <0.05), because the most affected were male child with 46.9%. Eleven taxa of enteroparasites were identified, highlighting the chromist Blastocystis spp. (27.4%) and the protozoan Giardia intestinalis (13.2%). A low prevalence of helminths was found, where Ascaris lumbricoides was the most common with 1.6%. Of the 203 parasitized children, 70.9% (n = 144) were monoparasitized and 29.1% (n = 59) polyparasitized. The main associated parasites were Blastocystis spp. (89.8%), G. intestinalis (44.1%) and Endolimax nana (35.3%). In conclusion, a high prevalence of intestinal parasites was determined in the population studied, so these infections continue to be a public health problem in children from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018 |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018 |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018 |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018 |
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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the Angostura del Orinoco municipality, Bolívar state, Venezuela. 2016-2018 |
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prevalence of intestinal parasites in preschool children from the angostura del orinoco municipality, bolívar state, venezuela. 2016-2018 |
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