Enteroparasitosis en niños de la V Región: estudio en el archipiélago de Juan Fernández / Enteroparasitoses in children from the V Region. A study in the Juan Fernandez archipelago: Chile

ABSTRACT

The results of two enteroparasitological surveys in children carried out in the Juan Fernandez Archipelago, within a 5-year period (1982-1987), are compared. In both studies the abscense of Ascaris lumbricoides has been persistent, having no explanation for this phenomenon due to the favorable environmental conditions for the development of the quited parasit. In the second survey Cryptosporidium sp. was studied, finding a higher frecuency than that detected in rural areas of the V Region