Prevalence of intestinal parasites on the populations of Botucatu, SP (Brazil)
A study of the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis on the population of Botucatu's 2nd Subdistrict, S. Paulo, Brazil, is presented. Passed stool was examined by using FAUST, HOFFMAN and tamization techniques. The prevalence of intestinal parasites is related to population characteristics such...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 1974 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
| Repositório: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revistas.usp.br:article/4741 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/4741 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Parasitoses intestinais^i1^sprevalên Botucatu SP (Brasil) Intestinal diseases^i2^sparasi SP (Brazil) |
| Resumo: | A study of the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis on the population of Botucatu's 2nd Subdistrict, S. Paulo, Brazil, is presented. Passed stool was examined by using FAUST, HOFFMAN and tamization techniques. The prevalence of intestinal parasites is related to population characteristics such as sex, age, race and some environmental features. Simple random sampling technique in double stage was applied. Among 895 examined persons, 53,76% were infected by intestinal parasites. The prevalence of the various parasites were: Ancylostomydae, 17,54%; T. trichiurus, 13,63%; A. lumbricoides, 10,39%; E. vermiculares, 3,69%; H. nana, 1,79%; Taenia sp, 1,22%; E. coli, 15,53%; G. lamblia, 14,07%; E. nana, 2,35%; I. bütschlii, 1,01% and E. histolytica, 0,22%. |
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