[Intestinal parasites in the riverside population of Villarrica Lake, Chile]

Bol Chil Parasitol. 1993 Jan-Jun;48(1-2):8-11.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The prevalence of intestinal parasites in 200 persons of bank side Lake was studied. Age, sex and environmental sanitary conditions were considered in each case. A modified Telemann method was performed for examining stool samples from each individual. Infection by pathogenic or commensal helminths and protozoa was detected in 55.6% of samples. Correlation with sex and environmental sanitary conditions was observed. Infection by Diphyllobothrium sp. was not found.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Animals
  • Causality
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chile / epidemiology
  • Feces / parasitology
  • Female
  • Helminthiasis / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / epidemiology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Protozoan Infections / epidemiology
  • Sanitation
  • Socioeconomic Factors