A prevalência de parasitoses intestinais e seus aspectos epidemiológicos em crianças de bairros sem saneamento básico completo do município de Trindade, Goiás

Abstract

This study aimed to raise the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children 0-12 years living in neighborhoods without basic sanitation in the town of Trinity Full-GO, but also to understand what are the existing socio-environmental risk that may favorer them. Of the 222 participants, 167 underwent stool testing (EPF), in 83 of these (49.7%) was the finding of the presence of some form parasitic or commensal fecal samples. Among the helminths are identified: Enterobius vermicularis (0.5%), Ascaris lumbricoides (1.1%) and Hymenolepis spp. (4.7%). Protozoa of medical / social highlights were: Entamoeba histolytica (9.5%), Giardia lamblia (13.7), Entamoeba coli (13.7%) and Endolimax nana (22.1%). Among the risk factors indicated are deficient in basic sanitation, the likely intake of water and food contaminas, poor personal and collective hygiene, lack of public health policies with the purpose of informing the population exposed as prophylactic measures , and diagnose and treat patients in order to extinguish the possibilities of new infections occur and reinfection such infermidades.