Article
Condiciones higiénico-sanitarias como factores de riesgo para las parasitosis intestinales en una comunidad rural venezolana
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2010, 33(2): 151-158
0798-0469
Autor
Rísquez Parra, Alejandro
D Márquez T, Marvic
Quintero P, Geraldine del Carmen
Ramírez D, Juan Pablo
Requena, José Gregorio
Riquelme H, Andrea Daniela
Rodríguez H, Maigualida José
Rodríguez G, Margaret Gissel
Chacón F, Nathalie de Jesús
Institución
Resumen
Intestinal parasites, neglected tropical diseases, contribute to the cycle of poverty in
rural populations with limited access to medical care and unhygienic conditions,
coupled with the consumption of contaminated food and water. Prevalence study which
involved 69 children, to evaluate through inspection, standards for solid waste disposal
and food handling in the Panaquire-Miranda school unit, sanitation and hygiene life
conditions obtained by the participant survey, examine fecal samples of participants
using the method formaldehyde-Triton-ether and associate sanitary conditions of
housing with the presence of parasites. Waste, water and food management handling
were unsatisfactory according to official parameters validated by health inspectors.
Nineteen percent of participants do not have access to water, 17% live on poor housing
and 10% have their excreta in the open field. Nearly 60% of stool samples were positive
for mono or poliparasitosis. Helminthes infections were highly prevalent (73.5%) and
Trichuris trichiura (34.4%) most frequent. The results showed a positive correlation
between open field defecation and infection with Ascaris lumbricoides (Odds Ratio
OR=8; 95%CI=1.27-50, p=0.03) and Trichuris trichiura (OR=14 95%CI=1.51-133.4,
p=0.01). These findings reinforce the need for political action to improve sanitary
conditions in rural communities and protect public health. Condiciones higiénico-sanitarias como factores de riesgo