2020
DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.211560
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Neoplastic patients’ knowledge about intestinal parasitoses in southern Brazil

Abstract: Abstract Since oncologic patients have been considered an important risk group for parasitic infections, it is fundamental to find out what they know about intestinal parasites. This study aimed at evaluating knowledge that the adult oncologic patients undergoing chemotherapy in the main centers of treatment for cancer in the city of Pelotas, Brazil, has about intestinal parasites. A semi-structured questionnaire was used for collecting data from two hundred oncologic patients who were undergoing chemo… Show more

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“…É através das falas, gestos e comportamentos que as pessoas expressam os significados atribuídos ao conhecimento construído diariamente, compartilhando pensamentos, ideias, criando um conhecimento novo. A representação social une-se a ciência ao mesmo tempo que é constituída por ela, tornando-se parte do coletivo, do senso comum 8,16 .…”
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“…É através das falas, gestos e comportamentos que as pessoas expressam os significados atribuídos ao conhecimento construído diariamente, compartilhando pensamentos, ideias, criando um conhecimento novo. A representação social une-se a ciência ao mesmo tempo que é constituída por ela, tornando-se parte do coletivo, do senso comum 8,16 .…”
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“…This disease has been categorized a serious public health issues, most especially among children and immunocompromised adults. The impact of the disease is greater in developing countries, where it is usually associated with precarious socioeconomic conditions which affect mainly children and/or the immunocompromised adults (Jeske et al, 2018;Ryan et al, 2019;Santos et al, 2012;Mmbaga and Houpt, 2017;Jeske et al, 2020), which usually get its most severe form of the disease.…”
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confidence: 99%