Estudo coproparasitológico eepidemiológico do complexo teníase-cisticercose em habitantes do Município de Santa Cruz - Paraíba

Abstract

The complex teniasis-cysticercosis is a set of diseases that have Taenia as the etiological agente. Therefore, this study aimed to perform a coproparasitological and epidemiological study of the teniasis-cysticercosis complex in the inhabitants of the municipality of Santa Cruz-PB, to identify the occurrence of risk factors associated with the teniasis-cysticercosis complex and to trace the enteroparasitological profile of the residents of the Municipality The study universe consisted of 146 people including pig farmers and people who have a habit of eating their meat. In the first stage of this research, an epidemiological questionnaire was applied to the head of the family. The second step of the research consisted of the collection of the samples for later analysis of the material through the method of Hoffmann, Ponts and Janer or Lutz and for each fecal sample three slides were made. The data compiled showed that 31.5% of the interviewees present positive for at least one enteroparasite species, and the female gender was the most affected with 60.9% of the cases. Most of the individuals presented monoparasitism (45.65%), with the most frequent being Endolimax nana (38.8%) and Giardia lamblia (28.2%), the most affected age range was between 32 and 47 years ( 36.96%). No positivity was found for Taenia sp. eggs, which shows an adequate breeding of the pigs being created in the majority of pigs, avoiding their contact with human faeces. As for sanitary conditions and basic sanitation, can be said that the residents live in good condition. Therefore, the city of Santa Cruz-PB presents factors that help in the contribution of control and prevention of the dissemination of the complex teniasis-cysticercosis.