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Helmintiasis entérica en escolares de un centro poblado andino en Perú
Enteric helminthiasis in schoolchildren from an Andean-populated center in Peru

Introducción. Cajamarca es una región peruana que enfrenta desafíos importantes en la calidad de vida y prácticas de higiene de gran parte de su población. La falta de programas educativos sólidos en salud e inocuidad alimentaria es evidente en áreas rurales de la re...

Intestinal parasitosis in AIDS and/or HTLV patients: findings from an infectious disease reference hospital

Background and Objectives: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Human T-Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV) infections precipitate immunological deficiencies, predisposing afflicted individuals to opportunistic diseases and exacerbating clinical symptoms. A prevalent health concern among these patients is entero...

Frequency of strongyloidiasis and associated factors: Analysis of 13 years of laboratory results in a tertiary referral hospital in Honduras, 2010-2022

Biomédica (Bogotá); 43 (4), 2023
Introduction. The frequency of detected strongyloidiasis is affected by the selected laboratory method in the studied population. Considering that Honduras has few community-based studies, the analysis of the laboratory record data can provide information helping to understand this parasitosis. Objective...

Prevalencia de parásitos intestinales en pacientes que acudieron al laboratorio Laboclin SRL

INTRODUCCIÓN: los parásitos intestinales son infecciones del tracto gastrointestinal que pueden ser causadas por la ingestión de quistes de protozoos, huevos o larvas de gusanos, y por la penetración de las larvas a través de la piel. El objetivo de la presente investigación fue determinar la preva...

Enteroparasitoses em uma região da Amazônia ocidental

Introdução: as parasitoses intestinais são doenças que apresentam um problema de saúde mundial, causando grandes problemas nutricionais, onde sua ocorrência varia de acordo com o clima de cada região e condições socioeconômicas. Regiões que apresentam climas trópicos com umidade, altos índic...

Lineamientos Técnicos de la Jornada Nacional de Vacunación y Desparasitación (JNV-D)
Technical Guidelines of the National Day of Vaccination and Deworming (JNV-D)

En Honduras, el PAI a través de la implementación de estrategias y acciones ha logrado erradicar, eliminar y controlar diversas enfermedades prevenibles por vacunación, sin embargo, existen limitantes importantes que han incidido en el no logro de la cobertura en el programa sostenido, desde el año 2...

Social and health indicators in an academic community: enteroparasites, nutritional, allergic and clinical aspects

Objective: this study aimed to associate enteroparasitic infection with nutritional, allergic, and clinical repercussions and the sociodemographic aspects in an academic community in Santo Antônio de Jesus, Bahia, Brazil. Methods: the cross-sectional research was carried out between February 2018 and Ma...

Epidemiological aspects of pediculosis by Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Pediculidae) in Minas Gerais: a systematic review

Abstract Background Head lice, or head pediculosis, is a parasitosis considered a serious public health problem that affects mainly resource-limited countries. Objective To describe epidemiological aspects of the pediculosis capitis in Minas Gerais, in Brazil. Method This systematic review was conduct...