Parasitosis intestinales y factores de riesgo de enteroparasitosis en escolares de la zona urbana del cantón Jipijapa, Ecuador

摘要

Enteroparasitosis has global relevance predominantly in underdeveloped countries. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites and risk factors in 340 schoolchildren from the Jipijapa canton. The species were: Enterobius vermicularis, Blastocystis sp. and Endolimax nana and risk factors found agreed with the low prevalence of parasitic species