Dramatic Decrease in Prevalence of Soil-Transmitted Helminths and New Insights Into Intestinal Protozoa in Children Living in the Chaco Region, Bolivia

We assessed the prevalence of intestinal parasites among 268 2–12-year-old children living in rural areas, small villages, and semi-urban areas of the Chaco region, south-eastern Bolivia. The overall parasitism was 69%. Only protozoa, helminths, or co-infections were observed in 89.2%, 5.9%, or 4.9%...

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Autores principales: Macchioni, Fabio, Segundo, Higinio, Gabrielli, Simona, Totino, Valentina, Gonzales, Patricia Rojas, Salazar, Esteban, Bozo, Ricardo, Bartoloni, Alessandro, Cancrini, Gabriella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25711609
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0039

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4385775/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25711609
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0039

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