INTRODUCTION:
anemia is one of the main
public health problems in
developing countries, where
preschool children,
pregnant women, and the
elderly are the most affected.
OBJECTIVE:
to evaluate the
prevalence of
anemia between the years 2014-2017. MATERIALS AND
METHODS:
A
cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample was made up of all the
patients treated at the San Juan de Lacamaca
Population Center, Cajamarca-
Peru, which consisted of 2034
patients between 0 and 57 years of age from the San Juan de Lacamaca
Population Center, Cajamarca,
Peru.
RESULTS:
of the total
population, 1022
patients (50%) belonged to the
female sex and 1012 (50%) to the
male sex. Of the entire study
population, 1960
patients (96%) did not present
anemia and 74 (4%) did. Regarding the presence of
parasites, 1,365 (65%) of the
population did not present a
parasitic infection and 709 (35%) did; the most found
parasite was
Entamoeba coli in 340
patients (48%) followed by
Giardia lamblia with 201 (28%) in the first sample, while in the second sample the most found was
Giardia lamblia with 14 (33%).
CONCLUSION:
a positive correlation was found between
anemia and parasitism(AU)