Kasmera
(Aug 2020)
Low prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis in children of “Centros infantiles del Buen Vivir” Canton Jipijapa, Ecuador
Anita Maria Murillo Zavala,
Zulbey C Rivero de Rodríguez,
Roberto Ponce Pincay
Affiliations
Anita Maria Murillo Zavala
Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí. Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico. Jipijapa-Manabí
Zulbey C Rivero de Rodríguez
Universidad Técnica de Manabí. Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico. Portoviejo-Manabí.
Roberto Ponce Pincay
Universidad Estatal del Sur de Manabí. Licenciado en Laboratorio Clínico
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3969558
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 48,
no. 2
Abstract
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Enterobius vermicularis, is a helminth that mainly affects children. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of E. vermicularis in 70 preschoolers in Jipijapa, Ecuador. A single child was identified with the helminth; this can be attributed to the Albendazole treatment that school children receive regularly in the country
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ISSN
0075-5222 (Print)
2477-9628 (Online)
Publisher
Universidad del Zulia,Facultad de Medicina,Departamento de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Tropicales
Country of publisher
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
LCC subjects
Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
Medicine: Public aspects of medicine
Website
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