A STUDY OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN CHILDREN OF AN URBAN REGION WITH EXCELLENT SANITARY CONDITION REVEALS HIGH OCCURRENCE OF Blastocystis SPP

Autores

  • Bianca Martins dos Santos
  • Felipe Augusto Soares
  • Stefany Laryssa Rosa
  • Denise da Conceição Ferreira Gomes
  • Celso Tetsuo Nagase Suzuki
  • Walter Bertequini Nagata
  • Silvia Helena Venturoli Perri
  • Fabio Franco Teixeira de Freitas
  • Katia Denise Saraiva Bresciani
  • Alexandre Xavier Falcão
  • Jancarlo Ferreira Gomes

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v46i4.51016

Palavras-chave:

Children, diagnosis, intestinal parasites, infection, public health.

Resumo

Intestinal parasites are among the major causative agents of diseases that affect animals and humans, especially children. In view of this, the current study evaluated the occurrence of these parasitic agents in 737 children in an urban region with excellent sanitation condition
of the city of Pedreira, São Paulo, Brazil. Fecal samples from the children were processed with the use of a technique of high diagnostic efficiency (TF-Test®). The diagnosis of these samples resulted in the detection of 557 parasitic structures among eleven genera of parasites, and of 46.4% (342/737) infected children. Blastocystis spp. was found in 69.60% (238/342) of the positive samples and the monoparasitism was accompanied by symptoms in 44 children. 
Furthermore, 67.8% (232/342) of the infected children had close contact with pets, suggesting a possible zoonotic transmission. Lastly, this study allowed to perform health education to the children, aiming the reduction of new intestinal parasitic infections.

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Publicado

2018-01-08

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MARTINS DOS SANTOS, B.; AUGUSTO SOARES, F.; LARYSSA ROSA, S.; DA CONCEIÇÃO FERREIRA GOMES, D.; TETSUO NAGASE SUZUKI, C.; BERTEQUINI NAGATA, W.; HELENA VENTUROLI PERRI, S.; FRANCO TEIXEIRA DE FREITAS, F.; DENISE SARAIVA BRESCIANI, K.; XAVIER FALCÃO, A.; FERREIRA GOMES, J. A STUDY OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN CHILDREN OF AN URBAN REGION WITH EXCELLENT SANITARY CONDITION REVEALS HIGH OCCURRENCE OF Blastocystis SPP. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 46, n. 4, p. 321–330, 2018. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v46i4.51016. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/51016. Acesso em: 12 jan. 2025.

Edição

v. 46 n. 4 (2017)

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ARTIGOS ORIGINAIS / ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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