%0 Journal Article
%T Preval¨ºncia e intensidade da infec£¿£¿o por parasitas intestinais em crian£¿as na idade escolar na Cidade de Salvador (Bahia, Brasil)
%A Prado
%A Matildes da S.
%A Barreto
%A Maur¨ªcio L.
%A Strina
%A Agostino
%A Faria
%A Jo£¿o Augusto S.
%A Nobre
%A Aline A.
%A Jesus
%A Sandra R.
%J Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
%D 2001
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
%R 10.1590/S0037-86822001000100016
%X as part of a major study to evaluate the relationship between environmental changes and occurrence of the infection, prevalence and intensity of infection by intestinal parasites was studied in a sample of school children aged 7 to 14 years living in the city of salvador. the prevalence of infection by at least one species of protozoa or helminth was 66.1%. prevalence of infection by helminths increased with age. for all helminth species male children presented the highest prevalence.
%K parasitism
%K prevalence
%K intensity.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0037-86822001000100016&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en