Massive deworming, nutritional status and learning capacity in school children in a rural community

one hundred and ninety eight children of a rural village school were studied for parasitological variables, nutritional status (anthropometric variables and blood parameters) and assessment of their learning capacity. the study was designed as a baseline study and included both massive anthelminthic treatment and follow-up of the reinfection process. the initial prevalence of infection by soil helminths was: ascaris lumbricoides 36,4 %, trichuris trichiura 34.8%, hookworm 18,2 % and strongyloides stercoralis 4,5 %. 53,1 % of children were under risk of malnutrition and the values of hematocrit and hemoglobin concentration were below normal in 83 % and 55 % respectively. an important deficit in all the learning capacity tests was observed. some relationship was found between these results and infection by parasites.

• Autores: Reyes, Patricia; Agudelo Calderón, Carlos Alberto; Moncada, Ligia; Cáceres, Elvia; López, Consuelo; Corredor, Augusto; Mora, Mercedes; Alvarez, Carlos; Velázquez, María T.; Cortés, Javier; Peñarete, Oscar; Noy Ballesteros, Visitación; Baracaldo, César M.; Castro de Navarro, Lucía
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 1999
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Repositorio: Universidad Nacional de Colombia
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/32279
• Acceso en línea: https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/32279; http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/22359/
• Palabra clave: helmintos; riesgo nutricional; capacidad de aprendizaje; tratamiento; reinfección; helminths; nutritional risk; learning capacity; treatment; reinfection
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional