The patterns of tungiasis in Araruama township, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
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98(1): 31-36, Jan. 30, 2003. mapas, tab
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RESUMO
This paper describes patterns of infestation with Tunga penetrans (L., 1758) within the poor community of Araruama municipality, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, assessed by the number of persons and domestic animals parasitized. The overall prevalence of infestation was 49.2 percent (211 parasitized hosts) of the 429 examined. Humans (p < 0.01) and dogs (p < 0.01) were the most important hosts with 62.6 percent and 35.6 percent respectively. Dogs were considered as the potential infestation source to humans. Considering sex and age groups, both measures showed a significant difference (p < 0.01) female (62.2 percent infested of 143 examined) and male (43.9 percent infested of 98 examined). All age classes were found infested with significant difference (G = 42.5; p < 0.01) and most of the infestation occurred in children in the 0-9-year old category (27.3 percent). In contrast and based on mean of chigoe burden per person, the parasitic intensity was significantly higher on male than on female in all age categories, except for the 50+ (H = 27.1; p < 0.01) and decreasing with the increase of age (chi2 = 69.7, A = -124.6, p < 0.01). Growing urbanization, improved housing and sewage systems, use of appropriate footwear, examination of the feet principally in young children, antitetanus prophylaxis and reduction of stray dogs population are the major prophylactic methods recommended
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LILAS (Amériques)
Sujet Principal:
Ectoparasitoses
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Siphonaptera
Type d'étude:
Étude de prévalence
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Facteurs de risque
Limites du sujet:
Animaux
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Femelle
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Humains
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Mâle
Pays comme sujet:
Amérique du Sud
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Brésil
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Thème du journal:
Médecine tropicale
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Parasitologie
Année:
2003
Type:
Article
Pays d'affiliation:
Brésil
Institution/Pays d'affiliation:
Exército/BR
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Fiocruz/BR
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