| [prevalence of intestinal parasites in children of yukpa ethnia in toromo, zulia state, venezuela]. | yupkpa community in perijá sierra does not have drinking water or sewage elimination systems. thus it becomes a propitious place for infection with intestinal parasites. | 2006 | 16532165 |
| [cryptosporidium sp infections and other intestinal parasites in food handlers from zulia state, venezuela]. | cryptosporidiosis in food handlers from venezuela is unknown, being this an important public health problem in immunosuppressed patients. to determine the prevalence of cryptosporidium sp and other intestinal parasites in food handlers from zulia state, one hundred nineteen fecal samples were evaluated by wet mount, concentrated according to ritchie and modified ziehl-neelsen staining. fourteen (11.8%) were positive for cryptosporidium sp and associated with other protozoosis (p < 0.05), being m ... | 2009 | 19418723 |
| [intestinal parasites in school children at a public institution in maracaibo municipality, venezuela]. | to determine the prevalence and epidemiological parameters of intestinal parasites in schoolchildren, a faecal analysis was performed in 349 individuals of both sexes, between 5 and 16 years of age. the methodology used included, a fresh test, formol-ether technique and faecal egg counts by the kato-katz method. eighty three per cent of the children presented enteroparasites, with a high prevalence of polyparasitism (71.6%). there was not significative difference between parasitoses, sex and age ... | 2000 | 10758698 |
| cryptosporidiosis among patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in zulia state, venezuela. | we studied the prevalence of cryptosporidium in 29 patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids) from zulia state, venezuela. they ranged in age from five months to 46 years. two were children and 27 were adults, of which six were women. of the 21 men, 66.6% reported homosexual behavior. three stool samples from each patient were examined, and modified ziehl-neelsen carbolfuchsin staining of formalinether stool concentrates was used to identify cryptosporidium oocysts. to detect the pr ... | 1992 | 1449198 |