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ENTEROPARASITOS EM CRIANÇAS MATRICULADAS EM CRECHES PÚBLICAS DO MUNICÍPIO DE VESPASIANO, MINAS GERAIS

2008; UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE GOIÁS; Volume: 37; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/rpt.v37i1.4029

1980-8178

Thales Augusto Barçante, Daniela V. Cavalcanti, Gislene A. V. Silva, Priscila B. Lopess, Reinaldo F. Barros, Gildo Pedro Ribeiro, Luiz Flávio Neubert, Joziana Muniz de Paiva Barçante,

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Intestinal parasites are considered an important public health problem, especially inlow income groups whose hygiene and housing conditions are unsatisfactory. Amongindividuals affected by these diseases, children are a relevant group since intestinalparasitosis may aggravate underdevelopment, malnutrition and also increase the risk of infection and anemia. The occurrence of enteroparasites was verified in 176 children (1 to 5 years-old) of three municipal day-care clinics of Vespasiano/MG. Three samples of each child’s feces were collected and processed by the Ritchie method (Blagg / Formol ether). A prevalence of intestinal parasitism was verified in 22.7 % of the analyzed children, and the most frequent parasites were Entamoeba coli (57.5 %); Giardia duodenalis (40.0 %); E. histolytica/dispar (15 %); Trichuris trichiura (7.5 %); Ascaris lumbricoides (7.5 %); Enterobius vermicularis (2.5 %); Taenia sp. (2.5 %) and Hymenolepis sp. (2.5 %). Significant association was verified among intestinal parasitosis, family residence and sanitation. The high enteroparasite prevalence in day-care clinics suggests a complex epidemiology, where factors as basic sanitation and education should be considered.