Frecuencia de esquistosomiasis y otras enfermedades parasitarias en Zuata, Edo Aragua, Venezuela 2008-2009

Schistosomiasis is a parasitic disease caused by helminth digenetic trematodes of the genus Schistosoma, of which three species affect humans: Schistosoma japonicum present in Asia, Africa and Schistosoma haematobium Schistosoma mansoni latter is the cause of the disease in America. Venezuela is considered a tropical country that meets all weather conditions, socioeconomic and cultural development and establishment of this parasite. The endemic area covers an area of bilharzigena 15.000Km2, ie, 1.6% of the country with a high risk population of 200 000 inhabitants. To this end, 101 samples were evaluated for immune testing by ELISA for schistosomiasis and 102 samples for parasitological analysis by the methods: saline 0.85% iodine solution, Faust, Baermann and Kato, collected from three community colleges of Zuata, Aragua State. Any resulting frequency of schistosomiasis by the Kato method and immune coproparasitology ELISA. Stool testing in high prevalence throw protozoa (34.31%) for helminths with a percentage of 13.72%, representing a serious public health problem for children and youth in the community. In addition there was an 51.96% of samples without parasites. Children aged 9 to 11 years were the most affected with these parasites and the incidence of parasites by sex, females accounted for a higher prevalence with 26.47%, although the differences in men is greate