The aim of this study was to determine the association between soil-transmitted helminth infections and clinical signs in school-age children. The study was basic level, analytical in design, observational and cross-sectional. It included a sample size of 471 school-age children in 2017, through simple random sampling, who were asked for a faecal sample and a history was taken to identify clinical signs. Faecal eggs were identified using rapid sedimentation (RST) and Kato-Katz techniques. The t test was applied to determine the difference between means and the Pearson Chi-square test and Odds ratio to establish associations at a 95% reliability level and α=0.05 for the confidence intervals. The overall prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections was 52.5% (259/493; 95%CI=48.0-57.1). The prevalence of Ascaris lumbricoides was 51.1%, Trichuris trichiura 1.8% and Ancylostoma sp 0.6%...

Introducción. La equinococosis quística es una zoonosis parasitaria, producida por el Echinococcus granulosus; representa un problema de salud pública, con elevada carga económica. Objetivo. Determinar la asociación entre equinococosis quística en escolares y la equinococosis canina con los conocimientos, prácticas y actitudes, en el distrito de Ascensión – Huancavelica. Materiales y métodos. La investigación fue transversal, descriptiva correlacional. Se realizó un descarte serológico de equinococosis quística (Prueba de Elisa e Inmunoblot) a 811 estudiantes, de primaria y secundaria, y se les aplicó un cuestionario sobre conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas. En 130 comuneros de zonas rurales ganaderas; se recolectaron muestras de heces de 544 canes para descarte de equinococosis canina (Copro-Elisa y Copro-PCR), con su ficha epidemiológica. Resultados. La equinococosi...