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MENDOZA, Norelis et al. Prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and intestinal parasitosis and its relation to socioeconomic conditions, in children under 15 years of rural community The Bucarita, Lara state, Venezuela. INHRR [online]. 2014, vol.45, n.2, pp.64-78. ISSN 0798-0477.

In the present study were determined the prevalence of anemia, iron deficiency and intestinal parasitosis and their combinations, associating them to socio-economic conditions using the methods of Unsatisfied Basic Needs and Graffar Mendez-Castellano. 403 children under 15 years of age from the rural community of La  Bucarita, Lara state, Venezuela, were evaluated. The concentration of serum ferritin was determined by means of ELISA methods, serum iron and Total Binding Capacity Iron by means of atomic absorption attached to a graphite furnace, hemoglobin by means of Coulter Act8 and fecal samples by means of the Kato-Katz qualitative method. The results show that 13.4% of children had anemia, 28.3% were ferropenics, 29,8 % of whom were anemic ferropenics. 79.71% of the sample had intestinal parasitosis, the most frequent were Ascaris lumbricoides (65.3%) and TrichurisTrichiura (52.4%). 98% of the families were in absolute poverty and 2% of the families were in relative poverty. According to Graffar and to NBI, 98.59% were rated as extremely poor household. There was statistically significant correlation  p <0.001 between socio-economic and parasitic infestation, the same prevalence being observed among people in poverty and extreme poverty (79.6%).

Palabras clave : Prevalence of anemia; iron deficiency; intestinal parasites; poverty; social stratification.

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