Abstract
The aim of this study was to diagnose enteroparasites and to relate them to socioeconomic factors in schoolchildren from the public system in the municipalities of Colombo and Bocaiúva do Sul, located in the Metropolitan Region from the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Fecal samples were processed using the modified Ritchie and Ziehl-Neelsen staining methods. Analysis of the risk factors, using Tukey test and Odds ratio (OR), was obtained by connecting questionnaires with parasitological results. Of the 414 schoolchildren analyzed, 32.4% (134) were positive for at least one enteroparasite species. The most prevalent were Blastocystis spp. (21.7%), Entamoeba coli (5.5%), Endolimax nana (5.5%), Giardia duodenalis (3.9%), Trichuris trichiura (3.7%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (2.9%). Schoolchildren from rural areas had a higher occurrence of enteric parasites (p<0.05), showing that is necessary to continue with health education, being careful with the food, basic sanitation and parasitological examination of feces before treatment. KEY WORDS: Enteroparasites; monoparasitism; multiparasitism; children; socio-echonomic factors.
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