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| Provedor de dados: |
BABT
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
Intestinal parasites in ecotourism region of the state of Paraná, Brazil
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| Autores: |
Falavigna,Dina Lúcia Morais
Almeida,Amanda Andrea de
Iwazaki,Renata Sayuri
Araújo,Silvana Marques de
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| Data: |
2008-08-01
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| Ano: |
2008
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| Palavras-chave: |
Intestinal Parasites
Ecotourism
Travelers Parasitology
Paraná
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| 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<0.000). Entamoeba coli was the most common commensal, with 238/552 (32.9%) cases (p<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<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.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132008000400007
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| Editor: |
Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1516-89132008000400007
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text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology v.51 n.4 2008
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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