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 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.

• 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
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional