Prevalência de parasitoses intestinais na população de um município da região Sudoeste do Paraná: um comparativo entre laboratório público e privado, 2015 – 2017

Abstract

Objective: to identify the prevalence of intestinal parasitoses in attendees of different types of laboratories (public and private), located in a municipality in the Southwest of Paraná. Methods: This is a cross-sectional and descriptive analytical study. For data analysis, qui-square, bivariate and multivariate logistic regression tests were performed to verify the association between the variables sex, life cycle and types of laboratory. Results: positivity of enteroparasitosis was found in 19.80% (n = 606) of the study population. The highest occurrence was observed among adults, with 47.03% (n= 285), female, 64.85% (n= 393) and in the public laboratory, totaling 94.39% (n= 572). Conclusion: the prevalence of enteroparasitosis found implies the need to carry out preventive actions as well as to encourage treatment in an adequate way, in order to avoid the increase in prevalence and also the aggravation of existing cases.