ResumoNo mundo todo milhões de pessoas são acometidas por geo-helmintos, especialmente crianças em idade escolar devido a sua maior exposição a ambientes contaminados. O objetivo deste estudo foi monitorar a contaminação de áreas de recreação de creches por larvas de helmintos ao longo de um ano, mensalmente por técnicas parasitológicas. Nas creches foram colhidas 43 amostras de areia. Em dezessete (39,5%) amostras foram observadas larvas, sendo 13 (76,4%) filariforme, duas (11,8%) rabditiforme e em outras duas (11,8%) houve a presença de larvas filariforme e rabditiforme. Os resultados demonstraram maior contaminação nos meses com maior precipitação pluviométrica, evidenciando a necessidade de adoção de medidas de profilaxia nestas áreas.
Palavras-chave: Helmintos, creches, zoonoses, áreas públicas
AbstractAround the world millions of people are affected by soil-transmitted helminths, especially school children due to their greater exposure to contaminated environments. The purpose of the present work was to evaluate the contamination of recreation areas from kindergartens with helminth larvae, over a year, monthly for parasitological techniques. In kindergartens were collected 43 samples of sand. In seventeen (39.5%) samples were observed larvae: 13 (76.4%) filariforme, two (11.8%) rhabditiform and other two (11.8%) showed the presence of both larvae. The results showed greater contamination in the months with more rainfall, highlighting the need for adoption of measures of prevention in these areas.
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