Intestinal parasitism prevalence amongst children from six indigenous communities residing in Cali, Colombia
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| contents | Intestinal parasitism prevalence amongst children from six indigenous communities residing in Cali, Colombia Mercedes Salcedo-Cifuentes Ofelia Florez Amparo Bermúdez Luzmila Hernández Cristina Araujo María V. Bolaños Salud NLM) prevalence helminthiasis Parasitic disease protozoan infection Objective Establishing the prevalence of intestinal parasitism in children aged 5 to 14 years of age from six indigenous communities residing in the city of Cali.Methodology A cross-sectional, descriptive epidemiological study was carried out in six indigenous communities residing in the city of Cali; it consisted of making a direct serial and concentration coproparasitological examination of a randomly selected sample of fi fty-seven 5 to 14 year-old children.Results Of the 57 samples obtained, 84 % of the children were infected with parasites; protozoa (98 %) predominated over helminths (16.7 %) and mixed parasitemia was found in 14.6 % of the samples. Monoparasitism appeared in children over 10 years of age and biparasitism (10.4 %) and polyparasitism (52.1%) in children under 10 years of age. Regarding occult blood determination, 6 % were observed to be positive in all the samples analysed; 4 % of these results were associated with E. histolytica/dispar. The simple parasitism index (SPI) refl ected a high degree of infestation amongst the children included in the study.Conclusions The prevalence of intestinal parasitism in indigenous infants was higher than that reported nationally in the overall adolescent and school-aged children population in the same age group. Mono- and polyparasitism prevailed in the positive samples. The infestation load was not randomly distributed amongst the communities. 2012 artículo científico 0124-0064 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42223282013 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=422 Revista de Salud Pública application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revista de Salud Pública (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.14 |
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| spellingShingle | Intestinal parasitism prevalence amongst children from six indigenous communities residing in Cali, Colombia Mercedes Salcedo-Cifuentes Salud NLM) prevalence helminthiasis Parasitic disease protozoan infection Intestinal parasitism prevalence amongst children from six indigenous communities residing in Cali, Colombia Mercedes Salcedo-Cifuentes Ofelia Florez Amparo Bermúdez Luzmila Hernández Cristina Araujo María V. Bolaños Salud NLM) prevalence helminthiasis Parasitic disease protozoan infection Objective Establishing the prevalence of intestinal parasitism in children aged 5 to 14 years of age from six indigenous communities residing in the city of Cali.Methodology A cross-sectional, descriptive epidemiological study was carried out in six indigenous communities residing in the city of Cali; it consisted of making a direct serial and concentration coproparasitological examination of a randomly selected sample of fi fty-seven 5 to 14 year-old children.Results Of the 57 samples obtained, 84 % of the children were infected with parasites; protozoa (98 %) predominated over helminths (16.7 %) and mixed parasitemia was found in 14.6 % of the samples. Monoparasitism appeared in children over 10 years of age and biparasitism (10.4 %) and polyparasitism (52.1%) in children under 10 years of age. Regarding occult blood determination, 6 % were observed to be positive in all the samples analysed; 4 % of these results were associated with E. histolytica/dispar. The simple parasitism index (SPI) refl ected a high degree of infestation amongst the children included in the study.Conclusions The prevalence of intestinal parasitism in indigenous infants was higher than that reported nationally in the overall adolescent and school-aged children population in the same age group. Mono- and polyparasitism prevailed in the positive samples. The infestation load was not randomly distributed amongst the communities. 2012 artículo científico 0124-0064 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=42223282013 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=422 Revista de Salud Pública application/pdf Universidad Nacional de Colombia Revista de Salud Pública (Colombia) Num.1 Vol.14 |
| title | Intestinal parasitism prevalence amongst children from six indigenous communities residing in Cali, Colombia |
| topic | Salud NLM) prevalence helminthiasis Parasitic disease protozoan infection |
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