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Ocorrência de Taenia sp. na população atendida no laboratório central do Instituto Adolfo Lutz, São Paulo, SP, Brasil (1960/1989)

1991; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 33; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-46651991000200010

ISSN

1678-9946

Autores

Rosa Maria Donini Souza Dias, Maria Ivani P. Gonçalves da Silva, Ana Célia Steffen Mangini, Sylvia Amaral Gurgel Vellosa, Domingas M. A. G. Vieira Torres, Rita Maria da Silva, Adelaide José Vaz,

Tópico(s)

Parasitic infections in humans and animals

Resumo

Monthly and yearly reports of the Seção de Enteroparasitoses of the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (São Paulo, SP, Brazil) from 1960 to 1989 with 1,519,730 parasitological stool examinations were studied. There were also 355 identifications of Taenia sp. proglottids. Using Hoffman, Pons & Janer's method, 7,663 (0.5%) cases of taeniasis were diagnosed, and 311 (87.60%) of the 355 proglottids were on easy terms to be specified, 273 (87.80%) of them were from Taenia saginata.

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