title: [Prevalence of intestinal helminthiasis in 100 municipalities in Venezuela (1989-1992)].
abstract: A total of 113,254 individuals from 100 venezuelan municipalities were studied by mean of Kato-Katz coprological examination and the geohelminth prevalences were established. The national prevalences of T. trichiura, A. lumbricoides and Anquilostomideos were 32.6%, 26.9% and 5.6% respectively+. For T. trichiura the highest values were obtained for the following municipalities: Arévalo González (54.6%) in Miranda state, Urama (76.9%) in Carabobo state and Punta de Piedra (78.4%) in Sucre state. For A. lumbricoides the highest values were determined in Punta de Piedra (63%), Tunapuy (61.9%) in Sucre state and Arévalo González (62.7%) in Miranda state. For hookworm the highest values were detected in El Amparo (39.5%) and San Camilo (35.9%) in the state of Apure. In relation to the age, the highest prevalence of Ascariosis and Trichuriosis were determined in pre-school and school children and for hookworm in adolescents and adults. A high variability between the municipalities belonging to the same state for the three geohelminths was observed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia, Instituto de Investigaciones Veterinarias, CENIAP-FONAIAP, Araqua, Venezuela.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pinto de Morales
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Arteaga
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matinella
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rojas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014687:Venezuela / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Prevalencias de las geohelmintiasis intestinales en 100 municipios de Venezuela (1989-1992).