Relationship Between Intestinal Helminthiasis and Nutritional-haematologic Status on Rural Schoolchildren at Sucre State, Venezuela

• Main Authors: Lourdes Figuera, Heidi Kalale, Edgar Marchán
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2006
• Subjects: Helmintiasis intestinal; eosinofilia; nutrición; niños escolares; Ascaris lumbricoides; Trichuris trichiura; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Willis
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/ab75d7ca99174ca5b52062cc8ba870a8

A parasitological, nutritional and hematological evaluation was carried out on 103 children of both sexes between 4-12 years of age from a rural school at Santa Fe, Sucre state, Venezuela, from January-March 2003. Fecal samples were analyzed using a fresh test, Willis Malloy, and the quantitative Ka...