Intestinal parasites in children and soil from Turbaco, Bolívar and associated risk factors
| Autor: | Mavianis Pinilla-Pérez, Lucy Margarita Villafañe-Ferrer |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Veterinary medicine
040301 veterinary sciences 030231 tropical medicine Population Colombia soil 0403 veterinary science Entamoeba 03 medical and health sciences Feces Soil 0302 clinical medicine Risk Factors Helminths Animals Humans risk factors Parasites Intestinal Diseases Parasitic education Ascaris lumbricoides Child education.field_of_study child biology 36 Problemas y servicios sociales asociaciones / Social problems and social services Endolimax nana Giardia Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Infant Endolimax 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences biology.organism_classification Geography feces Child Preschool 61 Ciencias médicas Medicina / Medicine and health Cartography |
| Zdroj: | Repositorio UN Universidad Nacional de Colombia instacron:Universidad Nacional de Colombia |
| Popis: | To determine the frequency of intestinal parasites in children and soil from Turbaco- Bolívar and associated risks factors.Methods Analytical study in which 390 children between 2 and 12 years old from 10 neighborhoods of Turbaco were included, whose legal representatives gave informed consent. Three serial samples of feces and 10 soil samples were processed. Risk factors were determined through an interview. Physicochemical and structural characteristics of soils were also evaluated.Results Parasites were found in 30.5 % of children. 162 parasites were observed; the most frequent protozoan was Endolimax nana (30.3 %) and in terms of helminthes, the most frequent was Ascaris lumbricoides (4.9 %). No statistical association between age or sex and intestinal parasites (p>0.05) or between risk factors and intestinal parasites (p>0.05) was found. Low frequencies of intestinal parasites were encountered in soil samples, being more common Entamoeba spp., Giardia spp., and Ascaris lumbricoides. Neighborhoods of Turbaco had sandy dry soil with low content of ions, low conductivity and low organic matter.Conclusion This study showed a low frequency of intestinal parasites in feces and soils. Despite this, pathogenic parasites were found which can affect the health of the population. Besides this, a high percentage of intestinal parasites that are transmitted through feces were detected indicating fecal contamination and low level of hygiene. |
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