Some epidemiological factors which favor intestinal parasitic infections in Chile
Ramírez, R.
Boletin Chileno de Parasitologia 30(3-4): 80-82
1975
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9402 PMID: 1239999 Document Number: 96136
A census on population and on one habitation in Chile in 1970 revealed that 61.7% of 2,724,951 family dwellings had their own piped water supply, 19.5% obtained water from public faucets not more than 100m away and the remainder had neither. 44.3% were connected to the public sewage system, 44.2% had a private pit, 7.2% a septic tank, 1.5% pits on streams or other systems and 2.7% had none of these. The factors are considered to contribute to the epidemiology of intestinal parasitic diseases. Garbage and vectors are briefly discussed. In Chile only 61.7% houses have a piped water supply, 19.5% get water from public taps and 18.8% have no piped water at all. 44.3% houses are connected to a public sewage system, 44.2% use a private pit and 7.2% use septic tanks. These facts greatly influence the distribution of intestinal parasites in Chile.