Intestinal parasites: frequency and epidemiological aspects in users of a particular laboratory / Parasitos intestinais: frequência e aspectos epidemiológicos em usuários de um laboratório particular

Abstract

The intestinal parasitoses present as one of the main public health problems, thus correlating a close relationship with socio-demographic and environmental factors, such as: precarious socioeconomic conditions, consumption of contaminated water, nutritional status of individuals and others. The study aimed to evaluate the frequency of intestinal parasites and epidemiological aspects of the users involved in the research. As a result, there were 868 positive cases, with a higher prevalence of Endolimax nana protozoa (43.11%), Giardia lamblia (18.96%), Entamoeba histolytica / dispar (17.93%), Entamoeba coli (0.31%), Ascaris lumbricoides (0.31%), Strongyloides stercoralis (0.31%), and Schistosoma spp. Were also observed in the presence of eggs of Ancylostomatidae (0.52%) and Iodamoeba butshlii Mansoni (0.21%), Hymenolepis nana (0.21%) and Enterobius vermicularis (0.10%). Noting that the results show significant contamination of the population and the importance of having a better health education.

Keywords

• Parasitic Diseases
• Helminthiasis
• Epidemiology