MARANHÃO, T. K. L.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/5957948205235183; MARANHÃO, Thábata Katellynny Leite.
Abstract:
Intestinal parasites are a serious public health problem in developing countries. In Brazil,
parasitosis are the most common diseases, with higher prevalence in the poorest leveis of
the population. Environmental conditions, hygiene and sanitation are the main factors
which have direct relationship to the incidence of intestinal parasites. Children are the
group most affected by these diseases, because they still have inefficient immunity. The
aim of this work was make a survey about the presence of intestinal parasites in children
from Elementary School in two schools in the city of Patos-PB. To detect the presence of
these parasites we used the sedimentation method according to Hoffman. We also
investigated the influence of these parasites in children 's leaming. We selected a public
school and a private one to collect data and compare them. In each school, we collected 25
samples (50 samples total) from children from the lst and 5th year of Elementary School.
The results show a high percentage of intestinal parasites in children from public school,
61% infected by some type of intestinal parasite. On the other hand, in the private school
only 20% of the samples were infected by nematode, protozoa or both. When we compared
the results from each school, we observed that the percentages o f nematode and protozoa
were more elevated in public school than the private, 70% nematode and 32% protozoa
and 64% nematode and 36% protozoa, respectively. We also observed that the remarks of
students from public school were out down when compared with those students from
private school. Finally, we could suggest that the leaming was affected by the percentage
of intestinal parasites.
