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Parasitoses intestinais em crianças de creches públicas localizadas em bairros periféricos do município de Coari, Amazonas, Brasil

2010; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 38; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/rpt.v38i4.8592

ISSN

1980-8178

Autores

Adriana Maria de C. Monteiro, Elizângela F. da Silva, Katyane de Sousa Almeida, João Jonilson N. de Sousa, Luís Antônio Mathias, Francisco Baptista, Fagner Luiz da Costa Freitas,

Tópico(s)

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Resumo

The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections was studied in children attendingpublic day care centers in peripheral neighborhoods in the municipality of Coari,state of Amazonas, Brazil. Coproparasitological examinations were performed in211 children resulting in 66.4% of positive samples. The etiological agents mostfrequently found were: Ascaris lumbricoides (37%), Trichuris trichiura (21.6%),ancylostomatides (5%), Entaboeba histolytica/E. dispar (14%), E. coli (11%),Giardia duodenalis (4.4%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.8%), Endolimax nana(1%), Enterobius vermicularis 2.4%), Hymenolepis nana (2%) and Hymenolepisdiminuta (0.4%). Actions to educate the target public about prevention and treatmentare necessary to solve the problem of intestinal parasitoses in the community studiedin order to avoid child health hazards due to the lack of knowledge about thesediseases in the family and in the school.

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