The aim of this study was to determine the association of enteroparasitosis in school-age children in the Santa María de Chicmo district (Apurímac, Peru) with the nutritional status, characteristics of the house, and raising of backyard animals. Stool samples were taken from 493 children aged 6-16 years, of both sexes, and their homes were visited to determine their characteristics. The prevalence of enteroparasites was 82.4%, where the highest prevalence corresponded to Entamoeba coli (59.6%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (51.1%) and Taenia sp with 33.3%. Other parasites presented prevalence less than 12%. The raising of pigs and chickens was associated with Taenia sp and E. vermicularis, respectively. Defecating in the open field, housing on the edge of crops and on the edge of ditches were associated with E. verm...

            The aim of this study was to determine the association of enteroparasitosis in school-age children in the Santa María de Chicmo district (Apurímac, Peru) with the nutritional status, characteristics of the house, and raising of backyard animals. Stool samples were taken from 493 children aged 6-16 years, of both sexes, and their homes were visited to determine their characteristics. The prevalence of enteroparasites was 82.4%, where the highest prevalence corresponded to Entamoeba coli (59.6%), followed by Ascaris lumbricoides (51.1%) and Taenia sp with 33.3%. Other parasites presented prevalence less than 12%. The raising of pigs and chickens was associated with Taenia sp and E. vermicularis, respectively. Defecating in the open field, housing on the edge of crops and on the edge of ditches were associated with E. verm...

Las parasitosis intestinales son un problema de importancia al que se enfrentan las instituciones de salud pública y ambiental en países en vías de desarrollo. El objetivo de la investigación fue determinar la asociación de la enteroparasitosis en escolares con el estado nutricional antropométrico, características de la vivienda y crianza de animales de traspatio. La metodología de estudio fue básica y prospectiva, de diseño analítico y corte trasversal. La población estudiada se conformó de 493 escolares de 13 Instituciones Educativas primarias y 8 secundarias entre 6 a 19 años de edad del distrito de Santa María de Chicmo, Andahuaylas, Apurímac. Se tomó un tamaño de muestra simple estratificada. Las muestras fecales fueron procesadas mediante la técnica de sedimentación rápida (concentración por sedimentación sin centrifugación) en el laboratorio del Centro de S...