parasitos intestinais

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Prevalência de parasitos intestinais na comunidade indígena Maxakali, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2009
Prevalence of intestinal parasites in the Maxakali indigenous community in Minas Gerais,
Brazil, 2009
Prevalencia de parásitos intestinales en la comunidad indígena Maxakali, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2009
Eliseu Miranda de Assis 1
Roberto Carlos de Olivieria 2
Luciano Evangelista Moreira 3
João Luiz Pena 4
Laura Cunha Rodrigues 5
George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho

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Abstract
Universidade Vale do Rio
Doce, Governador Valadares,
Brasil.
2 Coodenação Técnica
Operacional Maxakali,
Distrito Sanitário Especial
Indígena de Minas Gerais/
Espírito Santo, Governador
Valadares, Brasil.
3 Universidade Presidente
Antônio Carlos, Teófilo Otoni,
Brasil.
4 Escola de Engenharia,
Universidade Federal de
Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte,
Brasil.
5 Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health,
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
London, U.K.
6 Escola de Medicina,
Universidade Federal de Ouro
Preto, Ouro Preto, Brasil.
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Correspondência
G. L. L. Machado-Coelho
Escola de Medicina,
Universidade Federal de
Ouro Preto.
Campus Universitário, Ouro
Preto, MG
35400-000, Brasil. [e-mail] Resumo

A prevalence survey using the TF-Test technique to identify intestinal parasites was conducted in the Maxakali indigenous villages in Minas
Gerais State, Brazil. Stool samples were collected on three alternating days, in separate tubes, containing 10% formalin, and unified in a laboratory by double filtering centrifugation. Samples of sediment aliquot were prepared in triplicate and examined by microscope (10x and 40x) for eggs, cysts, and larvae. Prevalence of parasites (89.5%) and polyparasitism (46%) were similar by sex and age, but varied by village. Prevalent species were: Entamoeba histolytica/Entamoeba dispar
(48.9%), Giardia duodenalis (32%), Entamoeba coli (40.8%), Endolimax nana (10.3%),