%0 Journal Article
%T Preval¨ºncia e aspectos epidemiol¨®gicos de enteroparasitoses na popula£¿£¿o geronte de Parna¨ªba, Estado do Piau¨ª
%A Furtado
%A Luis Fernando Viana
%A Melo
%A Ana Carolina Fonseca Lindoso
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2011
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822011000400023
%X introduction: since intestinal parasites pose public health problems, this work aimed to determine certain epidemiological aspects of these pathologies in elderly individuals from parnaiba. methods: using the method of hoffman, 294 fecal samples from individuals 65 years-old or over were analyzed. each participant responded to a questionnaire used for description analysis of the population. results: the prevalence of intestinal parasites was 40.5%. the questionnaires showed alarming results regarding the noxious conditions in which this population is inserted. conclusions: high prevalence of intestinal parasites exists among the elderly population of parnaiba, indicating an epidemiological state of some concern.
%K intestinal parasite
%K elderly
%K public health.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822011000400023&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en