Levantamento das parasitoses intestinais em alunos de uma escola na comunidade do Gurguri no município de Mamanguape - PB

Abstract

Intestinal parasites infections represent the most common diseases ot the terrestrial globe, becoming a major public health problem global that affects mainly the least developed countries, as Brazil, because of precarious- ness on basic on basic sanitary conditions, sociable and economical level, apprenticeship and hygiene habits. Children who live in precarious conditions are the most affected severely, for their inadequate hygiene and their immune reaction isn’t sufficient enough to get rid of them. The aim of this work was to make a survey of intestinal parasites in students 5 to 12-year-old pupils who attend Professor Adailton Coelho Costa School located in Gurguri, Mamanguape, just to know predominance and to reinforce the factors which emphasize the parasite proliferation and indicate the school rules as a multiplying agent on promoting health to community and its surrounding areas. Ninety feces samples have been analyzed by Hofmann, Pons and Janer method (1934), in addition to personal data and socio-economical parameters. It was moticed at least a parasite specie among 9% of the samples. The most predominant species were Giardia lamblia (30%), Schistosoma mansoni (20%), Entamoeba histolytica (16%), Endolimax nana (13%), Entamoeba coli (9%), Ascaris lumbricóides (7%) and Trichuris trichiura (5%). The samples displayed 30% positive for female sex and 70% for males. Among those people 56,48% were poliparasitical and 43,52% were monoparasitical. On polipasitism there was a larger frequency between Giardia lamblia and Entamoeba histolytica. Therefore it’s necessary a better quality of living in the community to promote welfare.