Poverty and nutritional status-related intestinal parasitism in students, Huanuco, Peru, 2010

Authors

  • César Gabriel Berto Moreano Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana. Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Estudiantil en Ciencias de la Salud.
  • Judith Cahuana Aparco Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana. Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Estudiantil en Ciencias de la Salud.
  • Jesús Kevin Cárdenas Gallegos Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana. Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Estudiantil en Ciencias de la Salud.
  • Nataly Ruth Botiquín Ortiz Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana.
  • Claudia Angélica Balbín Navarro Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana. Sociedad Científica San Fernando.
  • Paul Jesús Tejada Llacsa Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana. Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Investigación Estudiantil en Ciencias de la Salud.
  • Esteffany Jennifer Calongos Porras Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Quinto año de Medicina Humana.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/anales.v74i4.2702

Keywords:

Parasitic Intestinal diseases, nutritional status, students, poverty, Peru.

Abstract

Introduction: Studies have reported high prevalence of parasitic disease in students from the jungle although none has associated itwith poverty and nutritional factors. Objectives: To determine the relationship between poverty and nutritional factors with the presenceof intestinal parasites in students from a Huanuco village. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: Venenillo hamlet, Huanuco, Peru.Participants: Students from the only school in Venenillo. Interventions: Parasitological examination by Lugol’s iodine direct examinationand Lumbreras' fast sedimentation technique was performed in 42 students. Level of poverty was determined by the unsatisfied basicneeds index and degree of malnutrition by the Waterlow index. Statistical analysis was performed using Goodman and Kruskal’sgamma coefficient. Main outcome measures: Intestinal parasitosis association with poverty and nutritional status. Results: Presence ofintestinal parasites was 97.6%. A strong association was found between parasitism and level of poverty (p=0.02, gamma=0.82). Therewas no significant association between level of malnutrition and parasitism. Conclusions: Association between intestinal parasitosis andpoverty was encountered in the studied population.

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2013-12-30

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Vol. 74 No. 4 (2013)

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Copyright (c) 2013 César Gabriel Berto Moreano, Judith Cahuana Aparco, Jesús Kevin Cárdenas Gallegos, Nataly Ruth Botiquín Ortiz, Claudia Angélica Balbín Navarro, Paul Jesús Tejada Llacsa, Esteffany Jennifer Calongos Porras

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Berto Moreano CG, Cahuana Aparco J, Cárdenas Gallegos JK, Botiquín Ortiz NR, Balbín Navarro CA, Tejada Llacsa PJ, et al. Poverty and nutritional status-related intestinal parasitism in students, Huanuco, Peru, 2010. An Fac med [Internet]. 2013 Dec. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 6];74(4):301-5. Available from: https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/anales/article/view/2702