Intestinal parasites among Karitiana Indians from Rondônia State, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

José O. Ferrari²  Marcelo U. Ferreira¹  Luís M. Aranha Camargo¹  Cláudio S. Ferreira¹ 

[1] ,Fundação Nacional do ÍndioPorto Velho RO ,Brazil

关键词: Intestinal parasites;    Brazilian Indians;    Quantitative coproscopy;    Ascaris lumbricoides;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46651992000300007

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Gravity sedimentation parasitological examinations were performed in stool samples from 111 Karitiana Indians from Rondônia State, Brazilian Amazon Basin. Intestinal parasites were found in 43 samples (38.7%). Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent helminth species (18.9%). Egg counts in samples positive for Ascaris suggested an overdispersed distribution of worm burdens in the host population. Age-distribution pattern of intestinal parasites among Karitiana Indians was found to be rather unusual: the highest prevalence (60.0%) was detected in the 12-to 16-year-old age group

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