Occurrence of enteroparasites in day care centers in Botucatu (São Paulo State, Brazil) with emphasis on Cryptosporidium sp., Giardia duodenalis and Enterobius vermicularis

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo

Thaís Batista De Carvalho²  Lídia Raquel De Carvalho¹  Luciene Maura Mascarini¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu Departamento de Doenças Tropicais SP ,Brasil

关键词: Enteroparasites;    Day care centers;    Children;    Epidemiological aspects;    Brazil;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0036-46652006000500006

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The occurrence of the enteroparasites was verified in 279 children (0 to 6 years) of four municipal day cares of Botucatu/SP. Three samples of each child's feces were collected and processed by the methods of Hoffman-Pons-Janner, Faust and Ritchie and subsequent coloration of the fecal smear by the methods of Auramina-O and Ziehl-Neelsen modified for diagnosis of Cryptosporidium sp. and Graham method for diagnosis of Enterobius vermicularis. Of the analyzed children we verified a prevalence of intestinal parasitism in 53.40%, and the most frequent parasite was Giardia duodenalis (26.88%). Significant association was verified among enteroparasitosis, family income, maternal education and age; the lowest enteroparasite frequency occurred in children of families with larger income and higher education. It was observed that G. duodenalis is more prevalent in children from 0 to 4 years and E. vermicularis is more frequent in children between three and four years old. The high enteroparasite prevalence in day cares suggests complex structure in its epidemiology, where factors beyond sanitation should be considered.

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