RESUMO
A pilot Toxoplasma survey was conduct in Ciego de Avila province during the month of September, 1985, to assess, in practice, the methodologic structure proposed for the National Toxoplasma Survey. Of the 292 listed individuals, 284 were surveyed during the field work phase (97.2%) and the remaining 2.8% of no response was due mainly to the fact that dwellers were not at home during the visit. The best day for this type of survey resulted to be Sunday, in the morning. No difficulty was noted with the used modelling, and results obtained in the application of used techniques and procedures are appropriate for use in the National Toxoplasma Survey. The prevalence rate of anti- Toxoplasma antibodies was 55.9%. There was a significant association between some risk factors such as: living with cats, ingestion of non potable water and ingestion of raw meat.
Assuntos
Inquéritos Epidemiológicos , Toxoplasmose/epidemiologia , Cuba/epidemiologia , Humanos , Prevalência , Fatores de Risco , Toxoplasmose/sangueRESUMO
Feces specimens from 483 patients are studied using a modification of Baermann's technique (Gálvez). Comparison is made with other methods. Results obtained have a higher positiveness: in larvae, protozoan, and helminth eggs.
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Fezes/parasitologia , Enteropatias Parasitárias/parasitologia , Humanos , Técnicas Microbiológicas , Contagem de Ovos de Parasitas/métodosRESUMO
A national seroepidemiological survey was carried out to assess the prevalence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies. 8863 samples taken in filter paper through the ELISA test were analyzed and 29.70% positivity was obtained. No significant differences were found regarding sex. Seropositivity increased with age, up to the 20-29 age group, with a stable behavior in over-29-year age groups. The highest percentage of annual change was registered in the 5-9 age group (1.62%). This parameter reached 0.93% in the women's 25-29 age group.
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Toxoplasmose/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Distribuição por Idade , Animais , Anticorpos Antiprotozoários/sangue , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cuba/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Prevalência , Estudos Soroepidemiológicos , Distribuição por Sexo , Toxoplasma/imunologiaAssuntos
Malária/epidemiologia , África Austral , Angola , Animais , Antimaláricos/uso terapêutico , Cuba , Etiópia , Humanos , Malária/prevenção & controle , Malária/transmissão , Nicarágua , Plasmodium falciparum/isolamento & purificação , Plasmodium vivax/isolamento & purificação , Vigilância da População , Especificidade da Espécie , ViagemAssuntos
Teníase/parasitologia , Adulto , Angola , Animais , Cuba , Humanos , Masculino , Taenia , Teníase/epidemiologia , ViagemAssuntos
Laranja de Acridina , Corantes Azur , Malária/diagnóstico , Fenotiazinas , Humanos , Plasmodium falciparumAssuntos
Programas de Rastreamento , Tripanossomíase Africana/epidemiologia , Adolescente , Adulto , Idoso , Angola , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Estudos de Avaliação como Assunto , Feminino , Testes de Hemaglutinação , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Trypanosoma brucei gambienseRESUMO
Se realizaron examenes parasitologicos a 1.228 estudiantes africanos que arribaron a nuestro pais, encontrandose un 44% de positividad. Se detectaron 10 especies parasitarias diferentes y se reportan Ascaris lumbricoides (Linneo, 1758), Giardia lamblia (Lambl, 1859) y Entamoeba histolytica (Schaudinn, 1903) como las mas frecuentes. El parasitismo por helmintos dio cifras significativas en relacion con los protozoarios, asi como los de transmision retardada, mostraron resultados superiores a los de caracter inmediato. Strongyloides stecoralis (Bavai, 1876), tuvo su mayor frecuencia en los jovenes adultos de 14-18 anos, no asi la Hymenolepis nana (V. Siebold, 1852), que se distribuyo con mayor intensidad en los ninos de 8-13 anos