Ocorrência de protozoários em crianças menores de 10 anos na cidade de Tefé, Amazonas, Brasil

Abstract

The need for accurate information about the prevalence of various parasites in the City of Tefé, added to the lack of data relating to that theme at the same location, have motivated this work, whose objective is to compare the occurrence of intestinal parasites in children ages 0-10 ten years, in July 2011 and July 2012. The research was conducted in the municipality of Tefé, which is located in the middle region of the Amazonian Center. In July of 2011, 1254 were performed stool examinations (EPF), of which 273 were children and 259 (95% prevalence) were infected with parasites. Already in July 2012, 541 tests were performed, of which 50 were children under 10 years and 50 (100% prevalence) of these children were infected. There is a regularity of occurrence of parasitic diseases at rates culminating in places where there is insecurity in sanitation (sewage system, public cleanup).