A community-based, cross-sectional study to assess interactions between income, nutritional status and enteric parasitism in two Brazilian cities: are we moving positively towards 2030?

Background: This study assessed the interactions between income, nutritional status and intestinal parasitism in children in Brazil.

Methods: A cross-sectional study (n = 421 children aged 1 to 14 years living in the states of Piauí (rural communities in the city of Teresina) and Rio de Janeiro (rural and periurban communities in the city of Cachoeiras de Macacu) was performed in order to obtain income and anthropometric data, as well as fecal samples for parasitological analyses through the Ritchie technique.

Results: Children infected with Ascaris lumbricoides had significantly lower means of height-for-age z scores (- 1.

Infections with and / as Hidden and Prevalent Conditions in Periurban Communities in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

This study aims to assess the prevalence, distribution, and etiological profile of intestinal parasitism in children living in periurban areas in Cachoeiras de Macacu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A community-based cross-sectional survey ( = 479) was carried out. Prevalence of infection with and / was 8.