Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999

The purpose of this research is to carry out an epidemiological characterization of the different types of parasitosis detected in the city of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1994 to 1999). To this end, the prevalence of: enteroparasitosis, trichomonosis, toxoplasmosis, Chagas disease, malaria, hydatidosi...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: COSTAMAGNA,SIXTO RAÚL, GARCÍA,SUSANA, VISCIARELLI,ELENA, CASAS,NILDA
Lenguaje:Spanish / Castilian
Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Parasitología 2002
Materias:
Acceso en línea:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-77122002000300004
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
id oai:scielo:S0717-77122002000300004
record_format dspace
spelling oai:scielo:S0717-771220020003000042003-02-06Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999COSTAMAGNA,SIXTO RAÚLGARCÍA,SUSANAVISCIARELLI,ELENACASAS,NILDA Epidemiology Human parasitosis Dogs parasitosis Bahia Blanca Argentina The purpose of this research is to carry out an epidemiological characterization of the different types of parasitosis detected in the city of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1994 to 1999). To this end, the prevalence of: enteroparasitosis, trichomonosis, toxoplasmosis, Chagas disease, malaria, hydatidosis, toxocarosis, cysticercosis, and trichinellosis in human beings is reported in this study. Furthermore, the frequency and spectrum of the parasites found in the dogs´ excrements collected from the public thoroughfare as well as parasitism rates in the vegetables from the truck farms of the city are also included in the present study. The high rates of enteroparasitosis in human beings ranging from 28% to 87.9% depending on the areas of study, those in dogs´ excrements reaching a percentage of 33.1%, and the presence of vegetables from fully contaminated truck farms are indicative of a serious intestinal parasite-transmission problem in the city of Bahía Blanca urging for preventive measures in order to minimize this situationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Chilena de ParasitologíaParasitología latinoamericana v.57 n.3-4 20022002-07-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-77122002000300004es10.4067/S0717-77122002000300004
institution Scielo Chile
collection Scielo Chile
language Spanish / Castilian
topic Epidemiology
Human parasitosis
Dogs parasitosis
Bahia Blanca Argentina
spellingShingle Epidemiology
Human parasitosis
Dogs parasitosis
Bahia Blanca Argentina
COSTAMAGNA,SIXTO RAÚL
GARCÍA,SUSANA
VISCIARELLI,ELENA
CASAS,NILDA
Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999
description The purpose of this research is to carry out an epidemiological characterization of the different types of parasitosis detected in the city of Bahía Blanca (Argentina) (1994 to 1999). To this end, the prevalence of: enteroparasitosis, trichomonosis, toxoplasmosis, Chagas disease, malaria, hydatidosis, toxocarosis, cysticercosis, and trichinellosis in human beings is reported in this study. Furthermore, the frequency and spectrum of the parasites found in the dogs´ excrements collected from the public thoroughfare as well as parasitism rates in the vegetables from the truck farms of the city are also included in the present study. The high rates of enteroparasitosis in human beings ranging from 28% to 87.9% depending on the areas of study, those in dogs´ excrements reaching a percentage of 33.1%, and the presence of vegetables from fully contaminated truck farms are indicative of a serious intestinal parasite-transmission problem in the city of Bahía Blanca urging for preventive measures in order to minimize this situation
author COSTAMAGNA,SIXTO RAÚL
GARCÍA,SUSANA
VISCIARELLI,ELENA
CASAS,NILDA
author_facet COSTAMAGNA,SIXTO RAÚL
GARCÍA,SUSANA
VISCIARELLI,ELENA
CASAS,NILDA
author_sort COSTAMAGNA,SIXTO RAÚL
title Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999
title_short Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999
title_full Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999
title_fullStr Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999
title_full_unstemmed Epidemiología de las parasitosis en Bahía Blanca (Provincia de Buenos Aires) Argentina-1994/1999
title_sort epidemiología de las parasitosis en bahía blanca (provincia de buenos aires) argentina-1994/1999
publisher Sociedad Chilena de Parasitología
publishDate 2002
url http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-77122002000300004
work_keys_str_mv AT costamagnasixtoraul epidemiologiadelasparasitosisenbahiablancaprovinciadebuenosairesargentina19941999
AT garciasusana epidemiologiadelasparasitosisenbahiablancaprovinciadebuenosairesargentina19941999
AT visciarellielena epidemiologiadelasparasitosisenbahiablancaprovinciadebuenosairesargentina19941999
AT casasnilda epidemiologiadelasparasitosisenbahiablancaprovinciadebuenosairesargentina19941999
_version_ 1718444072244346880