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[Trichuriasis in Cuba]
F A Núñez Fernández1, E Sanjurjo González, J Ramón Bravo
1Instituto de Medicina Tropical Pedro Kouri.
Revista Cubana De Medicina Tropical
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
A representative sample of the Cuban population (11,364) is studied by using Willis and direct coproparasitological techniques. It was found that Trichuris trichiura is the most prevailing intestinal parasite (17.8%). A higher frequency of this kind of geohelminthiasis in people living in Cuban rural zones is seen. A prevalence peak is found in ages from 6 to 9 years, and a higher association of parasitism was found in those with worst hygienic and sanitary conditions.