Balantidiasis en una comunidad rural del Estado Bolívar, Venezuela / Balantidiasis in a rural community from Bolivar state, Venezuela
Bol. chil. parasitol
; 54(1/2): 7-12, ene.-jun. 1999. tab
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ABSTRACT
Balantidium coli is the etiologic agent of balantidiasis, an infrequent zoonose of worldwide distribution. The objective of the present study was to determine the clinical and epidemiological aspects of balantidiasis in a rural community in the bolivar state in Venezuela. Fifty persons and 12 pigs were evaluated. Fecal samples were analyzed by direct examination and by the methods of Faust and Willis. The global rate of intestinal parasitoses detected was 88.0 percent for the human population and 83.3 percent for the pigs. The prevalence of human and porcine balantidiais was 12.0 percent (6/50) and 33.3 percent (4/12), respectively. The disease was only detected in children, all of them with multiple parasites and with clinical manifestations. Deficient environmental sanitation, absence of basic services in the dwellings, low socioeconomic level, and the presence of pigs infected with B. coli are the factors that explain and maintain the conditions favorable to the transmission of balantidiasis in the population studied
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LILACS
Assunto principal:
Balantidíase
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Balantidium
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Venezuela
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Bol Chil Parasitol
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Bol. chil. parasitol
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Boletín chileno de parasitología
Assunto da revista:
ALIMENTOS
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PARASITOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1999
Tipo de documento:
Article