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Anemia and intestinal parasitic infections in primary school students in Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil

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Tsuyuoka, Reiko, Bailey, J. Wendy, Guimarães, Alzira M. d'Avila Nery, Gurgel, Ricardo Q., Cuevas, Luis E.·1999·Cadernos de Saúde Pública
DOI 10.1590/s0102-311x1999000200026
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Anemia is estimated to affect half the school-age children and adolescents in developing countries. The main causes are parasitic infections, malaria, and low iron intake. This study aimed to describe the prevalence of anemia, parasitic infections, and nutritional status of children attending public primary schools in Aracaju, Northeast Brazil. Of 360 students, 26.7% were anemic, and prevalence was higher in children under 8 and over 15 years of age. Overall prevalence of intestinal parasites was 42%, with Ascaris lumbricoides (28.7%), Trichuris trichiura (15.6%), and hookworm (1. 7%) most frequently found. There was an association between parasitic infections and poor sanitary conditions, but there was no association between anemia and presence of intestinal parasites. Height-for-age Z scores were lower than the NCHS standard, and prevalence of stunting was 5.4%. Although intestinal parasites were not associated with anemia, children with parasites had lower nutritional indices (weight- and height-for-age Z scores) than those without parasites.

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  • To date, no studies have found an association between enterobiasis and anaemia.

    “However, to date, no studies have found an association between enterobiasis and anaemia [74,75].”

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    The Results report no association between anemia and the parasites analyzed, but Table 2 does not include E. vermicularis (the cause of enterobiasis). The paper therefore does not establish whether enterobiasis was associated with anemia in its students, let alone whether no studies to date had found an association. Searched for enterobiasis, E. vermicularis, and the anemia comparison. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Tsuyuoka, R., Bailey, J. W., Guimarães, A. M. D. N., Gurgel, R. Q., & Cuevas, L. E.
Affiliations
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (GB)
  • Universidade Federal de Sergipe (BR)
  • Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK
ORCID
Venue
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Publisher
FapUNIFESP (SciELO)
Published
1999-04
Volume
15
Issue
2
Pages
413-421
ISSN
0102-311X (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1590/s0102-311x1999000200026
OpenAlex
W1969089266
Cited by
81
References
33
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FWCI
0.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc
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  • Americanae (AECID Library) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Universidade Federal de Sergipe
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasites and Host Interactions
  • Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
Keywords
anemia, intestinal parasitic infections, elementary school students, Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichiura, hookworm, stunting, nutritional status, sanitary conditions, iron deficiency, Aracaju
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Anemia, Anthropometry, Brazil, Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Humans, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Male, Nutritional Status, Students, Prevalence

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