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Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in the city of Eirunepé, Amazon

Claudio Fernández Araujo Claudia Leite Fernández About the authors

Samples of 413 patient were analyzed and positivity was found in 64.4% (266) of the exams. The intestinal parasites most prevalent were: Ascaris lumbricoides (35.6%); Trichuris trichiura (18.6%); Ancylostomides (9.9%); Strongyloides stercoralis (1%), Enterobius vermiculares (0,5%); Entamoeba histolytica (13.3%) and Giardia lamblia (1%). The presence of varied degrees of anemia were detected in 39.8% of the exams.

Intestinal parasitism; Amazon


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