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Helmintos em caixas de areia em creches da cidade de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais Helminthes in sandboxes of day care centers of a city in southeastern Brazil

Authors :
Núbia da Silva Araújo
Cristiane Teixeira Rodrigues
Márcia Cristina Cury
Source :
Revista de Saúde Pública, Vol 42, Iss 1, Pp 150-153 (2008)
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
Universidade de São Paulo, 2008.

Abstract

O objetivo do estudo foi avaliar a presença de helmintos em caixas de areia de creches públicas e privadas da cidade de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais em 2005. Foram selecionadas 14 creches particulares e 14 públicas que possuíam área de lazer. As coletas foram realizadas em duas estações do ano, uma na seca e a segunda na chuvosa. As amostras foram analisadas pelos métodos de Willis e Baermann. Na primeira coleta 17 (61%) creches foram positivas para larvas e 14 (50%) para ovos de helmintos e na segunda, em 18 (64%) e 10 (36%), respectivamente. Não foi observada influência da estação climática e da situação socioeconômica das creches.The objective of the study was to test for helminthes in sandboxes in day care centers in the city of Uberlândia, Southeastern Brazil in 2005. Fourteen private and 14 public day care centers with playgrounds were selected. One collection was carried out during the dry season (June and August), and the second one was in the rainy season (September and November). Samples were tested using Willis and Baermann methods. In the first collection, 17 (61%) day care centers were positive for helminthes larvae and 14 (50%) for eggs. In the second collection, 18 (64%) day care centers were positive for larvae and 10 (36%) for eggs. No influence of either season of the year or day care finance condition was seen.

Details

Language :
English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
ISSN :
00348910 and 15188787
Volume :
42
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revista de Saúde Pública
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.8286a674cda7432b8f2441e96c35fbbb
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89102008000100021