Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in the municipality of Agua Branca, PB, Brazil.

Ednaldo Queiroga de Lima; Erlane Fabia Moura da Silva; Claudio Galeno de Oliveira Queiroga de Lima; Maysa Kevia Linhares Dantas Queiroga

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Prevalence of Intestinal Parasites in the municipality of Agua Branca, PB, Brazil.

Ednaldo Queiroga De Lima, Erlane Fabia Moura Da Silva, Claudio Galeno De Oliveira Queiroga De Lima, Maysa Kevia Linhares Dantas Queiroga

Abstract :

In the world, the high rates of parasitic intestinal diseases caused by protozoa and helminths are characterized as a debilitating factor in public health, their dissemination is related to the lack of basic sanitation, related to deficiency in personal hygiene measures. The objective of this study was to identify and qualify the main intestinal parasitoses found in the results of parasitological exams of the patients from the municipality of Água Branca, PB, attended by the clinical analysis laboratory of the Quitéria Maria de Oliveira Hospital. It was analyzed the results of parasitological exams recorded in medical records, the data analyzed were from January 2011 to December 2013, they were separated into positive and negative results for the parasitological examinations, and the analyzed parasites were analyzed and their frequency in positive results. Of the total of 1,638 results analyzed, 38.46% are positive, with Entamoeba histolytica being the most frequent protozoan, with 274 cases (38.27%) and among the helminths, the Enterobius vermiculares with 6 cases (0.84%) Among the results positive for parasitosis, 13.02% had a polyparasitosis disease and 86.98% had monoparasitosis. It was concluded that almost 40% of the patients were infected with some species of parasite, with protozoa being the most detected in relation to helminths, and that measures are needed to raise awareness and combat these diseases, such as informing families about the damage that such parasites cause to health and improvements in basic sanitation conditions..