Article
Socioenvironmental conditions and intestinal parasitic infections in Brazilian urban slums: a cross-sectional study
Registro en:
IGNACIO, Caroline Ferraz; et al. Socioenvironmental conditions and intestinal parasitic infections in Brazilian urban slums: a cross-sectional study. Rev Inst Med Trop São Paulo, v.59, e56, 10p, 2017.
0036-4665
10.1590/S1678-9946201759056
1678-9946
Autor
Ignacio, Caroline Ferraz
Silva, Milena Enderson Chagas da
Handam, Natasha Berendonk
Alencar, Maria de Fatima Leal
Martins, Adriana Sotero
Barata, Martha Macedo de Lima
Moraes, Antonio Henrique Almeida de
Resumen
A cross-sectional study covering an agglomeration of urban slums was conducted between 2015 and 2016 using participants observation, a socioeconomic survey, and the spontaneous sedimentation method with three slides per sample to analyze fresh stool specimens ( n =595) searching for intestinal parasites.