Incidência de verminoses entre os matriculados no centro de saúde do Instituto de Higiene de São Paulo (Apresentação estatística dos resultados de 10.000 exames de fezes)

Abstract

The authors present the results of the stool examinations of 10.000 persons registered at the Health Center of the Institute of Hygiene of Sãu Paulo. They make first some considerations on the composition of the population unrler study. Next they give the total frequency of helminthiasis found: the percentage of infestation in the whole group was 62,03. The percentages found for each worm were: Trichuris trichiura, 37,06; Ascaris lumbricoides, 32,67; Necator americanus, 16.38; Strongyloides stercoralis, 4,'19; Hymenolepis nana, 4,11, anel other less frequent. Finally, the authors study the distribution of the helminthiasis in general in relation to age, sex, profession, race and nationality, and present also the frequency of each helminthiasis in relation to age.