Parasitismo intestinal en escolares de la Unidad Educativa del Milenium. Cantón Penipe, Ecuador
Journal Title: Revista Eugenio Espejo - Year 2018, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The infant population is more likely to be affected by enteroparasitosis due to immunological immaturity and their hygienic habits that are still in development. An observational and descriptive study with a mixed approach was carried out. The study population was constitu-ted by 382 students ranged between 5 and 11 years of age from Unidad Educativa del Mile-nio, town of Penipe, Ecuador. A non-probabilistic sampling was done for convenience, 133 students enrolled from the first to seventh year of basic education were selected, during the period October 2017 - February 2018. They had had the stool exams in the last six months. Legal tutors of students signed the informed consent. The female gender prevailed among the individuals studied. Th e majority of patients did not have intestinal parasitism (53.38%). The parasitic incidence is more frequent in children aged between 8 and 10 years, for 54.13%. It was observed a predominance of the report of Entamoeba coli (48%) and Entamoeba histolytica with 42% among the reports with positivity. Most of the positive cases showed polyparasitosis.
Authors and Affiliations
Jorge Washington Barona Rodríguez Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador Andrea Alejandra Chaquinga Buitrón Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador Edgar Brossard Peña Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador Instituto Tecnológico Superior “Riobamba”, Ecuador
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