Publications

common beach sand contamination due to enteroparasites on the southern coast of pernambuco state, brazil.	sand contamination due to parasites was evaluated on the beaches of porto de galinhas, muro alto and maracaípe in southern pernambuco state. samples were analyzed using the spontaneous sedimentation and modified rugai methods. the highest contamination occurred on porto de galinhas beach, from which 42% of the samples were contaminated with ancylostoma larvae and 13% with trichuris sp. eggs. from muro alto beach, 30% of the samples were contaminated with ancylostoma larvae and 13% with ascaris l ...	2009	19739002
assessment of schistosomiasis, through school surveys, in the forest zone of pernambuco, brazil.	this work had the objective of assessing the present epidemiological situation regarding schistosomiasis through performing kato-katz coproscopic tests on representative samples of schoolchildren from each of the 43 municipality of endemic area of the state of pernambuco, brazil. the methodology is recommended by the world health organization to conduct sampled surveys among children at elementary school levels, ideal target group for baseline surveys: (i) schools are accessible; (ii) the greate ...	2006	17308748
prevalence of toxocariasis in northeastern brazil based on serology using recombinant toxocara canis antigen.	to evaluate the prevalence of toxocariasis in children in jaboatão dos guararapes, pernambuco in northeastern brazil, 215 serum samples were examined by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) using a recombinant toxocara canis antigen. in the elisa, 26 (12.1%) of 215 subjects were positive. in a dot-blot assay using 53 of 215 serum samples, the diagnostic results correlated with those obtained by the elisa. moreover, it has been confirmed that the recombinant t. canis antigen was highly sp ...	2005	15728875
impact of antihelminthic treatment on infection by ascaris lumbricoides, trichuris trichiura and hookworms in covas, a rural community of pernambuco, brazil.	this work aims to evaluate the impact of drug treatment on infection by ascaris lumbricoides (al), trichuris trichiura (tt) and hookworms (hook) in a rural community from the sugar-cane zone of pernambuco, brazil. four parasitological surveys were carried out from march 2001 to march 2002. individual diagnosis was based on eight slides (four by the kato-katz method and four by the hoffman method) per survey. infected subjects were assigned to two groups for treatment with either albendazole (n = ...	2004	15141272
[intestinal parasite infections and schistosomiasis in a poor urban area, in townships of the sugar cane belt and in villages of the semi-arid area of north-east brazil].	we determined the prevalence of intestinal parasite infections between 1993 and 1998 in the populations of a poor quarter of recife (pernambuco), in two townships in the sugar cane belt and in three villages of the semi-arid area far from the coast. intestinal schistosomiasis was present in the sugar-growing area but was not observed in the populations inland that use dams to provide irrigation and fishing. ascaris was very common in the city and the sugar cane belt and large numbers of hookworm ...	2000	10960811
intestinal helminthiasis and anaemia in youngsters from matriz da luz, district of são lourenço da mata, state of pernambuco, brazil.	a group of youngsters (4-18 years old) in northeast brazil was studied to establish the prevalence of anaemia and intestinal parasitism, as well as to analyze the correlation between them. two criteria were used to determine the state of anaemia, the level of haemoglobin and the mean of corpuscular volume. the first was considered a single criterion and the second an associated criteria, used in an attempt to correlate anaemia with iron deficiency. the prevalence of intestinal parasitism was 93% ...	1998	9698859
parasitological and serological studies on amoebiasis and other intestinal parasitic infections in the rural sector around recife, northeast brazil.	parasitological examinations were carried out during july to december, 1989, on 485 inhabitants of four villages in são lourenço da mata, 25 km northwest of recife, pernambuco, brazil. approximately 99.6% of the inhabitants were infected with at least one species of intestinal parasites. a high prevalence of schistosoma mansoni (82.1%), hookworm (80.2%) trichuris trichiura (69.9%), ascaris lumbricoides (61.9%) and entamoeba coli (36.7%) infections were demonstrated. test tube cultivation reveale ...	1990	2135489