PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT
OBJECTIVES: To establish the prevalence of intestinal parasites in individuals attending the "Luis Sergio Pérez" Teaching and Family Medicine Assistance Unit. To compare direct method and concentrated niethod intestinal parasite recovery. METHODS: One hundred fecal samples were examined by...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:ed26e80d731e44f282c04ae396191b33 2023-10-01T03:54:09+02:00 PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT I. Díaz Anciani L. Botero F. Ledezma N. Molero de Bracho M. Cotech R. Jaouhari W. Quintero 2000-05-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/ed26e80d731e44f282c04ae396191b33 EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/4667 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/ed26e80d731e44f282c04ae396191b33 Kasmera, Vol 28, Iss 2 (2000) prevalencia población general enteroparásitos Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2000 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:35:22Z OBJECTIVES: To establish the prevalence of intestinal parasites in individuals attending the "Luis Sergio Pérez" Teaching and Family Medicine Assistance Unit. To compare direct method and concentrated niethod intestinal parasite recovery. METHODS: One hundred fecal samples were examined by direct wet mount and by the Ritchie concentration technique. Diarrheic samples were submitted to acid fast staining and the Kato-Katz technique was performed on samples with helmynth eggs to determine geohelmynthic intensity. RESULTS: 'The prevalence of parasitic infections was 64%. Females showed to be most aftected (73%), 67.2% of which were in the over 15 year old group. Pathogenic parasite percentage detected in feces was: Blastocystis homlnis (38.7%), Giardia lamblia ( 1 1.2%), Entamoeba histolytica (12.2%), Trichuris trichiura (6.1%) and Ascaris lurabricoides (1.0%). Direct wet mount results and Ritchie concentration technique results showed a 68% coincidence. Results for the concentration method showed to be 25% positive and direct wet mount results were 7% positive. Chi square application with a significance level (0.05) showed to be significant for B. hominis (p=0.000) and G. lamblia (p=0.000). CONCLUSIONS: An elevated prevalence of intestirial parasites was found, despite the satisfactory sanitary conditions. The predorriinant parasites were B. horninis and G. lamblia The concentration method proved to be more effective thán the direct wet mount method. 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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prevalencia población general enteroparásitos Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 I. Díaz Anciani L. Botero F. Ledezma N. Molero de Bracho M. Cotech R. Jaouhari W. Quintero PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT |
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OBJECTIVES: To establish the prevalence of intestinal parasites in individuals attending the "Luis Sergio Pérez" Teaching and Family Medicine Assistance Unit. To compare direct method and concentrated niethod intestinal parasite recovery. METHODS: One hundred fecal samples were examined by direct wet mount and by the Ritchie concentration technique. Diarrheic samples were submitted to acid fast staining and the Kato-Katz technique was performed on samples with helmynth eggs to determine geohelmynthic intensity. RESULTS: 'The prevalence of parasitic infections was 64%. Females showed to be most aftected (73%), 67.2% of which were in the over 15 year old group. Pathogenic parasite percentage detected in feces was: Blastocystis homlnis (38.7%), Giardia lamblia ( 1 1.2%), Entamoeba histolytica (12.2%), Trichuris trichiura (6.1%) and Ascaris lurabricoides (1.0%). Direct wet mount results and Ritchie concentration technique results showed a 68% coincidence. Results for the concentration method showed to be 25% positive and direct wet mount results were 7% positive. Chi square application with a significance level (0.05) showed to be significant for B. hominis (p=0.000) and G. lamblia (p=0.000). CONCLUSIONS: An elevated prevalence of intestirial parasites was found, despite the satisfactory sanitary conditions. The predorriinant parasites were B. horninis and G. lamblia The concentration method proved to be more effective thán the direct wet mount method. |
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I. Díaz Anciani L. Botero F. Ledezma N. Molero de Bracho M. Cotech R. Jaouhari W. Quintero |
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I. Díaz Anciani L. Botero F. Ledezma N. Molero de Bracho M. Cotech R. Jaouhari W. Quintero |
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT |
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT |
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT |
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT |
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PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL, PARASITES IN INDIVIDUALS ATTENDING THE "LUIS SERGIO PERÉZ" TEACHING AND FAMILY MEDICINE ASSISTANCE UNIT |
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prevalence of intestinal, parasites in individuals attending the "luis sergio peréz" teaching and family medicine assistance unit |
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Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales |
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