Fatores de risco para poliparasitismo intestinal em uma comunidade indígena de Pernambuco, Brasil

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Annick Fontbonne²  Eduardo Freese-de-carvalho²  Moab Duarte Acioli¹  Geisa Amorim De Sá¹  Eduarda Angela Pessoa Cesse² 

[1] ,Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães Núcleo de Estudos em Saúde ColetivaRecife PE ,Brasil

关键词: Epidemiology;    Intestinal Parasitism;    Parasites;    Pankararu;    South American Indians;    Epidemiologia;    Parasitoses Intestinais;    Parasitos;    Pankararu;    Americanos;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0102-311X2001000200011

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

An investigation into the ethno-epidemiological profile of the Pankararu indigenous group in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil, identified multiple intestinal parasites in nearly all members of the community. To detect possible environmental risk factors, we used the data base from a previous survey to test relations between daily living conditions (housing, sanitation, water supply and treatment, and garbage disposal) and the number of different parasite species found in the same household. The sample consisted of 84 families from the original sample of 112. Selection was based on the number of stool tests performed in the family. The mean number of parasite species was 5.0 per family, for a mean family size of 6.1 members. This number was greater for wattle-and-daub houses (mean 6.0 parasite species vs. 4.9 for brick houses; p < 0.03) and when water used in the household was not treated (mean 5.1 parasite species, vs. 4.5 for treated water; p < 0.05). Other household characteristics and hygienic habits did not significantly influence this number. We concluded that multiple intestinal parasitism in the Pernambuco Pankararu community is frequent, to the point of being the rule, and that it relates essentially to water source and treatment.

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