Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Brazil: a systematic review
| Autor: | Larissa Maria Cardoso Lima Rodrigues, Isabel Ribeiro Santana Lopes, Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel, Camila Mendonça França, Sarah Cristina Fontes Vieira, Pablo Amercio Silva Lima, Ariel Oliveira Celestino, Ikaro Daniel de Carvalho Barreto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0301 basic medicine
Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Cross-sectional study 030106 microbiology 030231 tropical medicine Population RC955-962 Communicable diseases 03 medical and health sciences Feces 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Helminths Prevalence Major Article Medicine Animals Humans Anthelmintic Intestinal Diseases Parasitic education Child Disease burden Anthelmintics education.field_of_study business.industry Public health Antiparasitic agent Parasitic diseases Health policy Infectious Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Meta-analysis Parasitology business Brazil medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 54 (2021) Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical v.54 2021 Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) instacron:SBMT |
| ISSN: | 1678-9849 |
| Popis: | INTRODUCTION: Parasitic infections are considered a major public health problem due to their associated morbimortality and negative impact on physical and intellectual development, especially in the at-risk pediatric group. Periodic prophylactic administration of antiparasitic agents against soil-transmitted helminths is recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) to control parasitic infections and disease burden. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in Brazil. METHODS: We performed a systematic review by searching the literature found in the PubMed, LILACS, and SciELO databases, followed by a meta-analysis of the proportions from studies published in English, Portuguese, and/or Spanish from January 2000 to May 2018. This systematic review was registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42018096214). RESULTS: The prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections (protozoa and/or helminths) in Brazil was 46% (confidence interval: 39-54%), with 99% heterogeneity. Prevalence varied by region: 37%, 51%, 50%, 58%, and 41% in the Southeast, South, Northeast, North, and Central-West regions, respectively. Most studies (32/40) evaluated children ( |
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