| longitudinal study of diarrhoeal disease in a peri-urban community in manaus (amazon-brazil). | a 20-month longitudinal study of diarrhoeal disease was carried out in a poor peri-urban community of manaus (amazon-brazil), and the attack rate of this disease ranged from 0.2 to 4.8 episodes of diarrhoea per person per year. the age group most affected was 0 to 35 months old. a probable aetiological agent was identified in 68 of the 110 faecal samples collected. the most frequent enteropathogens isolated were enterotoxigenic escherichia coli and giardia lamblia. enterotoxigenic escherichia co ... | 1986 | 2878647 |
| [cross-sectional study of intestinal parasites and chagas' disease in the municipality of novo airão, state of amazonas, brazil]. | a cross-sectional study was performed on the residents of one in every ten households in the town of novo airão, in the northern meso-region of the state of amazonas, 250 kilometers from manaus by riverboat. a family cluster sample of 89 dwellings was studied. a stool sample was requested from each of the inhabitants for examination using the lutz sedimentation and baermann-moraes-coutinho techniques, and blood was taken by venous puncture for trypanosoma cruzi elisa antibody testing and immunof ... | 1999 | 10502145 |
| risk factors for infection by the entamoeba histolytica/e. dispar complex: an epidemiological study conducted in outpatient clinics in the city of manaus, amazon region, brazil. | an epidemiological study was conducted on a population attending outpatient clinics in manaus, amazon, brazil to determine the prevalences of infection by the entamoeba histolytica/e. dispar complex and by e. histolytica alone, as well as to identify the risk factors involved in transmission. the study was conducted in two phases: survey and case-control. face-to-face interviews were carried out and faecal samples collected from 1578 individuals. faeces were examined by optical microscopy and te ... | 2005 | 15869773 |
| intestinal parasitic infection and associated risk factors, among children presenting at outpatient clinics in manaus, amazonas state, brazil. | in a cross-sectional study, the prevalences of intestinal parasitic infection and the associated risk factors were explored among children aged 0-10 years attending outpatient clinics in manaus, the capital city of the north brazilian state of amazonas. data indicating socio-economic level and demographic factors were collected in interviews with the accompanying parent or guardian of each child. parasitic infections were detected by the microscopical examination of faecal samples, while nutriti ... | 2009 | 19825280 |