Prevalência e intensidade da infec？？o por parasitas intestinais em crian？as na idade escolar na Cidade de Salvador (Bahia, Brasil)

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.