Parasitosis en niños en edad escolar: relación con el grado de nutrición y aprendizaje

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the prevalence and degree of infection by intestinal parasites and to determine the nutritional status of apparently healthy infant school population that attends the National Educational Institution “Karol Wojtyla” in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho, Lima, Peru. Material and Methods: 205 children, both female and male between 6 and 12 years belonging to the sections of first through sixth grade. We used the spontaneous sedimentation technique (TSET) and the method of Graham. Results: 44.4% (91/205) were made parasitological examination. The prevalence of intestinal parasites was 61.50% (56/91), finding the presence of Enterobius vermicula is (14.30%), Hymenolepis nana (8.80%), Blastocystis hominis (38.50%) and Giardia lamblia (13.20%) and pathogens such as Entamoeba coli (17.60%). Conclusions: There is a high prevalence of parasitosis in the school population tested, which is related to sociocultural and economic level of the settlers did not observe a direct relationship between the presence of parasites and poor learning. There was no relation between the presence of parasites and malnutrition. (Rev Horiz Med 2011;11(2):65)