[Transmission of enteropasitosis through currency notes].
OBJECTIVE
There are several ways to propagation of parasitary diseases and how there aren't many bibliographic work about this theme, it was realized a study near to the Natal-RN population, to verify the enteroparasites transmission through the paper money.


METHODS
In the Laboratório Parasitologia Clínica was analysed 500 bills of several worths gotten in shops and, concomitantly it was examined samples of a water got from the washed hands of the people who held the money. The methods to realize the parasitologic exams were: Ritchie and Faust et al.


RESULTS
It was observed the following parasites prevalent in 48 (9.6%) examined bills: Endolimax nana 31 (6.2%), Entamoeba coli 06 (1.2%), Entamoeba histolytica 01 (0.2%), Ascaris lumbricoides 10 (2.0%). In the water, it vas observed that 40 (40.0%) of them had the same kinds of parasites in their hands.


CONCLUSIONS
Finally, it is postulated that the paper money is important to the enteroparasites transmission and it is suggested that new researches must be done in this area.
Saturnino
Ana Conceição Ribeiro Dantas
AC
Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte.
Freira
Ana Claudia Galvão
AC
Silva
Edna Marques de Araújo
EM
Nunes
Júlia Fernandes de Lima
JF
D000818:Animals; D001196:Ascariasis / Q000635:transmission; D017164:Ascaris lumbricoides / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000469:parasitology*; D004404:Dysentery, Amebic / Q000635:transmission; D004709:Endolimax / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004747:Entamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004749:Entamoebiasis / Q000635:transmission; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000635:transmission*; D010209:Paper; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000635:transmission*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D016846:Tubulina / Q000302:isolation & purification*