| the impact of improvement of water supply and sanitation facilities on diarrhea and intestinal parasites: a brazilian experience with children in two low-income urban communities. | during the second half of 1986 the impact of the improvement of water supply and excreta disposal facilities on diarrheal diseases and intestinal parasitosis was studied in 254 children up to six years of age from two favelas (shanty towns) of belo horizonte, brazil. the estimated incidence of diarrhea was 6.2 episodes/child year and the estimated period prevalence reached 31.0 episode days/child/year. the point prevalence of parasitosis was 70.7% (ascaris lumbricoides: 55.4%, trichuris trichiur ... | 1989 | 2617116 |
| ascariasis in the subdistrict of cavacos, municipality of alterosa (mg), brazil: effect of mass treatment with albendazole on the intensity of infection. | the clinical and epidemiologic aspects of infection with ascaris lumbricoides were studied in a random stratified sample of the population of the subdistrict of cavacos, municipality of alterosa (minas gerais, brazil). the effect of mass treatment with a single dose of albendazole on the prevalence and intensity of infection was also studied six months later in the same population. during the first phase of the study, a questionnaire was applied to 248 individuals to obtain information about the ... | 1996 | 9216107 |
| strongyloides stercoralis and other enteroparasites in children at uberlândia city, state of minas gerais, brazil. | to evaluate the rate of infection by strongyloides stercoralis and other enteroparasites a survey was conducted in the city of uberlândia, state of minas gerais, brazil. a total of 900 stool samples from 300 children aging from four months to seven years, randomly selected in ten nursery schools from september 1994 to december 1995, were examined, both by the baermann-moraes and lutz methods. thirty nine children (13%) were found to be infected by s. stercoralis, 64.1% were boys and 35.9% were g ... | 1998 | 9698885 |
| the risk of ascaris lumbricoides infection in children as an environmental health indicator to guide preventive activities in caparaó and alto caparaó, brazil. | to develop an environmental health indicator for use as a basis for developing preventive measures against ascaris lumbricoides infection in children from the rural municipalities of caparaó and alto caparaó, in minas gerais, brazil. | 2002 | 11884972 |
| prevalence of intestinal parasites in children from public daycare centers in the city of belo horizonte, minas gerais, brazil. | the objective of this study was to verify the occurrence of intestinal parasites in 3 to 6-year-old children from daycare centers maintained by the municipal government of belo horizonte, minas gerais, brazil. coproparasitological tests performed in 472 children have shown that 24.6% of them had some type of parasites, 6.6% of the children having more than one type. among protozoa, entamoeba coli (14.0%) and g. duodenalis (9.5%) were the most prevalent, whereas ascaris lumbricoides (3.0%) and tr ... | 2008 | 18327490 |
| hookworm, ascaris lumbricoides infection and polyparasitism associated with poor cognitive performance in brazilian schoolchildren. | to investigate the relationship between hookworm and ascaris lumbricoides infection and performance on three subsets of the wechsler intelligence scale for children - third edition (wisc-iii) (digit span, arithmetic and coding) and raven colored progressive matrices. | 2008 | 18627581 |
| enteroparasites and commensals among children in four peripheral districts of uberlândia, state of minas gerais. | the aim of this study was to determine the occurrence of intestinal parasites and commensals among children in four peripheral districts located in the northern, southern, eastern and western sectors of uberlândia, minas gerais, using the baermann methods as modified by moraes and lutz. out of 160 individuals studied, 93 (58.1% ci: 50.4-65.7) were infected, distributed among the sectors as follows: northern (72.5%), southern (47.5%), eastern (57.5%) and western (55%). the positive findings accor ... | 2008 | 19142436 |
| age patterns in undernutrition and helminth infection in a rural area of brazil: associations with ascariasis and hookworm. | to investigate the nutritional status of individuals from a rural area of brazil, and associations with helminth infections in an age-stratified sample. | 2008 | 18312476 |
| contrasting patterns in the small-scale heterogeneity of human helminth infections in urban and rural environments in brazil. | marked heterogeneity exists in the patterns of parasitic infection between individuals, households and communities. analysis of parasite distributions within populations is complicated by the fact that parasite distributions are highly aggregated and few studies have explicitly incorporated this distribution when investigating small-scale spatial heterogeneities. this study aimed to quantify the small-scale (within- and between-household) heterogeneity of helminth infection in an area of minas g ... | 2006 | 16814294 |
| synergistic associations between hookworm and other helminth species in a rural community in brazil. | to identify possible synergistic associations of hookworm and other helminths. | 2006 | 16398756 |
