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[Intestinal parasitoses in children of an Indian community of Bolivian altiplano]. 1986

D Basset, and H Gaumerais, and A Basset-Pougnet

A survey about motion parasitosis has been carried out on one hundred Indians (Quechua ethnic group) living in a hamlet called Amarete located in the Bolivian Altiplano. This community is living in a place difficult to reach (11,100 feet) where many pre-Colombian traditions are still alive. All children were parasitized, 75% of them were carrier of 3 to 5 parasites. Infestation with ascaris (91%) is the most frequent and the risks of getting amebic dysentery (Entamoeba histolytica 41%) and balantidial (Balantidium coli 8%) are high. Many other parasites (8 kinds of protozoa , 5 kinds of helminths) can be observed; more especially, we noticed that 20% of the pupils used to be carrier operculated eggs. Tenia embryophores (more probably Taenia solium found in 2 children) made us aware of possibilities of cysticercosis. An other problem lays on general hygiene and hygiene of the water since feces danger is responsible of important parasitologic loads. Results are compared with a fecal study carried out on a population from the Altiplano region but living now in the plain. Amazonian Indian population in previous or recent contact with occidental civilization show the same variations of parasitologic repartition between Amarete hamlet and the transplanted population of Altiplano region. The role played by the acculturation could be discussed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007199	Indians, South American	Members of indigenous South American populations with pre-colonial contact origins.	Amerinds, South American,Indigenous South Americans,American Amerind, South,American Indian, South,American, Indigenous South,Americans, Indigenous South,Amerind, South American,Indian, South American,Indigenous South American,South American Amerind,South American Amerinds,South American Indian,South American Indians,South American, Indigenous,South Americans, Indigenous
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D007411	Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic	Infections of the INTESTINES with PARASITES, commonly involving PARASITIC WORMS. Infections with roundworms (NEMATODE INFECTIONS) and tapeworms (CESTODE INFECTIONS) are also known as HELMINTHIASIS.	Parasitic Intestinal Diseases,Disease, Parasitic Intestinal,Diseases, Parasitic Intestinal,Intestinal Disease, Parasitic,Parasitic Intestinal Disease
D008297	Male		Males
D010123	Oxyuriasis	Infection with nematodes of the superfamily OXYUROIDEA.	Aspiculariasis,Aspiculariases,Oxyuriases
D011528	Protozoan Infections	Infections with unicellular organisms formerly members of the subkingdom Protozoa.	Histomoniasis,Infections, Protozoan,Histomoniases,Infection, Protozoan,Protozoan Infection
D001838	Bolivia	A country in central South America, located southwest of Brazil.
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004404	Dysentery, Amebic	DYSENTERY caused by intestinal amebic infection, chiefly with ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA. This condition may be associated with amebic infection of the LIVER and other distant sites.	Amebiasis, Intestinal,Amebic Dysentery,Colitis, Amebic,Entamoebiasis, Intestinal,Intestinal Amebiasis,Amoebiasis, Intestinal,Amoebic Colitis,Amoebic Dysentery,Intestinal Amoebiasis,Intestinal Entamoeba histolytica Infection,Amebiases, Intestinal,Amebic Colitides,Amebic Colitis,Amebic Dysenteries,Amoebiases, Intestinal,Amoebic Colitides,Amoebic Dysenteries,Colitides, Amebic,Colitides, Amoebic,Colitis, Amoebic,Dysenteries, Amebic,Dysenteries, Amoebic,Dysentery, Amoebic,Entamoebiases, Intestinal,Intestinal Amebiases,Intestinal Amoebiases,Intestinal Entamoebiases,Intestinal Entamoebiasis