Soil transmitted helminthiasis in indigenous groups. A community cross sectional study in the Amazonian southern border region of Ecuador
Romero-Sandoval, Natalia (Grups de Recerca d'Amèrica i Àfrica Llatines- GRAAL (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Ortiz-Rico, Claudia (Grups de Recerca d'Amèrica i Àfrica Llatines- GRAAL (Barcelona, Catalunya))
Sánchez-Pérez, Héctor Javier (El Colegio de la Frontera Sur-ECOSUR)
Valdivieso, Daniel (Universidad Internacional del Ecuador)
Sandoval, Carlos (Fundación Ecuatoriana para la Investigación en Salud-FEPIS)
Pastor Paz, Jacob (Instituto Geográfico Militar, Quito, Ecuador)
Martín Mateo, Miguel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Pediatria, Obstetrícia i Ginecologia i Medicina Preventiva i Salut Pública)

Fecha:	2017
Resumen:	Rural communities in the Amazonian southern border of Ecuador have benefited from governmental social programmes over the past 9 years, which have addressed, among other things, diseases associated with poverty, such as soil transmitted helminth infections. The aim of this study was to explore the prevalence of geohelminth infection and several factors associated with it in these communities. This was a cross sectional study in two indigenous communities of the Amazonian southern border of Ecuador. The data were analysed at both the household and individual levels. At the individual level, the prevalence of geohelminth infection reached 46. 9% (95% CI 39. 5% to 54. 2%), with no differences in terms of gender, age, temporary migration movements or previous chemoprophylaxis. In 72. 9% of households, one or more members were infected. Receiving subsidies and overcrowding were associated with the presence of helminths. The prevalence of geohelminth infection was high. Our study suggests that it is necessary to conduct studies focusing on communities, and not simply on captive groups, such as schoolchildren, with the object of proposing more suitable and effective strategies to control this problem.
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Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Publicado en:	BMJ open, Vol. 7 (march 2017) , ISSN 2044-6055

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013626
PMID: 28292765

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