Prevalência e aspectos epidemiológicos de enteroparasitoses na popula？？o geronte de Parnaíba, Estado do Piauí

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.