Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina

The prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the...

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Autores principales: Gamboa, María Inés, Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel, Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia, Costas, María Elena, Cueto Rua, Eduardo, Lahitte, Héctor Blas
Formato: Articulo
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Publicado: 1998
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Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139054
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1390542023-11-02T13:55:00Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139054 Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina Gamboa, María Inés Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia Costas, María Elena Cueto Rua, Eduardo Lahitte, Héctor Blas 1998 2022-07-06T17:10:23Z en Ciencias Exactas Medicina Intestinal parasites Prevalence Socioeconomic factors The prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the third a middle-income urban district - 100,101, and 91 children up to 14 years old, respectively, were examined for intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia was the most frequent species found. The respective prevalences of intestinal parasites overall (73, 54.4, and 35.1%), of polyparasitism (61.6, 27.2, and 12.5%), and of helminthic infection (32, 10.9, and 0.0%) were the highest within the population group having significantly inferior sanitary and environmental conditions. A positive statistical association between the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and age was observed in all three of the neighborhoods. We also noted a correspondence between the frequency of such infections and school attendance in the two suburban districts. Management practices in accordance with the specific characteristics of an urban environmental and sociocultural ecosystem are thus important for the control of intestinal-parasite infection within municipal populations. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf 55-61
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Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
Gamboa, María Inés
Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia
Costas, María Elena
Cueto Rua, Eduardo
Lahitte, Héctor Blas
Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
description The prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the third a middle-income urban district - 100,101, and 91 children up to 14 years old, respectively, were examined for intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia was the most frequent species found. The respective prevalences of intestinal parasites overall (73, 54.4, and 35.1%), of polyparasitism (61.6, 27.2, and 12.5%), and of helminthic infection (32, 10.9, and 0.0%) were the highest within the population group having significantly inferior sanitary and environmental conditions. A positive statistical association between the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and age was observed in all three of the neighborhoods. We also noted a correspondence between the frequency of such infections and school attendance in the two suburban districts. Management practices in accordance with the specific characteristics of an urban environmental and sociocultural ecosystem are thus important for the control of intestinal-parasite infection within municipal populations.
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author Gamboa, María Inés
Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia
Costas, María Elena
Cueto Rua, Eduardo
Lahitte, Héctor Blas
author_facet Gamboa, María Inés
Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia
Costas, María Elena
Cueto Rua, Eduardo
Lahitte, Héctor Blas
author_sort Gamboa, María Inés
title Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_short Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_full Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_fullStr Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_sort prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in la plata, argentina
publishDate 1998
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