Survey for intestinal parasites in Belize, Central America.
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
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2004 Sep; 35(3): 506-11
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ABSTRACT
A stool survey was carried out in 5 villages in the Toledo district of the Central American country of Belize. Eighty-two percent of a total population of 672 participated. The stools were examined by the formalin-ethyl-acetate concentration technique. Sixty-six percent of the population was found to have one or more intestinal parasites. The most common infection was hookworm (55%) followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (30%), Entamoeba coli (21%), Trichuris trichiura (19%), Giardia lamblia (12%), Iodamoeba beutschlii (9%), and Entamoeba histolytica/dispar (6%). Other parasites found were Entamoeba hartmani, Strongyloides stercoralis, Endolimax nana, Isospora belli, and Chilomastix mesnili. Children were more often infected than adults and more females had hookworm infections. Sixty percent of 111 households surveyed had dirt floors, 43% were without toilets, 35% of the houses were overcrowded, and 10% obtained drinking water from streams. Cross-tabulation and logistic regression analyses were used to identify risk and protective factors associated with parasitoses. The risk factors were being in the Mayan Ketchi population group, and abtaining housework and drinking water from streams. Protective factors were drinking treated water and the wearing of shoes.
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Asunto principal:
Infecciones por Protozoos
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Zapatos
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Factores Socioeconómicos
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Belice
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Anciano
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Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Agua
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Aglomeración
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiología
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Estudio de prevalencia
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Estudio pronóstico
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Factores de riesgo
País/Región como asunto:
America Central
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Belice
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Revista:
Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health
Año:
2004
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Artículo
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