Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina
- Autores
- Gamboa, María Inés; Navone, Graciela Teresa; Orden, Alicia Bibiana; Torres, Fernanda; Castro, Luis Eduardo; Oyhenart, Evelia Edith
- Año de publicación
- 2009
- Idioma
- inglés
- Tipo de recurso
- artículo
- Estado
- versión publicada
- Descripción
- We analyzed intestinal parasitic infections in children aged 1–12 years from a poor neighborhood in La Plata, Argentina, and determined the correlations with their nutritional status and socio-environmental conditions. We performed parasitological analyses with anal brushed technique (for Enterobius vermicularis eggs) and fecal samples, employing the techniques of Ritchie, Carles Barthelemy and Willis. The worm burdens of nematodes were estimated by means of Kato Katz technique. Low weight-for-age (underweight), height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-height (wasting) were calculated based on the 5th centile of the WHO 2006 (children under 5) and CDC 2000 (older children and adolescents) growth references. We also analyzed samples of soil, water, and canine feces and surveyed other domestic and environmental data using structured questionnaires to each child’s parents. To associate the parasitological, anthropometric and socio-environmental data, a categorical analysis of principal components (catPCA) was conducted. In the first axis of catPCA, the correlations among socio-environmental variables showed a gradient of “relative welfare”. The eigenvectors showed the most influential variables in the analysis were promiscuity (0.0765), father’s education (−0.741), crowding (0.727), wastewater disposal (−0.658), mother’s education (−0.574), and flooding (−0.409). The 85% of children were parasitized and 79.6% polyparasitized. The 27.7% of children had deficit in some nutritional status indicator, being the stunting the most prevalent deficit (16.8%). There also found parasites in 42% of the dog feces, 53% of the soil samples, and non-pathogenic amoebae in the water samples. The SEV was mainly associated with geohelminths and stunting, especially among the poorest children. The study evidences that living conditions are variable within this population. Part of these variations could be linked to the differences in the extent to which parents are able to use their scant resources to influence their children’s morbidity. Further studies need to be done from a qualitative approach.
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE) - Materia
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Ciencias Veterinarias
medio ambiente
Enfermedades Intestinales
La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
nutritional status
socio-environmental factors
children
intestinal parasites - Nivel de accesibilidad
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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- Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, ArgentinaGamboa, María InésNavone, Graciela TeresaOrden, Alicia BibianaTorres, FernandaCastro, Luis EduardoOyhenart, Evelia EdithCiencias Veterinariasmedio ambienteEnfermedades IntestinalesLa Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina)nutritional statussocio-environmental factorschildrenintestinal parasitesWe analyzed intestinal parasitic infections in children aged 1–12 years from a poor neighborhood in La Plata, Argentina, and determined the correlations with their nutritional status and socio-environmental conditions. We performed parasitological analyses with anal brushed technique (for Enterobius vermicularis eggs) and fecal samples, employing the techniques of Ritchie, Carles Barthelemy and Willis. The worm burdens of nematodes were estimated by means of Kato Katz technique. Low weight-for-age (underweight), height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-height (wasting) were calculated based on the 5th centile of the WHO 2006 (children under 5) and CDC 2000 (older children and adolescents) growth references. We also analyzed samples of soil, water, and canine feces and surveyed other domestic and environmental data using structured questionnaires to each child’s parents. To associate the parasitological, anthropometric and socio-environmental data, a categorical analysis of principal components (catPCA) was conducted. In the first axis of catPCA, the correlations among socio-environmental variables showed a gradient of “relative welfare”. The eigenvectors showed the most influential variables in the analysis were promiscuity (0.0765), father’s education (−0.741), crowding (0.727), wastewater disposal (−0.658), mother’s education (−0.574), and flooding (−0.409). The 85% of children were parasitized and 79.6% polyparasitized. The 27.7% of children had deficit in some nutritional status indicator, being the stunting the most prevalent deficit (16.8%). There also found parasites in 42% of the dog feces, 53% of the soil samples, and non-pathogenic amoebae in the water samples. The SEV was mainly associated with geohelminths and stunting, especially among the poorest children. The study evidences that living conditions are variable within this population. Part of these variations could be linked to the differences in the extent to which parents are able to use their scant resources to influence their children’s morbidity. Further studies need to be done from a qualitative approach.Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE)2009-07-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionArticulohttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdf184-189http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/58380enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001706X09001636info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/0001-706Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.actatropica.2009.06.015info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)reponame:SEDICI (UNLP)instname:Universidad Nacional de La Platainstacron:UNLP2025-09-29T11:06:41Zoai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/58380Institucionalhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/Universidad públicaNo correspondehttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/oai/snrdalira@sedici.unlp.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:13292025-09-29 11:06:41.953SEDICI (UNLP) - Universidad Nacional de La Platafalse |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina Gamboa, María Inés Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
