title: Prevalence of intestinal parasites and risk factors forspecific and multiple helminth infections in a remote city of the Brazilian Amazon.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies have described the risk factors of intestinal parasitic infections in the Amazon.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional survey was performed in a City of the State of Amazonas (Brazil) to estimate the prevalence of intestinal parasites and determine the risk factors for helminth infections.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ascaris lumbricoides was the most prevalent parasite. The main risk factors determined were: not having a latrine for A. lumbricoides infection; being male and having earth or wood floors for hookworm infection; and being male for multiple helminth infections.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We reported a high prevalence of intestinal parasites and determined some poverty-related risk factors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alessandra Queiroga
authors.initials: AQ
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Angela Cristina Verissimo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Junqueira
authors.affiliation: Departament de Salut Pública, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abellana
authors.affiliation: Departament de Salut Pública, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Patricia Comella Del
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Barrio
authors.affiliation: Fundação de Vigilância em Saúde do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Wagner Cosme Morhy
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Terrazas
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernando Campos
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Sodré
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Márcio Neves
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Bóia
authors.affiliation: Departament de Salut Pública, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ascaso
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007411:Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D015995:Prevalence; D011528:Protozoan Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology; D012307:Risk Factors; D055815:Young Adult