Prevalência de protozooses e helmintoses na população humana do Município de Olho D’água, Paraíba, Brasil.

Abstract

Intestinal parasitosis still represent a serious global public health problem, being its prevalence higher in poor and developing countries, due to poor conditions and poor sanitation and a lack of guidance on education and health. So th is study sought to report on the effects o f enteroparasitoses in the municipality of Olho D’água-PB, highlighting the epidemiological aspects, through the analysis of parasitological examinations, doing a survey of intestinal parasitosis in the municipality, in the year of 2011 and 2012, showing the socio-economic profile of the city, in addition to demonstrating the frequency of parasitic infections by gender and age in the population. 3000 fecal samples were analyzed, noting greater positivity in women (57%), where the General prevalence was 33%, and Giardia lamblia were parasitosis (35%), Endolimax nana (18%), Entamoeba coli (34%) and Ascaris lumbricoides (13%). This result will arouse social agents in the developmeni of projecls that are related to the topic o f the current research, the results showed that still are found parasitic infections, lack of hygiene and orientation on the part of the population and the lack of major investments in sanitation.