Results: 174

Intestinal parasites in children and soil from Turbaco, Colombia and associated risk factors

Rev. salud pública; 18 (1), 2016
Objective To determine the frequency of intestinal parasites in children and soil from Turbaco- Colombia and associated risks factors. Methods Analytical study in which 390 children between 2 and 12 years old from 10 neighborhoods of Turbaco were included, whose legal representatives gave informed consen...

Intestinal parasites in children and soil from Turbaco, Bolívar and associated risk factors

Rev. salud pública; 18 (1), 2016
Objective To determine the frequency of intestinal parasites in children and soil from Turbaco- Bolívar and associated risks factors. Methods Analytical study in which 390 children between 2 and 12 years old from 10 neighborhoods of Turbaco were included, whose legal representatives gave informed consen...

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites in domestic dogs in Tabasco, southeastern Mexico

Abstract The overall goal of this study was to estimate the prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI) parasites in dogs in the city of Villahermosa in Tabasco, Mexico. The study population consisted of 302 owned dogs that had limited access to public areas. A fecal sample was collected from each animal and exa...

Epidemiology of Eimeria infections in sheep raised extensively in a semiarid region of Brazil

Abstract The aim of this study was to identify and determine the prevalence of Eimeria species affecting sheep raised extensively in a semiarid region of Brazil. Fecal samples of native sheep were collected during the rainy and dry seasons. The degree of infection was determined by counting oocysts per g...

Evaluation of the accuracy of parasitological techniques for the diagnosis of intestinal parasites in cats

Abstract The accuracy of the parasitological techniques of Willis, Hoffman-Pons-Janer or Lutz (HPLJ), Sheather and Faust was evaluated in fecal samples from stray cats caught by the Zoonosis Control Center in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil. These four techniques were applied separately to analyze 154 fecal sam...

Prevalencia de parásitos intestinales en niños del Área Metropolitana de Barranquilla, Colombia
Intestinal parasites prevalence in children from Barranquilla (Colombia) Metropolitan Area

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 67 (3), 2015
Introducción: la parasitosis intestinal constituye un importante problema de salud pública, la Organización Mundial de la Salud, considera que la infección por geohelmintos afecta un aproximado de 1500 millones de personas en el mundo y se calcula que 46 millones de niños están en riesgo de contrae...

Prevalencia e intensidad de la infección por geohelmintos y prevalencia de la malaria en escolares de El Salvador

Biomédica (Bogotá); 35 (3), 2015
Introducción. El Salvador no cuenta con datos actualizados de prevalencia en menores de 15 años de la infección por helmintos transmitidos por contacto con el suelo. Además, al ser uno de los países en las Américas que reporta un número bajo de casos de malaria, se considera que su eliminación al...

Gastrointestinal nematodes in ostriches, Struthio camelus, in different regions of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The ratite group is composed of ostriches, rheas, emus, cassowaries and kiwis. Little research has been done on parasitism in these birds. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of infections by gastrointestinal nematodes in ostriches in the state of Rio de Janeiro. For this, fecal sampl...

Nematodos con potencial zoonótico en parques públicos de la ciudad de Tunja, Colombia

Salud pública Méx; 57 (2), 2015
Objetivo. Identificar la presencia de parásitos con potencial zoonótico en los principales parques de la ciudad de Tunja, Boyacá, Colombia. Material y métodos. Se seleccionaron 28 parques de la ciudad en los que se recogieron 124 muestras de materia fecal de perros y muestras de suelo con ayuda de un...

Prevalencia de Fasciola hepatica en humanos y bovinos en el departamento del Quindío-Colombia 2012-2013

Infectio; 18 (4), 2014
Introducción: La fasciolosis es una parasitosis causada por Fasciola hepatica (F. hepatica). En el departamento del Quindío se desconoce su prevalencia tanto en humanos como en bovinos. Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de F. hepatica en heces de trabajadores del sector ganadero y bovinos en el depar...