Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise
The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in food handlers at several PDVSA dining rooms, who requested a health certificate at PDVSA clinics on the East Lake Coast. One-hundred sixty-six stool samples were analyzed using parasitological methods: microsco...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:f6a2bd35413445c2aac16a56a9a120eb 2023-10-01T03:54:04+02:00 Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise Nelson Sanguinetty M Zenair Valero B. Yossiane Carrizo S. Bárbara Andrade 2014-08-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/f6a2bd35413445c2aac16a56a9a120eb EN ES eng spa Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales https://produccioncientificaluz.org/index.php/kasmera/article/view/19532 https://doaj.org/toc/0075-5222 https://doaj.org/toc/2477-9628 0075-5222 2477-9628 https://doaj.org/article/f6a2bd35413445c2aac16a56a9a120eb Kasmera, Vol 42, Iss 2, Pp 131-140 (2014) Parásitos Intestinales Blastocystis sp Manipuladores de Alimentos Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2014 ftdoajarticles 2023-09-03T00:47:55Z The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in food handlers at several PDVSA dining rooms, who requested a health certificate at PDVSA clinics on the East Lake Coast. One-hundred sixty-six stool samples were analyzed using parasitological methods: microscopic evaluation in physiological saline solution at 0.85%, Lugol’s solution and the Ritchie method. The prevalence of intestinal parasites was 25.90% (43/166). Of those who had parasites, 17.47% corresponded to the group of 20 to 40 years old and 8.43% to the group of 40 years or older. No statistically significant difference was observed between age and frequency of intestinal parasitosis (Chi2 = 0.539, P> 0.05). According to sex, 15.66% of the parasitized cases were male and 10.24% female (Chi2 = 0.016, P> 0.05). Only protozoa were identified, highlighting Blastocystis sp. with 83.72%. This study showed that food handlers were infected with enteric protozoa. The detected prevalence is similar to other studies in similar populations. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic East Lake ENVELOPE(-100.456,-100.456,58.219,58.219) Ritchie ENVELOPE(-128.387,-128.387,54.916,54.916) |
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The objective of this research was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites in food handlers at several PDVSA dining rooms, who requested a health certificate at PDVSA clinics on the East Lake Coast. One-hundred sixty-six stool samples were analyzed using parasitological methods: microscopic evaluation in physiological saline solution at 0.85%, Lugol’s solution and the Ritchie method. The prevalence of intestinal parasites was 25.90% (43/166). Of those who had parasites, 17.47% corresponded to the group of 20 to 40 years old and 8.43% to the group of 40 years or older. No statistically significant difference was observed between age and frequency of intestinal parasitosis (Chi2 = 0.539, P> 0.05). According to sex, 15.66% of the parasitized cases were male and 10.24% female (Chi2 = 0.016, P> 0.05). Only protozoa were identified, highlighting Blastocystis sp. with 83.72%. This study showed that food handlers were infected with enteric protozoa. The detected prevalence is similar to other studies in similar populations. |
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Nelson Sanguinetty M Zenair Valero B. Yossiane Carrizo S. Bárbara Andrade |
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Nelson Sanguinetty M Zenair Valero B. Yossiane Carrizo S. Bárbara Andrade |
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise |
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise |
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise |
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise |
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Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in a Sample of Food Handlers at a State Enterprise |
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prevalence of intestinal parasites in a sample of food handlers at a state enterprise |
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Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales |
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ENVELOPE(-100.456,-100.456,58.219,58.219) ENVELOPE(-128.387,-128.387,54.916,54.916) |
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