Prevalência de parasitoses intestinais da população humana no município de Pombal - PB.

Abstract

Parasitic diseases are closely related to sanitary conditions and responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality throughout the world, and often are present with non-specific signs and symptoms. Thus the objective of this study was determine the main intestinal parasitosis, causing of illness which meet distributed in city Pombal – PB, of endemic or epidemic way, observing the incidence or prevalence and the factors that favor the proliferation of these parasitosis, to be diagnosed and utilized in programs control and treatment . The total of 3144 analyzed exams, 29% ones show the presence of parasitosis, being the species endolimax nana the protozoa more frequent, with 35,72%, and hymenolepis nana with 0,29% among the Helminthes found. Among the results of positive tests to parasitosis, 8% show a staff of poliparasitosis, 53% of monoparasitosis, and 39% of biparasitosis. The results of this work demonstrate the necessity of sensitization for population front of the importance of diagnostic, treatment and accompaniment of positive cases.