Prevalência de parasitos intestinais na comunidade indígena Maxakali, Minas Gerais, Brasil, 2009

Prevalence of Enteroparasitosis in the Indigenous Community of Mato Grosso, Brazil: A Look Into the Sanitation and Ethno-Development

“…As to the participation of Haliti-Paresí, 43 (36.4%) gave the analysis sample rate similar to that reported by Assis et al (2013), who also obtained low return of samples of feces for a total 37, 1% in the indigenous community in Minas Gerais.…”

“…There was a predominance of indigenous participation of females, a result similar to that observed in the studies by Rios et al and Silva, but inconsistent with the research developed by researchers in other ethnic groups [15][16][17][18] . The distribution of parasitism by age was observed with a higher incidence among adolescents (13-18 years, 100%), followed by children from 0 to 12 years, given that differs from similar studies by presenting the adolescents as the most infected [18][19][20] .…”

“…A study conducted in the Xavante reservation, in the state of Mato Grosso by Silva found that 61.2% of the Indians showed positivity for parasitism, 6.1% for Giardia duodenalisand 7.7% for Entamoeba histolytica and polyparasitism in 25.5% of individuals. 15In a third study conducted with ethnicity Maxacali in the Minas Gerais, detected a high prevalence (84.3%), predominantly related to Entamoebahistolytica (48.9%) and Ancilostomideo (37.9%) results different from those identified in this study 18 .…”

“…Thus, the enteroparasitosisin indigenous communities have high rates and become a challenge to promote the health and quality of life of those communities 16,20,23,24 . In addition to the behavioral risks as precarious personal hygiene habits, cultural and menus, observed in populations of low socioeconomic level.In the indigenous communities, other factors contribute to the increase of these indexes as the practice of eating with hands, to defecate in the environment, do not wear shoes, drinking untreated water in association with the lack of basic sanitation 16,18,19,20,25 .…”

“…The traditional houses have an oval shape always with your entries directed to sunrise and sunset, are made of raw wood frame collected in the woods nearby, its interior is spacious with dirt, do not have divisions and contain a large amount of inhabitants 9 . The presence of dirt can magnify the risk of enteroparasitosis, since the presence of domestic animals, surface cleaning, moisture and mild temperature becomes the means conducive to the permanence of the parasites in the soil 18,28 .…”