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MATA, Mariela et al. RELACIÓN CLÍNICO-EPIDEMIOLÓGICA DE GIARDIASIS EN NIÑOS DE 0-12 AÑOS QUE ASISTEN A NÚCLEOS DE ATENCIÓN PRIMARIA. MUNICIPIO FRANCISCO LINARES ALCÁNTARA, ESTADO ARAGUA, VENEZUELA. Comunidad y Salud [online]. 2016, vol.14, n.1, pp.03-09. ISSN 1690-3293.
Giardiasis is an intestinal parasitism with high prevalence worldwide, which most often affects children. In Venezuela is a public health problem due to the occurrence of various risk factors, such as pollution of sources of drinking water, poor health education and low socioeconomic status. A descriptive cross-sectional study in children attending Primary Care Nucleus (NAP) of the municipality Francisco Linares Alcantara, during the first quarter of 2013. Stool samples were a nalyzed by direct coproparasitological methods with physiological Saline, Lugol and Faust. In order to know the symptoms and risk factors associated with a clinical epidemiological survey was applied to each participant. The sample consisted of 180 children, of which 47.2% had pathogenic parasites, 14.4% non-pathogenic and 38.3% were not parasitized. The prevalence of G. intestinalis was 11.1%. No relationship between sex and age group was found. Association between diarrhea, flatulence and abdominal distention and presence of G. intestinalis was found. Risk factors associated with the presence of the parasite were: poor housing, treatment of drinking water and inadequate hygiene. We conclude that G. intestinalis is a common pathogen in children who come to the NAP of the municipality and its presence is associated with poor housing, inadequate treatment of drinking water and inadequate hygiene.
Palavras-chave : Giardia intestinalis; Parasite infections; Intestinal parasitism.