Abstract

BRITO NUNEZ, Jesús David et al. PREVALENCE OF INTESTINAL PARASITOSES IN THE RURAL COMMUNITY APOSTADERO SOTILLO MUNICIPALITY, MONAGAS STATE, VENEZUELA. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2017, vol.20, n.2, pp.7-14. ISSN 2077-3323.

INTRODUCTION: The intestinal parasitic diseases still have an important role in terms of public health, and they are one of main medical problems, being one of the principle causes of morbidity in children in Latin America included Venezuela. Objectives: Establish the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children less than 15 years old in the studied population. METHODOLOGY: The type of study was observational, descriptive and cross-sectional, each participant was evaluated clinically and through coproparasitologic test, fecal samples were studied by direct examination in physiological saline solution and temporary stained with lugol, and application of Kato-Katz's technique. These techniques were performed directly in the rural community. RESULTS: 64 children between 0-15 years old were evaluated; 51,6% male and 48,4% female. 87,5% had clinical manifestations, being bruxism the most frequent, followed by abdominal pain. The overall finding of intestinal parasites was 92,20%. There were diagnosed parasitoses by 14 different species, 9 were protozoans and 5 were helminths. CONCLUSION: It was determined a high prevalence of intestinal parasites in children under 15 years old, the most common helminths were: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm with 72,9%, 47,5% and 33,9% respectively. Among protozoans and chromists that stood out were Blastocystís spp (50,8%), Entamoeba coli (28,8%) and Giardia lamblia (23,7%). Polyparasitism was higher than 81,4% and the most common associations were: Ascaris lumbricoides + Blastocystis spp. 12,5%, followed by Entamoeba coli + Ascaris lumbricoides + Trichuris trichiura with 6,3%.

Keywords : Intestinal parasites; prevalence; rural community.

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