Prevalencia de parasitosis intestinales en la comunidad rural apostadero, municipio Sotillo, estado Monagas, Venezuela

Introduction: The intestinal parasitic diseases still have an important role in terms of public health, and they are one of main medical problems, being one of the principle causes of morbidity in children in Latin America included Venezuela. Objectives: Establish the prevalence of intestinal parasites in children less than 15 years old in the studied population. Methodology: The type of study was observational, descriptive and cross-sectional, each participant was evaluated clinically and through coproparasitologic test, fecal samples were studied by direct examination in physiological saline solution and temporary stained with lugol, and application of Kato-Katz’s technique. These techniques were performed directly in the rural community. Results: 64 children between 0-15 years old were evaluated; 51,6% male and 48,4% female. 87,5% had clinical manifestations, being bruxism the most frequent, followed by abdominal pain. The overall finding of intestinal parasites was 92,20%. There were diagnosed parasitoses by 14 different species, 9 were protozoans and 5 were helminths. Conclusion: It was determined a high prevalence of intestinal parasites in children under 15 years old, the most common helminths were: Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura and hookworm with 72,9%, 47,5% and 33,9% respectively. Among protozoans and chromists that stood out were Blastocystis spp (50,8%), Entamoeba coli (28,8%) and Giardia lamblia (23,7%). Polyparasitism was higher than 81,4% and the most common associations were: Ascaris lumbricoides + Blastocystis spp. 12,5%, followed by Entamoeba coli + Ascaris lumbricoides + Trichuris trichiura with 6,3%. Introducción: Las enfermedades parasitarias a nivel intestinal aún tienen un papel importante en salud pública y son uno de los problemas médicos importantes, constituyendo una de las principales causas de morbilidad en niños en Latinoamérica, así también Venezuela. Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de parasitosis intestinales en niños menores de 15 años en la población estudiada. Metodología: El tipo de estudio fue observacional, descriptivo y de corte transversal, cada participante fue evaluado clínicamente y mediante un análisis coproparasitológico, las muestras fecales fueron estudiadas mediante examen directo en solución salina fisiológica y coloración temporal de lugol, y la aplicación de la Técnica de Kato. Dichas técnicas se realizaron directamente en comunidad rural. Resultados: Se evaluaron 64 niños entre 0-15 años de