| [assessment of schistosomiasis and other intestinal parasitoses in school children of the bambuí municipality, minas gerais, brazil]. | this work was carried out with the purpose of determining the prevalence of intestinal parasitoses in the school children of bambuí, through parasitological examinations (direct and kato-katz methods) and reevaluating the snails' breeding places described in the county. of the 2,091 school children examined, 20.1% had at least one parasitic infection. giardia lamblia, entamoeba coli, ascaris lumbricoides and hookworm are the most frequent parasites, with a prevalence of 6.2%, 6.2%, 4.8% and 1.4% ... | 2000 | 11064579 |
| [enteroparasitoses in food handlers of the public schools in uberlândia (minas gerais), brazil]. | a prospective study based on a parasitologic survey was carried out with a view toward controlling enteroparasitoses in food handlers who work in public primary schools in uberlândia, minas gerais, brazil. the study subjects were 264 individuals from 57 schools, from whom three fecal samples (c) were collected: c1 in september 1989, c2 in april 1990, and c3 in september 1990. the participants were predominantly female (259 women and 5 men) and ranged in age from 20 to 66 years. a total of 792 sa ... | 1997 | 9546081 |
| urban schistosomiasis: morbidity, sociodemographic characteristics and water contact patterns predictive of infection. | schistosomiasis (schistosoma mansoni) is classically described as a rural disease that occurs in areas with poor sanitary conditions. this cross-sectional study was undertaken in a suburban area of a large industrialized city in brazil (belo horizonte), aiming at examining epidemiological characteristics of schistosomiasis in an urban setting. | 1996 | 9027538 |
| intestinal parasites in school food handlers in the city of uberlândia, minas gerais, brazil. | in order to verify the presence of intestinal parasites in food handlers, stool samples were collected from 104 cooks and their helpers that were working in food preparation in 20 public elementary schools, in various areas of the city of uberlândia, minas gerais, brazil. the samples were collected during the months of november and december, 1988, in plastic flasks containing a 10% formaldehyde solution and processed by the hoffmann, pons & janer method. the sediment was examined using triplicat ... | 1995 | 8525262 |
| [prevalence of intestinal parasites in the maxakali indigenous community in minas gerais, brazil, 2009]. | a prevalence survey using the tf-test technique to identify intestinal parasites was conducted in the maxakali indigenous villages in minas gerais state, brazil. stool samples were collected on three alternating days, in separate tubes, containing 10% formalin, and unified in a laboratory by double filtering centrifugation. samples of sediment aliquot were prepared in triplicate and examined by microscope (10x and 40x) for eggs, cysts, and larvae. prevalence of parasites (89.5%) and polyparasiti ... | 2013 | 23568298 |
| neglected tropical diseases: prevalence and risk factors for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiasis in a region of minas gerais state, brazil. | among the neglected tropical diseases (ntds), schistosomiasis and the three main soil-transmitted helminthiases (sths), i.e., ascariasis, trichuriasis and hookworm infection, represent the most common infections in developing countries. in brazil, there is a lack of epidemiological data in many parts of the country, which favors the unawareness of the real situation concerning these diseases. due to this, we investigated the occurrence of schistosomiasis and sths in a region of minas gerais stat ... | 2014 | 24781377 |
| occurrence of blastocystis spp. in uberaba, minas gerais, brazil. | intestinal parasites are a problem for public health all over the world. the infection with blastocystis, a protozoan of controversial pathogenicity, is one of the most common among them all. in this study, the occurrence of intestinal parasites, with emphasis on blastocystis, in patients at the universidade federal do triângulo mineiro was investigated in uberaba (mg) through microscopy of direct smears and fecal concentrates using ritchie's method. feces of 1,323 patients were examined from ap ... | 2017 | 26200960 |
| detection of intestinal parasites in the environments of a public school in the town of diamantina , minas gerais state, brazil. | intestinal parasites are a major public health problem in developing countries, most prevalent in areas where sanitation is poor and the population's hygiene is inadequate. they affect people of all ages, although school-age children are the most susceptible. in this study, we investigated the presence of intestinal parasites in the shared environments of a public school in the town of diamantina, minas gerais state. from december 2012 to february 2013, samples were collected for three months (o ... | 2016 | 27410911 |
| intestinal parasites inside public restrooms and buses from the city of uberlândia, minas gerais, brazil. | the objective of this study was to describe the occurrence of intestinal parasites inside public restrooms and buses from a brazilian city. sample material was obtained using a transparent adhesive tape. thirty two public restrooms were investigated and two (6.25%) were contaminated with helminth eggs (ascaris lumbricoides and enterobius vermicularis). of the sixteen different bus lines, three (18.7%) were found to harbor eggs of e. vermicularis. public restrooms and buses can be an important so ... | 2009 | 19739004 |