Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis in Children from a Rural Community Taking Part in a Periodic Deworming Program in the Peruvian Amazon
2019; American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; Volume: 101; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4269/ajtmh.18-1011
ISSN1476-1645
AutoresRenato A. Errea, George Vasquez‐Rios, María L. Calderon, Diego Siu, Kevin R. Duque, Luciana H. Juarez, Rodrigo Gallegos, Celene Uriol, Claudia R. Rondon, Katia P. Baca, Rosario J. Fabian, Marco Canales, Angélica Terashima, Luis A. Marcos, Frine Samalvides,
Tópico(s)Helminth infection and control
ResumoChildren in the Peruvian Amazon Basin are at risk of soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infections. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of STH infection in children from a rural Amazonian community of Peru and to elucidate epidemiological risk factors associated with its perpetuation while on a school-based deworming program with mebendazole. Stool samples of children aged 2-14 years and their mothers were analyzed through direct smear analysis, Kato-Katz, spontaneous sedimentation in tube, Baermann's method, and agar plate culture. A questionnaire was administered to collect epidemiological information of interest. Among 124 children, 25.8% had one or more STH. Individual prevalence rates were as follows:
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