Enteroparasitoses in the V Region, Chile. a study of rural school children from Santo Domingo, 1987
Neira, P.; Muñoz, N.; Carabelli, M.; Subercaseaux, B.; Tardío, M.T.; Villalón, L.; Herrera, G.
Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia 45(1-2): 24-27
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9402 PMID: 1726862 Document Number: 352166
The results of a new enteroparasitological survey carried out by the authors are analyzed with the aim of contributing to the knowledge of the situation of these infections in the V Region, Chile. In 1987 the children of five rural schools of Santo Domingo were studied by means of the modified Telemann method, the Ziehl-Neelsen stain and seried Graham test. The parasites more frequently found were: E. vermicularis (50.4%) and G. lamblia (10.8%). No E. histolytica was found in these children. The most frequent commensal was E. nana (21.9%). Cryptosporidium sp. presented a low frequency (0.9%), a figure that in these asymptomatic subjects is in accordance with that found in outpatients with chronic diarrhea in Valparaíso, V Region.