title_full |
Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
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Socio-environmental conditions, intestinal parasitic infections and nutritional status in children from a suburban neighborhood of La Plata, Argentina |
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Gamboa, María Inés Navone, Graciela Teresa Orden, Alicia Bibiana Torres, Fernanda Castro, Luis Eduardo Oyhenart, Evelia Edith |
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Gamboa, María Inés |
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Gamboa, María Inés Navone, Graciela Teresa Orden, Alicia Bibiana Torres, Fernanda Castro, Luis Eduardo Oyhenart, Evelia Edith |
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Navone, Graciela Teresa Orden, Alicia Bibiana Torres, Fernanda Castro, Luis Eduardo Oyhenart, Evelia Edith |
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Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites |
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Ciencias Veterinarias medio ambiente Enfermedades Intestinales La Plata (Buenos Aires, Argentina) nutritional status socio-environmental factors children intestinal parasites |
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We analyzed intestinal parasitic infections in children aged 1–12 years from a poor neighborhood in La Plata, Argentina, and determined the correlations with their nutritional status and socio-environmental conditions. We performed parasitological analyses with anal brushed technique (for Enterobius vermicularis eggs) and fecal samples, employing the techniques of Ritchie, Carles Barthelemy and Willis. The worm burdens of nematodes were estimated by means of Kato Katz technique. Low weight-for-age (underweight), height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-height (wasting) were calculated based on the 5th centile of the WHO 2006 (children under 5) and CDC 2000 (older children and adolescents) growth references. We also analyzed samples of soil, water, and canine feces and surveyed other domestic and environmental data using structured questionnaires to each child’s parents. To associate the parasitological, anthropometric and socio-environmental data, a categorical analysis of principal components (catPCA) was conducted. In the first axis of catPCA, the correlations among socio-environmental variables showed a gradient of “relative welfare”. The eigenvectors showed the most influential variables in the analysis were promiscuity (0.0765), father’s education (−0.741), crowding (0.727), wastewater disposal (−0.658), mother’s education (−0.574), and flooding (−0.409). The 85% of children were parasitized and 79.6% polyparasitized. The 27.7% of children had deficit in some nutritional status indicator, being the stunting the most prevalent deficit (16.8%). There also found parasites in 42% of the dog feces, 53% of the soil samples, and non-pathogenic amoebae in the water samples. The SEV was mainly associated with geohelminths and stunting, especially among the poorest children. The study evidences that living conditions are variable within this population. Part of these variations could be linked to the differences in the extent to which parents are able to use their scant resources to influence their children’s morbidity. Further studies need to be done from a qualitative approach. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores (CEPAVE) |
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We analyzed intestinal parasitic infections in children aged 1–12 years from a poor neighborhood in La Plata, Argentina, and determined the correlations with their nutritional status and socio-environmental conditions. We performed parasitological analyses with anal brushed technique (for Enterobius vermicularis eggs) and fecal samples, employing the techniques of Ritchie, Carles Barthelemy and Willis. The worm burdens of nematodes were estimated by means of Kato Katz technique. Low weight-for-age (underweight), height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-height (wasting) were calculated based on the 5th centile of the WHO 2006 (children under 5) and CDC 2000 (older children and adolescents) growth references. We also analyzed samples of soil, water, and canine feces and surveyed other domestic and environmental data using structured questionnaires to each child’s parents. To associate the parasitological, anthropometric and socio-environmental data, a categorical analysis of principal components (catPCA) was conducted. In the first axis of catPCA, the correlations among socio-environmental variables showed a gradient of “relative welfare”. The eigenvectors showed the most influential variables in the analysis were promiscuity (0.0765), father’s education (−0.741), crowding (0.727), wastewater disposal (−0.658), mother’s education (−0.574), and flooding (−0.409). The 85% of children were parasitized and 79.6% polyparasitized. The 27.7% of children had deficit in some nutritional status indicator, being the stunting the most prevalent deficit (16.8%). There also found parasites in 42% of the dog feces, 53% of the soil samples, and non-pathogenic amoebae in the water samples. The SEV was mainly associated with geohelminths and stunting, especially among the poorest children. The study evidences that living conditions are variable within this population. Part of these variations could be linked to the differences in the extent to which parents are able to use their scant resources to influence their children’s morbidity. Further studies need to be done from a qualitative approach. |
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