Frequency of e. vermicularis infection in rural schoolchildren in quipile, colombia, 2001

Objectives: To study the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection in children aged 3 to 14 years in a rural zone of the town of Quipile, Colombia. Methods: 159 children from 14 villages, with a homogeneous distribution according to their degree of scholarity, were studied. The detection of En...

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Autores:
Knudson, Angélica
Lemos, Elkin
Ariza, Yoseth
Salazar, Myriam
Chaves, María del Pilar
López, Myriam C.
Quintana, Carolina
Moncada, Ligia I.
López, Gabriel
Sánchez, Ricardo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2003
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/31792
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/31792
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/21872/
Palabra clave:
Enterobius
prevalencia
análisis multivariado
Enterobius
prevalence
multivariate
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Summary:Objectives: To study the prevalence of Enterobius vermicularis infection in children aged 3 to 14 years in a rural zone of the town of Quipile, Colombia. Methods: 159 children from 14 villages, with a homogeneous distribution according to their degree of scholarity, were studied. The detection of Enterobius vermicularis eggs was done by the Graham method. The design was a cross-sectional descriptive study, for which a convenience non-probabilistic sampling was carried out. Fisher´s exact test and χ2 were performed for data analysis. Multivariate analysis by multiple correspondences was also carried out. Results 2,5 % of the children were found to be infected with E. vermicularis and 5 % with Ascarislumbricoides. This frequency is low when compared to reports from other authors; one of the possible causes is the sampling method used. Conclusions: Deficient sanitation conditions of the population studied as well as the low frequency of anal hygiene practices may represent behavioural risk factors which favour the transmission of this helminth.