Frequency of intestinal parasites in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brazil

Authors

  • Francinaldo S. Silva
  • Ana Donvina da Conceição de Paulo
  • Conceição de Maria Marques Braga
  • Regina Júlia Almeida
  • Valmécia Pereira Galvão

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v39i1.9500

Keywords:

Maranhão, Intestinal parasites, Entamoeba histolytica/dispar, Giardia intestinalis, Ascaris lumbricoides.

Abstract

The frequency of intestinal parasites in the population attended in the Central
Laboratory of the municipality of Chapadinha, state of Maranhão, was assessed.
Stool tests were undertaken between January 2007 and February 2008, by means
of the spontaneous sedimentation technique (Hoffmann, Pons, and Janer). A total of
3,933 stool samples were analyzed, where 1,302 samples were positive (33.1%) and
2,632 were negative (66.9%) for intestinal parasites. Entamoeba coli, Entamoeba
histolytica/dispar, Giardia intestinalis, Endolimax nana, Iodamoeba butschlii,
Ascaris lumbricoides, Ancilostomídeos, Enterobius vermicularis, Strongyloides
stercoralis and Hymenolepis nana were the observed species. Entamoeba
histolytica/dispar, Entamoeba coli, Giardia intestinalis and Ascaris lumbricoides
were the most frequent species.

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Published

2010-04-07

How to Cite

SILVA, F. S.; PAULO, A. D. da C. de; BRAGA, C. de M. M.; ALMEIDA, R. J.; GALVÃO, V. P. Frequency of intestinal parasites in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brazil. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 39, n. 1, p. 63–68, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v39i1.9500. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/9500. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 39 No. 1 (2010)

Section

SHORT COMMUNICATION

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