A survey of three Costa Rican communities for intestinal parasites

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Authors:	Hunter, George W., III, Swartzwelder, J. C., Redmond, D. L., Shearer, L. A., Tonn, R. J., Vargas Alvarado, Rodrigo, Alfaro Brenes, Mario, Zúñiga Ríos, José Antonio, Rodríguez Montoya, César
Format:	artículo original
Status:	Versión publicada
Publication Date:	1965
Description:	Single stool specimens were collected from 848 individuals from three rural communities of Paracito, El Naranjo and Palmira, Costa Rica. Examination by the F. E. sedimentation technique revealed 7 species of helminths and 11 species of protozoa. Over 95% of the 848 persons examined were parasitized, 83.5% with worms and 86% with protozoa. Whipworm, T. trichiufa, A. lumbricoides and hookworms were the most common worms encountered. Entamoeba histolytica occurred in about 40% of the people while Giardia lamblia was found in 21.7%. Dientamoeba fragilis was not encountered due to the method of examining the stools.
Country:	Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:	Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:	Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:	Inglés
OAI Identifier:	oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/28770
Online Access:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/28770