Prevalencia de enteroparásitos en dos comunidades de Santa Rosa de Agua en Maracaibo, Estado Zulia, Venezuela 2006

• Main Authors: Calchi LC Marinella, Rivero de R Zulbey, Acurero O Ellen, Díaz A Iris, Chourio de L Glenis, Bracho M Angela, Maldonado I Adriana, Fernández G Bianca, Fernández L Mercy, González V Jesús, Villalobos P, Rafael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales 2007
• Subjects: Enteroparasitosis; prevalencia; Santa Rosa de Agua; Enteroparasites; prevalence; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/dab8e36da6aa4ec4b200cc6aefae31e3

Abstract: To determine the prevalence of enteroparasites in two communities of Santa Rosa de Agua, Zulia State, 216 faecal samples from both male and female individuals were analyzed, whose ages ranged from 1 month to 73 years. A direct coproparasitological test was performed on each faecal specimen using physiological saline solution, temporary coloration with Lugol’s solution and Formol-Ether as a concentration method; to search for intestinal coccidian, Kinyoun tincture was applied. A statistical chi-square method was applied to analyze the results. A high percentage of individuals with parasites were observed (86.58%), predominantly polyparasitism (68.98%) associated with commensal and pathogenic species. Regarding the age group, the majority of those classified as young adults (20 to 39 years) were infected with parasites (20.83%). The ji-squared method demonstrated that there is no significant dependency between the presence of enteroparasites and sex (gender); when relating the age groups with parasite infections, a dependency between these two variables was found. The most frequent protozoan species were: Blastocystis hominis (64.07%), Entamoeba coli (26.73%), Giardia lamblia (22.45%). In terms of helminths, Trichuris trichiura (56.68%), Ascaris lumbricoides (44.09%), Hymenolepis nana (5,34%) had the highest incidence. It has been found that both communities in Santa Rosa de Agua show a high prevalence of parasites, a situation previously observed in some other communities with low or poor socio-sanitary and hygienic conditions. Resumen: Para determinar la prevalencia de enteroparasitos en dos comunidades de Santa Rosa de Agua en el Estado Zulia, se analizaron 216 muestras fecales de individuos de ambos sexos, con edades comprendidas entre 1 mes a 73 años. A cada espécimen fecal se le realizó un examen coproparasitológico directo con SSF (0,85%), coloración temporal de lugol y método de concentración de Formol-Éter; para la búsqueda de coccidios intestinales se aplicó la tinción de Kinyoun. Se observó un ...