[Intestinal helminthiasis in street population of Rio de Janeiro city].
Stool examination by sedimentation method in 82 homeless individuals living in the streets of Rio de Janeiro City, revealed Ascaris lumbricoides eggs in 40 (48.85%), Trichuris trichiura in 27 (32.9%) and hookworm in 7 (8.5%).
Gomes
Tatiana C
TC
Disciplina de Parasitologia da Escola de Medicina da Fundação Técnico-Educacional Souza Marques, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Almeida
Monique F
MF
Miura
Lina A
LA
Granja
Jeferson
J
Santos
Desirée V G
DV
Oliveira
Rejane M F
RM
Lopes
Alexandre
A
Sequeira
Bruno P
BP
Rolemberg
Alessandro A
AA
Moraes
Ana L
AL
Santos
Carlos S
CS
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000722:Ancylostoma / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006703:Ill-Housed Persons; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014258:Trichuris / Q000302:isolation & purification