Strongyloides stercoralis and other enteroparasites in children at Uberlândia city, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 93(2): 161-4, 1998.
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To evaluate the rate of infection by Strongyloides stercoralis and other enteroparasites a survey was conducted in the city of Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A total of 900 stool samples from 300 children aging from four months to seven years, randomly selected in ten nursery schools from September 1994 to December 1995, were examined, both by the Baermann-Moraes and Lutz methods. Thirty nine children (13%) were found to be infected by S. stercoralis, 64.1% were boys and 35.9% were girls. Taking all the enteroparasites as a whole the results of the survey pointed out that 265 (88.4%0 of the 300 children were infected by the following: Giardia lamblia, 78.3%; Ascaris lumbricoides, 15.3%; S. stercoralis, 13%; Hymenolepis nana, 6.7%; hookworms, 6%; Enterobius vermicularis, 4%; Hymenolepis diminuta, 4% and Trichuris trichiura, 0.7%. From 265 infected children 64.5% were mono-infected, 27.2% were infected by two parasites and 8.3% had a poly-specific parasite burden. It was concluded that strongyloidiasis is hyperendemic in this area.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Estrongiloidiasis
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Strongyloides stercoralis
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Enfermedades Endémicas
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Parasitosis Intestinales
Tipo de estudio:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Año:
1998
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Pais de publicación:
Brasil