| prevalence of intestinal parasitic infection in five farms in holambra, são paulo, brazil. | a parasitological survey was carried out on 222 inhabitants of five farms in holambra, located 30 km north of campinas, são paulo, brazil, on october 1992. approximately 70% of the inhabitants were found to be infected with at least one species of intestinal parasite. the positive rates of 6 helminths and 7 protozoan species detected are as follows: 5.4% ascaris lumbricoides; 8.6% trichuris trichiura; 19.8% necator americanus; 10.4% strongyloides stercoralis; 1.4% enterobius vermicularis; 0.9% h ... | 1995 | 7569635 |
| occurrence of giardia lamblia in children of municipal day-care centers from botucatu, são paulo state, brazil. | considering that the number of day-care centers for pre-school-age children has expanded rapidly in developing countries, and that these institutions presenting conditions that facilitate the transmission of many enteric agents, a parasitological survey was carried out in three municipal day-cares from botucatu: two in the urban area (one in downtown area and the other one in the city periphery area) and the third in the rural area. three separate stool specimens were collected from 147 children ... | 1995 | 8731262 |
| control of parasitic infections among school children in the peri-urban area of botucatu, são paulo, brazil. | the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis was investigated in a primary school located in rubião júnior, a peri-urban district of botucatu, são paulo state, brazil, in order to assess the effect of treatment and practical measures of prophylaxis in the control of parasitic infections among 7-to-18-year-old school children of a low socio-economic status. the first series of parasitological examinations included 219 school children, of which 123 (56.1%) were found to be infected with one or more pa ... | 1996 | 8885671 |
| enteroparasitic occurrence in fecal samples analyzed at the university of western são paulo-unoeste clinical laboratory, presidente prudente, são paulo state, brazil. | this study aims to analyze the enteroparasitic occurrence in children from 0 to 12 years old consulted at the university of western sao paulo clinical laboratory, presidente prudente, sp, brazil, in relation to the socioeconomic profile of the attended children. stool samples were examined and a questionnaire was applied with the objective of knowing the patient's age, sex, medical attendance, characteristic of the habitation, provisioning of water, dejection and domestic waste fates, use of foo ... | 2004 | 15517025 |
| [correlation between sanitation conditions and intestinal parasitosis in the population of assis, state of são paulo]. | the distribution of the most frequent enteroparasites in the population of assis, state of são paulo, was studied from 1990 to 1992. a total of 18,366 medical examinations from six sanitary care centers in the neighbourhoods of marialves, progresso, city center, xavier, fiúza and bonfim were analyzed. the general prevalence of enteroparasites was 23.3%. the most frequently found enteroparasites were: giardia intestinalis (8.7%), ascaris lumbricoides (5.5%), trichuris trichiura (2.4%) and hymenol ... | 1999 | 10881090 |