Prevalencia, clasificación y distribución de los parásitos intestinales en niños en edad escolar en América latina: Una revisión sistemática

Intestinal parasitic infections are widely distributed throughout the world, where they are favored by demographic, climatic, and economic factors, among others, that influence their spread, producing mild symptoms or even death. The most affected population group is children, the consequences of this type of disease directly influence the state of health, decreased life expectancy, and productivity of those who suffer from them; for this reason, since it represents a public health problem, a systematic review has been proposed through the analysis of scientific research found in Pubmed, ScieELO, ELSEVIER and Lilacs databases, where the information will be sifted to determine the most prevalent parasitic species that affects the child population; as well as, classify the parasitic species and finally identify which Latin American country has a greater infestation. The average value of prevalence of intestinal parasitosis in school-age children in Latin America was 52.4% after evaluating 16 studies, the most prevalent parasitic species were Entamoeba coli, Blastocystis sp, Giardia lamblia, and Ascaris lumbricoides showing a great dominance of protozoans over helminths. During this investigation, it was identified that the most infested child school population belongs to Bolivia, whose percentage prevalence value was 100%. Research data from 8 Latin American countries were analyzed, in which it is perceived that the problem of intestinal parasitosis has not been completely eradicated, attributable to common factors such as sewage, lack of hygiene, poverty, and migration

• Autor principal: Quichimbo Agila, Manuel Efrén (author)
• Format: bachelorThesis
• Idioma: spa
• Publicat: 2023
• Matèries: LABORATORIO CLÍNICO; PARASITOSIS INTESTINAL; INFANTE; PROTOZOARIOS; HELMINTOS
• Accés en línia: https://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/28557