Identificación de parásitos intestinales por microscopia directa en materia fecal en los habitantes de la comunidad de Cuchocorral el Tambo-Cañar. Junio- Noviembre 2015

Abstract

The objective of this research was to identify the prevalence of intestinal parasites through a fecal examination coproparasitario in habitants of the Cuchocorral community canton El Tambo-Cañar.

The universe was composed by 208 habitants, of which we got a sample of 169 people from the Cuchocorral community canton El Tambo-Cañar, before the study the habitants selected signed the consent or assent informed where they were provided with project information.

The study was descriptive of cross section, it was applied a validated survey which helped to obtain useful information for the study, of which it was determined that: 57% of the habitants of Cuchocorral community canton El Tambo-Cañar had intestinal parasitosis, the age group that predominated this type of infection was of 0-19 years with 59%, the predominant microorganism was the Entamoeba histolytica with 40,9%, the 57.1% were Entamoeba coli, Giardia lamblia, Chilomastix mesnili and Enteromona intestinal and the lowest prevalence was Ascaris lumbricoides with 2.0%;