[Intestinal parasites in nursery schools of Lages, southern Brazil].

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop

Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade do Planalto Catarinense.

Published: August 2006

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Two hundred children from nursery schools in Lages, southern Brazil, were associated as to parasitic infections. The overall prevalence of helminths and protozoa was 70.5%, affecting 61.4% of male and 74.5% of female children. The most prevalent parasites were Ascaris lumbricoides (35%), Giardia lamblia (14%) e Trichuris trichiura (13%).

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