Infecção por Giardia lamblia em crianças de 0 a 10 anos no município de Chapadinha, Maranhão, Brasil

Francinaldo Soares Silva

doi:10.53393/rial.2009.v68.32732

Vol. 68 No. 2 (2009), BRIEF COMMUNICATION

Vol. 68 No. 2 (2009)

Giardia lamblia infection in children under 10 years old in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão state, Brazil

BRIEF COMMUNICATION

https://doi.org/10.53393/rial.2009.v68.32732

Published 2009-04-01

Francinaldo Soares Silva⁺⁻

Francinaldo Soares Silva

Universidade Federal do Maranhão, Centro de Ciências Agrárias e Ambientais, Departamento de Biologia, Chapadinha, MA

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Keywords

Giardia lamblia
children
enteroparasites
Chapadinha
Maranhão

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Silva FS. Giardia lamblia infection in children under 10 years old in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão state, Brazil. Rev Inst Adolfo Lutz [Internet]. 2009 Apr. 1 [cited 2024 May 16];68(2):309-13. Available from: https://periodicos.saude.sp.gov.br/RIAL/article/view/32732

Abstract

This work aims at assessing the occurrence of Giardia lamblia infection among children under 10 years old in the municipality of Chapadinha, Maranhão state, Brazil. The coproscopic data were analyzed between January 2007 and February 2008 according to the method of Hoffmann, Pons and Janer (Spontaneous Sedimentation) in the Central Laboratory of Chapadinha. A total of 623 stool samples were analyzed, being 102 positive for G. lamblia (16.4%), 376 negative (60.3%) and 145 (23.2%) positive for other enteroparasites. The lowest infections by G. lamblia were observed in children under one year old (6.8%) and the highest in the interval between 2 and 6 years, where 71.5% of the positive cases occurred in this age interval. The frequency of other enteroparasites increased progressively, mainly in children with more than 4 years. The Giardia infection pattern observed in Chapadinha is similar to the other localities, where the infection reaches a level and then decreases afterwards, unlike the other enteroparasitic infections.

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