| prevalence and epidemiology of intestinal parasitism, as revealed by three distinct techniques in an endemic area in the brazilian amazon. | this survey aims to estimate the prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in santa isabel do rio negro, amazonian brazil, through three distinct techniques, correlating the prevalence rates with family income and age groups as well as assessing the household clustering of infections. prevalence rates were assessed through graham (n=113), baermann-moraes (n=232) and ritchie (n=463) methods. the graham method was adopted only for children under 5 years old, 15% of whom were positive for enter ... | 2011 | 22117850 |