INTESTINAL PARASITOSIS EPIDEMIOLOGY IN CHILDREN FROM A CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS IN RIO VERDE-GO, BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.v41i2p182-187Keywords:
Parasites. Child. Day Care Centers. Epidemiology. Prevalence.Abstract
The objectives of study was to evaluate risk factors and prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in 276 children from 0 to 6 years old in four municipal child day care centers from Rio Verde, State of Goiás, Brazil. Samples had been collected in the first trimester of 2005 and submitted to Hoffman, Pons and Janer and Faust diagnostic methods and information concerning risk factors had been gotten, through a form, from mothers and/or the children responsible. The highest prevalence was in female four years children, from the day care centers neighborhood, whose responsible had incomplete basic education. Giardia lamblia was the most prevalent Entamoeba coli and association between both, with significant statistics difference between the day care centers. Soil contact was another significant risk factor in he prevalence of intestinal parasitosis. Results indicates that the importance social-economic and sanitary conditions and basic sanitation improvement through the implementation of health promotion actions.
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2008-06-30
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Zaiden MF, Santos BO, Cano MAT, Nascif Júnior IA. INTESTINAL PARASITOSIS EPIDEMIOLOGY IN CHILDREN FROM A CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS IN RIO VERDE-GO, BRAZIL. Medicina (Ribeirão Preto) [Internet]. 2008 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 27];41(2):182-7. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/rmrp/article/view/265