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Provedor de dados: 	52	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Intestinal parasites in ecotourism region of the state of Paraná, Brazil	
Autores: 	Falavigna,Dina Lúcia Morais; Almeida,Amanda Andrea de; Iwazaki,Renata Sayuri; Araújo,Silvana Marques de.	
Data: 	2008-08-01	
Ano: 	2008	
Palavras-chave: 	Intestinal Parasites; Ecotourism; Travelers Parasitology; Paraná.	
Resumo: 	To determine the indices of prevalence of intestinal parasites and commensals in the residents of ecotourism region of Paraná State, a retrospective study was conducte, from January/2003 to December/2004 on 3,764 fecal parasitological examinations performed by a private laboratory of Ubiratã using the Baermann-Moraes, water-sedimentation and Willis methods. Among the individuals aged eight months to 89 years, 522 (13.9%) cases were positive. Giardia lamblia (175/522; 24.2%) was the most prevalent parasite (p&lt;0.000). Entamoeba coli was the most common commensal, with 238/552 (32.9%) cases (p&lt;0.000), being frequently associated with other species, either parasitic or commensal. The children of preschool age (2-6 years old) and school age (7-14 years) were mainly parasitized (66.0% of positivity; p&lt;0.0000). More individuals harbored a single species of parasite (233; 44.6%) than had multiple species (169; 32.4%). These results indicated a significant degree of the environmental contamination in the cities of Paraná, mainly the medium-and small-sized ones, which was a cause for concern in view of the increase in ecotourism in the region.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000400007	
Editor: 	Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar	
Relação: 	10.1590/S1516-89132008000400007	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology  v.51 n.4 2008	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess