%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalencia de enteropar¨¢sitos y factores ambientales asociados en dos comunidades ind¨ªgenas del estado Zulia
%A Maldonado I
%A Adriana
%A Rivero-Rodr¨ªguez
%A Zulbey
%A Chourio-Lozano
%A Glenis
%A D¨ªaz A
%A Iris
%A Calchi-La Corte
%A Marinella
%A Acurero
%A Ellen
%A Bracho
%A Angela
%A B¨¢rcenas B
%A Juan
%J Kasmera
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X the objective of the investigation was to relate the prevalence of enteric parasites to environmental factors in two native communities of zulia state. fecal samples were analyzed using the copro-parasitology test and concentration technique, for 168 japrer¨ªa individuals located in the perij¨¢ mountain range and 283 a£¿¨² in the sinamaica lagoon. soil samples from the respective zones were evaluated, measuring ph, organic carbon, electric conductivity, extractable phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, interchangeable potassium and texture. precipitation data were also analyzed. a high prevalence of enteric parasites was found in both communities (japrer¨ªa 83.93%, a£¿¨² 85.16%). protozoa and polyparasitism dominated, observing blastocystis h¨®minis in first place for both populations. regarding helminths, ancylostom¨ªdeos prevailed among the japrer¨ªa and trichuris trichiura among the a£¿¨². soil at the japrer¨ªa locality was less sandy than that of the a£¿¨² and received greater annual average precipitation. conclusions were that among the environmental factors evaluated, the soil is important because of its texture, vegetable cover and precipitation, influencing its capacity to retain humidity, an element that determines different distribution patterns in the prevalence of geohelminths.
%K prevalence
%K enteric parasites
%K environmental factors
%K native inhabitants.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0075-52222008000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en