Características poblacionales de riesgo y tipo de parásitos intestinales en niños del caserío El Paraíso, Distrito de Agallpampa, La Libertad, Perú

• Autor: Rodríguez Chávez, Oscar Natanael
• Formato: tesis de grado
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo
• Repositorio: UNITRU-Tesis
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:dspace.unitru.edu.pe:20.500.14414/12193
• Enlace del recurso: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14414/12193
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Parasitosis intestinal; Niños; Parásitos; Características de la población; Riesgo

A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out during the month of February 2017 in children from 5 to 12 years of the hamlet of El Paraíso belonging to the Sierra Liberteña to analyze the population characteristics of risk and the types of intestinal parasites. Three serial samples of 134 children were collected and analyzed by direct method and spontaneous sedimentation; A survey was also carried out about risk factors for intestinal parasitosis such as age, degree of instruction of the proxy, type of housing floor, breeding of animals, water supply, elimination of excreta and garbage, hand washing, contact with soil, eat your nails, bring your fingers to your mouth, drink water and overcrowding. The data were analyzed using the statistical package SPSS v21 with the Chi-square test. A prevalence of (78,36%) of intestinal parasitosis was found, the protozoan organisms found such as Entamoeba coli (27,61%), Blastocystis hominis (26,12%), Giardia lamblia (11,19%) and Iodamoeba bütschlii (7,46%); and type helminths such as Hymenolepis nana (4,48%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (1,49%). Only one statistically significant association was found between overcrowding and intestinal parasitosis.