Abstract

CAZORLA PERFETTI, Dalmiro; LEAL GRANADILLOS, Iván; ACOSTA QUINTERO, María  and  MORALES MORENO, Pedro. Absence of difference in serum levels of sodium, potassium, copper, iron and zinc in children with enterobiasis in the rural semiarid area from Falcón state, Venezuela. Bol Mal Salud Amb [online]. 2013, vol.53, n.2, pp.192-195. ISSN 1690-4648.

Intestinal parasitic infections have been shown to have deleterious effects on serum levels of essential macro and micro elements, especially in children. By means of the Atomic Absorption Spectrophometer Varian Spectraa-20 Plus, serological levels of sodium (Na), potassium (K), copper (Cu), iron (Fe) and zinc (Zn) were measured in 59 preschool and school aged children of Taratara, Falcon state, Venezuela. Of these, 27 were monoparasited with Enterobius vermicularis, and remaining ones were without any entero-parasitic complaints (control group). There was no statistically significant difference in Cu, Zn, K, Na and Fe levels between the groups of oxyuros infected children vs. those non parasitized. This situation observed at Taratara, Falcón state, Venezuela, appears to be a particular local variation on the enterobiasis framework.

Keywords : Mineral elements; serum levels; enterobiasis; children; Venezuela.

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