Relaciones entre las prevalencias de las geohelmintiasis humanas en Venezuela / Relationship between prevalences of geohelminthic infections in human, Venezuela
Bol. chil. parasitol
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53(3/4): 84-7, jul.-dic. 1998. tab
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: lil-245377
ABSTRACT
By means of Kato-Katz technique 113,254 coprological samples of the human population belonging to 100 counties from Venezuela were analyzed. It was determined the following prevalences ascaris lumbricoides 26,8 percent, trichuris trichiura 32,7 percent and hookworm 5,6 percent. It was found a strong correlation between a. lumbricoides and t. trichiura infection (p<0,001), a significant correlation between t. trichiura and hookworn (p<0,5) and no correlation between a. lumbricoides and hookworm
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Prevalence
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Helminthiasis
Type of study:
Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Country/Region as subject:
South America
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Venezuela
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Bol. chil. parasitol
Journal subject:
ALIMENTOS
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Parasitology
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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