| enteric parasites and hiv infection: occurrence in aids patients in rio de janeiro, brazil. | the occurrence of intestinal parasites, its relation with the transmission mechanism of hiv, and the clinical state of the aids patients, were analyzed in 99 group iv patients (cdc, 1986), treated at "hospital universitário pedro ernesto" (hupe), between 1986 and 1988. the group consisted of 79 (79.8%) patients whose hiv transmission mechanism took place through sexual contact and of 16 (20.2%) who were infected through blood. feces samples from each patient were examined by four distincts metho ... | 1989 | 2487448 |
| [intestinal parasitoses in preschool children of the slum communities of the city of rio de janeiro, brazil]. | prevalence of intestinal parasites was investigated in 1381 low-income children under five years of age from march 1990 to october 1991 in the city of rio de janeiro, brazil. stool tests were run using the blagg et al. method. observed prevalence of infection was 54.5%. the most frequent parasites were giardia lamblia and ascaris lumbricoides (25.0% of the children). a significant statistical difference (p<0.05) was demonstrated between age and infection according to the species of parasite stud ... | 1998 | 9878918 |
| [spatial distribution of ascaris lumbricoides infection]. | to estimate risk areas for ascaris lumbricoides parasitic overload, using geoprocessing and geostatistic methods of analysis. | 2002 | 11887232 |
| [intestinal helminthiasis in street population of rio de janeiro city]. | stool examination by sedimentation method in 82 homeless individuals living in the streets of rio de janeiro city, revealed ascaris lumbricoides eggs in 40 (48.85%), trichuris trichiura in 27 (32.9%) and hookworm in 7 (8.5%). | 2002 | 12621677 |
| [geostatistical modeling of ascaris lumbricoides infection]. | the following study intends to model the spatial distribution of ascariasis, through the use of geoprocessing and geostatistic analysis. the database used in the study was taken from the paisqua project, including a coproparasitologic and domiciliary survey, conducted in 19 selected census tracts of rio de janeiro state, brazil, randomly selecting a group of 1,550 children aged 1 to 9 years old plotting them in their respective domicile's centroids. risk maps of ascaris lumbricoides were generat ... | 2004 | 15263983 |
| [ascaris lumbricoides in infants: a population-based study in rio de janeiro, brasil]. | prevalence and intensity of ascaris lumbricoides infection were analyzed by a cross-sectional study in children addressed in the city of duque de caxias, rio de janeiro state, from july to december 1997. the study population consisted of children under two years of age (n=387) and mothers of children under one year of age (n=104). coproparasitologic tests were run using the mifc and the kato thick smear (kato-katz) methods. prevalence was 3.3% (95% ci: 1.0-7.8) for children under one year, 30.7% ... | 1999 | 10203457 |
| frequency and precocity of human intestinal parasitism in a group of infants from rio de janeiro, brazil. | | 1997 | 9661311 |
| detection of cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in children with acute diarrhea and severe dehydration in rio de janeiro. | the objective of the present study was to estimate the frequency of infection by cryptosporidium spp and other intestinal parasites in dehydrated children with gastroenteritis who were admitted to a pediatric hospital. stool examinations from 218 children were performed. cryptosporidium spp was identified in eighteen out of 193 stool samples (9.3%) subjected to safranin-methylene blue staining. giardia lamblia was detected in ten out of 213 (4.7%) samples examined via the direct or ritchie metho ... | 2007 | 17653475 |
| geospatial distribution of intestinal parasitic infections in rio de janeiro (brazil) and its association with social determinants. | intestinal parasitic infections remain among the most common infectious diseases worldwide. this study aimed to estimate their prevalence and provide a detailed analysis of geographical distribution of intestinal parasites in the metropolitan region of rio de janeiro, considering demographic, socio-economic, and epidemiological contextual factors. | 2017 | 28273080 |