%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia de parasitosis intestinal en ni£¿os de la comunidad de Los Cuadros, Goicoechea, Costa Rica. 2002-2003
%A Ar¨¦valo
%A Mar¨ªa
%A Cort¨¦s
%A Ximena
%A Barrantes
%A Kenia
%A Ach¨ª
%A Rosario
%J Revista Costarricense de Ciencias M¨¦dicas
%D 2007
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X to analyze the presence of intestinal parasites, there has been developed a study with a 95% of confidence level at the urban-marginal community of los cuadros, goicoechea, san jos¨¦, costa rica, during the years 2003 and 2004, using a sample random of 350 children up to 5 years of age, from whom faecal samples were collected by visits home by home. the stool samples were analyzed to detect intestinal parasites through a direct exam (saline and iodine solutions), sedimentation of formalin-ether (ritchie) and zielh neelsen modified. from the 350 stool samples, 210 (60%) were positive showing at least one parasite, protozoa and helminths, which represented a 60% prevalence. the results showed the presence of giardia intestinalis (18.2%); entamoeba histolytica/e dispar (15.7%); ascaris lumbricoides (15.4%); entamoeba coli (9.7%) and trichuris (0.8%). the present study clearly showes that intestinal parasites represent a serious problem in this community. therefore, sanitary education, prevention and treatment strategies are necessary to improve people health condition in this community.
%K protozoans
%K helminthes
%K intestinal parasites
%K urban-marginal community
%K costa rica.
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