Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina

Autores
Gamboa, María Inés; Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel; Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia; Costas, María Elena; Cueto Rua, Eduardo; Lahitte, Héctor Blas
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1998
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The prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the third a middle-income urban district - 100,101, and 91 children up to 14 years old, respectively, were examined for intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia was the most frequent species found. The respective prevalences of intestinal parasites overall (73, 54.4, and 35.1%), of polyparasitism (61.6, 27.2, and 12.5%), and of helminthic infection (32, 10.9, and 0.0%) were the highest within the population group having significantly inferior sanitary and environmental conditions. A positive statistical association between the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and age was observed in all three of the neighborhoods. We also noted a correspondence between the frequency of such infections and school attendance in the two suburban districts. Management practices in accordance with the specific characteristics of an urban environmental and sociocultural ecosystem are thus important for the control of intestinal-parasite infection within municipal populations.
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Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
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Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
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spelling Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, ArgentinaGamboa, María InésBasualdo Farjat, Juan ÁngelKozubsky, Leonora EugeniaCostas, María ElenaCueto Rua, EduardoLahitte, Héctor BlasCiencias ExactasMedicinaIntestinal parasitesPrevalenceSocioeconomic factorsThe prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the third a middle-income urban district - 100,101, and 91 children up to 14 years old, respectively, were examined for intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia was the most frequent species found. The respective prevalences of intestinal parasites overall (73, 54.4, and 35.1%), of polyparasitism (61.6, 27.2, and 12.5%), and of helminthic infection (32, 10.9, and 0.0%) were the highest within the population group having significantly inferior sanitary and environmental conditions. A positive statistical association between the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and age was observed in all three of the neighborhoods. We also noted a correspondence between the frequency of such infections and school attendance in the two suburban districts. Management practices in accordance with the specific characteristics of an urban environmental and sociocultural ecosystem are thus important for the control of intestinal-parasite infection within municipal populations.Facultad de Ciencias MédicasFacultad de Ciencias Exactas1998info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf55-61http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/139054enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0393-2990info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1573-7284info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1023/a:1007479815249info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/9517874info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-03T11:03:59Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/139054Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-03 11:03:59.795SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
spellingShingle Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
Gamboa, María Inés
Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
title_short Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_full Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_fullStr Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
title_sort Prevalence of intestinal parasitosis within three population groups in La Plata, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gamboa, María Inés
Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia
Costas, María Elena
Cueto Rua, Eduardo
Lahitte, Héctor Blas
author Gamboa, María Inés
author_facet Gamboa, María Inés
Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia
Costas, María Elena
Cueto Rua, Eduardo
Lahitte, Héctor Blas
author_role author
author2 Basualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
Kozubsky, Leonora Eugenia
Costas, María Elena
Cueto Rua, Eduardo
Lahitte, Héctor Blas
author2_role author
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author
author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
topic Ciencias Exactas
Medicina
Intestinal parasites
Prevalence
Socioeconomic factors
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv The prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the third a middle-income urban district - 100,101, and 91 children up to 14 years old, respectively, were examined for intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia was the most frequent species found. The respective prevalences of intestinal parasites overall (73, 54.4, and 35.1%), of polyparasitism (61.6, 27.2, and 12.5%), and of helminthic infection (32, 10.9, and 0.0%) were the highest within the population group having significantly inferior sanitary and environmental conditions. A positive statistical association between the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and age was observed in all three of the neighborhoods. We also noted a correspondence between the frequency of such infections and school attendance in the two suburban districts. Management practices in accordance with the specific characteristics of an urban environmental and sociocultural ecosystem are thus important for the control of intestinal-parasite infection within municipal populations.
Facultad de Ciencias Médicas
Facultad de Ciencias Exactas
description The prevalence of intestinal parasites was studied as a function of socioeconomic conditions within La Plata, Argentina. Age, sex, and environmental factors were considered. Thus, from each of three areas within the city - the first a 'marginal' zone, the second a lower-income suburb, the third a middle-income urban district - 100,101, and 91 children up to 14 years old, respectively, were examined for intestinal parasites. Giardia lamblia was the most frequent species found. The respective prevalences of intestinal parasites overall (73, 54.4, and 35.1%), of polyparasitism (61.6, 27.2, and 12.5%), and of helminthic infection (32, 10.9, and 0.0%) were the highest within the population group having significantly inferior sanitary and environmental conditions. A positive statistical association between the prevalence of intestinal parasitosis and age was observed in all three of the neighborhoods. We also noted a correspondence between the frequency of such infections and school attendance in the two suburban districts. Management practices in accordance with the specific characteristics of an urban environmental and sociocultural ecosystem are thus important for the control of intestinal-parasite infection within municipal populations.
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