High prevalence of Blastocystis spp. in children from a periurban school

Authors

  • Cender Udai Quispe Juli Estudiante de medicina, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Agustinos (SOCIEMA)
  • Yatsen Socrates Chiara Coila Estudiante de medicina, Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú; Sociedad Científica de Estudiantes de Medicina Agustinos (SOCIEMA)
  • Oscar Moreno Loaiza Médico cirujano; Facultad de Medicina Humana, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v77i4.12656

Keywords:

Blastocystis Infections, Parasitic Diseases, Child, Peru.

Abstract

Introduction. Intestinal parasitosis is a serious public health problem in developing countries, and blastocystosis is an emerging parasitosis. Objectives. To determine the prevalence of infection by Blastocystis spp. and other intestinal parasites in children from a periurban school. Design. Observational and transversal study. Location. A school located in the district of Yura in Arequipa, Peru. Participants. 83 children between 4 and 8 years old. Interventions. Stool samples obtained from the children were analyzed with the modified Telemann method; a descriptive analysis was done by calculating frequency. Main outcome measures. Presence of the intestinal parasite. Results. The prevalence of Blastocystis spp. was 81.9% (68/83), the overall prevalence of parasites was 96.4% (80/83), and 80.7% (67/83) had more than ne type of parasite. Conclusions. There was a high prevalence of Blastocystis spp. and other intestinal parasites in the sample studied. There was also a high polyparasitism in the school population studied. This is the first study in this community.

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Published

2016-12-16

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Vol. 77 No. 4 (2016)

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Quispe Juli CU, Chiara Coila YS, Moreno Loaiza O. High prevalence of Blastocystis spp. in children from a periurban school. An Fac med [Internet]. 2016 Dec. 16 [cited 2025 May 25];77(4):393-6. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/12656