Enteroparasitic occurrence in fecal samples analyzed at the University of Western São Paulo-UNOESTE Clinical Laboratory, Presidente Prudente, São Paulo state, Brazil
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2004-01-01
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Tashima, Nair Toshiko
Simões, Maria Jacira Silva [UNESP]
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This study aims to analyze the enteroparasitic occurrence in children from 0 to 12 years old consulted at the University of western São Paulo Clinical Laboratory, Presidente Prudente, SP, Brazil, in relation to the socioeconomic profile of the attended children. Stool samples were examined and a questionnaire was applied with the objective of knowing the patient's age, sex, medical attendance, characteristic of the habitation, provisioning of water, dejection and domestic waste fates, use of footwear and clinical signs. The software EPI INFO 6 (Version 6.04b) was used for the elaboration of the data bank structure and analysis after previous data codification. Among 1,000 children analyzed, as many as 21.3% presented some kind of parasite. The most frequent protozoan was Giardia lamblia (7.3%) followed by Entamoeba coli (3.9%). The most frequent helminth was Enterobius vermicularis (1.9%) followed by Hymenolepis nana (0.5%). The most frequent protozoan association was Giardia lamblia/Entamoeba coli (0.9%).
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Children, Enteroparasitosis, Intestinal parasites
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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, v. 46, n. 5, p. 243-248, 2004.