| blastocystis hominis and other intestinal parasites in a community of pitanga city, paraná state, brazil. | the objective was to estimate the prevalence of blastocystis hominis, to evaluate the effectiveness of different techniques for its diagnosis as well as to estimate the prevalence of other intestinal parasites in the community of campo verde, a district of pitanga. the work was carried out from august to october 2004. samples of feces from children and adults were collected and submitted to the techniques of direct wet mount, flotation in zinc sulphate solution, tube sedimentation, sedimentation ... | 2005 | 16138204 |
| enteroparasitosis and their ethnographic relationship to food handlers in a tourist and economic center in paraná, southern brazil. | this study reports on the occurrence of enteroparasites based on data from an ethnographic study of food handlers in the city of cascavel, paraná, brazil. fecal material from 343 food handlers of both sexes, between 14 and 75 years of age, was analyzed using lutz, modified ritchie and ziehl-neelsen techniques. ethnographic relationships were investigated by means of specific questionnaires. positive fecal samples were found for 131 (38.2%) handlers. endolimax nana (67.9%) was the predominant spe ... | 2009 | 19229388 |
| [prevalence of enteroparasitosis in the population of maria helena, paraná state]. | the epidemiological study on intestinal parasites has the purpose of determining the main diseases and their respective etiologic agents, which are endemically or epidemically spread worldwide. the aim of this study was to evaluate the enteroparasitosis infection prevalence, in which age group they prevail, relating the infection with age, gender, and the region in which the person lives, in the city of maria helena - pr. data collection was performed from june of 2004 to may of 2006. 431 sample ... | 2010 | 20464203 |
| blastocystis sp. and other intestinal parasites in hemodialysis patients. | chronic renal insufficiency disease (cri) leads to uremia in hemodialysis patients and induces a state of immunodepression that results in higher frequencies of infections and diarrhea. hemodialysis patients resident in the city of campo mourão, paraná, brazil were analyzed from april 2006 through september 2007 for blastocystis sp. and other intestinal parasites and for associated diarrhea. fecal samples from 86 hemodialysis patients and 146 healthy (reference) persons were examined by standard ... | 2008 | 19030738 |