Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina

We analyzed intestinal parasitic infections in children aged 1–12 years from a poor neighborhood in La Plata, Argentina, and determined the correlations with their nutritional status and socio-environmental conditions. We performed parasitological analyses with anal brushed technique (for Enterobius...

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Autores principales:	Gamboa, María Inés, Navone, Graciela Teresa, Orden, Alicia Bibiana, Torres, Fernanda, Castro, Luis Eduardo, Oyhenart, Evelia Edith
Formato:	Articulo
Lenguaje:	Inglés
Publicado:	2009
Materias:	Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites
Acceso en línea:	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/58380 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X09001636
Aporte de:	SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata

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topic	Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites
spellingShingle	Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites Gamboa, María Inés Navone, Graciela Teresa Orden, Alicia Bibiana Torres, Fernanda Castro, Luis Eduardo Oyhenart, Evelia Edith Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
topic_facet	Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites
description	We analyzed intestinal parasitic infections in children aged 1–12 years from a poor neighborhood in La Plata, Argentina, and determined the correlations with their nutritional status and socio-environmental conditions. We performed parasitological analyses with anal brushed technique (for Enterobius vermicularis eggs) and fecal samples, employing the techniques of Ritchie, Carles Barthelemy and Willis. The worm burdens of nematodes were estimated by means of Kato Katz technique. Low weight-for-age (underweight), height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-height (wasting) were calculated based on the 5th centile of the WHO 2006 (children under 5) and CDC 2000 (older children and adolescents) growth references. We also analyzed samples of soil, water, and canine feces and surveyed other domestic and environmental data using structured questionnaires to each child’s parents. To associate the parasitological, anthropometric and socio-environmental data, a categorical analysis of principal components (catPCA) was conducted. In the ﬁrst axis of catPCA, the correlations among socio-environmental variables showed a gradient of “relative welfare”. The eigenvectors showed the most inﬂuential variables in the analysis were promiscuity (0.0765), father’s education (−0.741), crowding (0.727), wastewater disposal (−0.658), mother’s education (−0.574), and ﬂooding (−0.409). The 85% of children were parasitized and 79.6% polyparasitized. The 27.7% of children had deﬁcit in some nutritional status indicator, being the stunting the most prevalent deﬁcit (16.8%). There also found parasites in 42% of the dog feces, 53% of the soil samples, and non-pathogenic amoebae in the water samples. The SEV was mainly associated with geohelminths and stunting, especially among the poorest children. The study evidences that living conditions are variable within this population. Part of these variations could be linked to the differences in the extent to which parents are able to use their scant resources to inﬂuence their children’s morbidity. Further studies need to be done from a qualitative approach.
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author	Gamboa, María Inés Navone, Graciela Teresa Orden, Alicia Bibiana Torres, Fernanda Castro, Luis Eduardo Oyhenart, Evelia Edith
author_facet	Gamboa, María Inés Navone, Graciela Teresa Orden, Alicia Bibiana Torres, Fernanda Castro, Luis Eduardo Oyhenart, Evelia Edith
author_sort	Gamboa, María Inés
title	Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
title_short	Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
title_full	Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
title_fullStr	Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed	Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
title_sort	socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of la plata, argentina
publishDate	2009
url	http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/58380 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X09001636
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina

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