Abstract

NASTASI MIRANDA, José Antonio. PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITES IN EDUCATIONAL UNITS FROM CIUDAD BOLÍVAR, VENEZUELA. Rev Cuid [online]. 2015, vol.6, n.2, pp.1077-1084. ISSN 2216-0973.  https://doi.org/10.15649/cuidarte.v6i2.181.

Introduction: The intestinal parasites are a worldwide public health problem that affects countries in tropical and subtropical areas, a very vulnerable group to suffer this kind of infection are children. The objective of this investigation was determine the general prevalence of parasitism intestinal in the Educational Units from Ciudad Bolívar, between the years 2009 - 2013. Materials and Methods: For this were reviewed the degree work's about intestinal parasitism's in the Department of Parasitology and Microbiology, ando so data was collected about, age, sex, parasite type, species and parasitic association, and so calculate the general prevalence Results: It was found a general prevalence of 63,1% no predilection for the age or sex. The parasite types more prevalent have be the protozoan with 83, 5%. The species more prevalente heve be Blastocystis spp with 39, 7% Entamoeba coli with 15, 3%, and Giardia intestinalis 13,4%. The parasitic association most frequent Blastocystis spp / Endolimax nana (21,1%) and Blastocystis spp / Entamoeba coli (7,4%). Discussion: The results of this study relate to the work done at national and international level regarding the prevalence of parasitosis, the predominance of protozoa with respect to helminths, and indistinction of parasitic infection with regard to gender. Conclusions: The prevalence in all years studied here assessed globally is high, it is recommended to keep doing this type of study in schools to denote the impact of these infections in children and the consequences that this entails.

Keywords : Intestinal Diseases Parasitic; Prevalence; Blastocystis.

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