Prevalence and characterization of endoparasites in fecal analyzes in a neighborhood of the state of Bahia, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Crisostomo, Bernardo Lopes
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Lima, Maricélia Maia de, Crisostomo, Lucíola Maria Lopes
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/2613
• topic: Enteropatias parasitárias; Parasitos; Doenças parasitárias; Saneamento básico; Saúde pública; Assistência à saúde; Enteropatías parasitarias; Parásitos; Enfermedades parasitarias; Saneamiento básico; Salud pública; Intestinal diseases; Parasitic; Parasitic diseases; Basic sanitation; Public health

The endoparasites affect large number of people; their frequency is associated with socioeconomic conditions and basic sanitation, representing a public health problem. Despite the worldwide epidemiological transition, many countries, such as Brazil, still have a major cause of morbidity and mortality in parasitic diseases. To describe the prevalence of endoparasites in parasitological exams of feces in a laboratorial unit in a district of Feira de Santana, state of Bahia, Brazil. The study included 2,304 patients that underwent parasitological stool testes between March 2011 and June 2013, absent from missing data. The variables were obtained from the local laboratory database. The data were analyzed using software SPSS v. 17.0. The patients studied were more frequently women (59.0%) and younger than 40 years (66.2%). Intestinal parasites were found in 1,112 patients (48.3%). Protozoa represent 93.3% and helminthes 10.3%. The monoparasitism was prevailing (72.2%). The more frequent parasites were Giardia lamblia (8.7%), followed by Entamoeba histolytica (6.6%), Ancylostomideo SP (4.6%), Ascaris lumbricoides (2.0%), Hymenolepis SP (1.7%) and Schistosoma mansoni (1.6%). The prevalence of endoparasites increased; protozoa and monoparasites predominated; and the studied population’s profile was characterized by a higher frequency of women and young adults.