1. [Transmission of enteropasitosis through currency notes].
- Author
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Saturnino AC, Freira AC, Silva EM, and Nunes JF
- Subjects
- Animals, Ascariasis transmission, Dysentery, Amebic transmission, Endolimax isolation & purification, Entamoeba isolation & purification, Entamoebiasis transmission, Statistics, Nonparametric, Ascaris lumbricoides isolation & purification, Disease Reservoirs parasitology, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic transmission, Paper, Protozoan Infections transmission, Tubulina isolation & purification
- Abstract
Purpose: 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.
- Published
- 2005