Malnutrition and Intestinal Parasites: Mexico Perspectives

Gutiérrez-Jiménez, Javier; Luna-Cazáres, Lorena Mercedes; Vidal, Jorge E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-40007-5_7-1

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“…Intestinal parasitic infections are a public health problem in Mexico (Gutiérrez-Jiménez et al 2017 ). While infection can occur at any age, school age children (5–9 years) are most at risk for intestinal parasitic infection, due to their behaviour and increased exposure (Zavala et al 2017 ), and they are at the highest risk of morbidity among all age groups(Buonsenso et al 2019 ).…”

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Ascariasis, Amebiasis and Giardiasis in Mexican children: distribution and geographical, environmental and socioeconomic risk factors

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The aim of this study is to provide an overview of the geographical distribution of Ascariasis, Amebiasis and Giardiasis, and to identify specific geographical, socioeconomic and environmental factors that are associated with the incidence of these infections in Mexican children. We made use of publicly available data that was reported by federal organizations in Mexico for the year 2010. The contribution of geographical, socioeconomic and environmental factors to the incidence of infections was assessed by a multivariable regression model using a backwards selection procedure. A. lumbricoides incidence was associated with mean minimum temperature of the state, the state-wide rate of households without access to piped water and toilet, explaining 77% of the incidence of A. lumbricoides infections. Mean minimum precipitation in the state, the rate of households without access to a toilet, piped water and sewage system best explained (73%) the incidence of E. histolytica infections. G. lamblia infections were only explained by the latitude of the state (11%). In addition to the well-known socioeconomic factors contributing to the incidence of A. lumbricoides and E. histolytica we found that temperature and precipitation were associated with higher risk of infection.

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