Intestinal parasitosis in children from 1 to 3 years of the good living centers of children in zone 7 - Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction. Nowadays parasitic diseases represent a public health problem that causes morbidity and mortality rate in child population. Objective.To determine the prevalence of intestinal parasites of the child population from 0 to 3 years old that belong to the CIBV of zone number 7 in Ecuador. Materials and method.A retrospective and analytic study was carried out. The population consisted of 5032 children and 432 were considered as the sample of this study. The analysis of the data was done by means of the Chi-square. Results.62,2% of the studied population had intestinal parasites with a high prevalence of protozoa which represents 57,4%. Conclusion.The child population is more susceptible to get this type of infection due to multiple factors.