Enteroparasitoses in the V Region, Chile. A study of rural school children from Santo Domingo, 1987] |
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| Authors: | P Neira N Mu?oz M Carabelli B Subercaseaux M T Tardío L Villalón G Herrera |
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| Institution: | Cátedra de Parasitología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Valparaíso. |
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| Abstract: | The results of a new enteroparasitological survey carried out by the authors are analyzed with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of the situation of these infections in the V Region, Chile. In 1987 the children of five rural schools of Santo Domingo were studied by means of the modified Telemann method, the Ziehl-Neelsen stain and seried Graham test. The parasites more frequently found were: E. vermicularis (50.4%) and G. lamblia (10.8%). No E. histolytica was found in these children. The most frequent commensal was E. nana (21.9%). Cryptosporidium sp. presented a low frequency (0.9%), a figure that in these asymptomatic subjects is in accordance with that found in outpatients with chronic diarrhea in Valparaíso, V Region. |
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