Abstract
The intestinal parasitosis constitutes one of the main problems of public health, presenting itself endemic in several areas of Brazil. They may be closely related to socio-demographic and environmental factors; and the child population is often hardest hit. In this context, the objective of this study was to analyze the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children aged 4 to 12 years belonging to the city of Itapetim-PE. All fecal exams performed from April 1, 2013 to November 12, 2014, totaling 178 exams were analyzed. The selected exams were based on the methods of Hoffman, Pons and Janer. The samples were analyzed as positive and negative, where a percentage of 20% was obtained for the positive samples, and the female was predominant in this result with 61% of the cases. It was also detected that the infections occurred more by protozoa than by helminths, which represented only 5% of the cases with the agent Ascaris lumbricoides; And in contrast to other agents, Endolimax nana was the most representative, accounting for 48% of the cases analyzed. Key words: Intestinal parasites, prevalence, basic sanitation.
Highlights
According to Neves et al (2012), parasitism is an association between living beings, in which only one of them benefits in the relationship, and the host suffers constant spoliation, providing food and shelter for the parasite
It was observed that the parasitosis occurred in a greater number in female children, representing 22 of the cases, which is equivalent to 61%; While males presented 14 cases, or 39%, as found in other studies (Matos and Cruz, 2012) (Figure 4)
There were only 5% cases representing helminths, by Ascaris lumbricoides and the rest being part of the protozoa; Being represented by Giardia lamblia, 13% cases; Entamoeba histolytica, 8% cases; Entamoeba coli, 21% cases; Endolimax nana, which presented the highest index, being represented by 48% of the cases examined and it is not considered a pathogenic species, its prevalence may indicate poor quality of hygiene and health; and Iodamoeba butschlli (5% cases) (Figure 5)
Summary
According to Neves et al (2012), parasitism is an association between living beings, in which only one of them benefits in the relationship, and the host suffers constant spoliation, providing food and shelter for the parasite. The factors are: age, hygiene habits (Castro et al, 2004), nutrition, immune response, association with other diseases, habits, use of drugs (Neves et al, 2012). All of these factors will determine whether the host is a "sick" or "asymptomatic carrier.". The presence of enteroparasites may lead to malnutrition, in the same way that malnutrition may facilitate the occurrence of enteroparasite infections
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