Fascioliasis and eosinophilia in the highlands of Cuzco, Peru and their association with water and socioeconomic factors

Graham, Brittany; Lopez, Martha; Goodrich, Mary R.; Villanueva-Meyer, Pablo G.; Arque, Eulogia; White, A. Clinton Jr; Cabada, Miguel M.

dc.contributor.author	Cabada, Miguel M.
dc.contributor.author	Goodrich, Mary R.
dc.contributor.author	Graham, Brittany
dc.contributor.author	Villanueva-Meyer, Pablo G.
dc.contributor.author	Lopez, Martha
dc.contributor.author	Arque, Eulogia
dc.contributor.author	White, A. Clinton Jr
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-10T18:11:32Z
dc.date.available	2020-06-10T18:11:32Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/7978
dc.description.abstract	There are limited data about the epidemiology of fascioliasis in Cuzco, Peru. We studied children 3-12 years old from six communities in the highlands of Cuzco to evaluate the epidemiology of fascioliasis; 227 children were included, one-half were female, the mean age was 7.5 (+/-2.6) years, and 46.2+/-% had one or more parasites, including Fasciola (9.7%), Ascaris (12.8%), Hymenolepis (9.3%), Trichuris (1.3%), hookworm (1.8%), Strongyloides (0.9%), and Giardia (27.8%). Fasciola was associated with the number of siblings in the household, drinking untreated water, and giardiasis. Eosinophilia was encountered in 21% of children and more common in those drinking untreated water at home and those infected with a parasite, but the differences were not significant. Eating water plants was not associated with Fasciola or eosinophilia. Fascioliasis and eosinophilia were common in the highlands of Cuzco. Fascioliasis was associated with socioeconomic factors and drinking water.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Albendazole/therapeutic use	en_US
dc.subject	Animals	en_US
dc.subject	Child	en_US
dc.subject	Child, Preschool	en_US
dc.subject	Cross-Sectional Studies	en_US
dc.subject	Drinking Water/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Eosinophilia/drug therapy/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Fasciola hepatica/isolation & purification	en_US
dc.subject	Fascioliasis/drug therapy/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Feces/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Female	en_US
dc.subject	Food Contamination/analysis	en_US
dc.subject	Food Parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Male	en_US
dc.subject	Parasite Egg Count	en_US
dc.subject	Peru/epidemiology	en_US
dc.subject	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	Risk Factors	en_US
dc.subject	Socioeconomic Factors	en_US
dc.title	Fascioliasis and eosinophilia in the highlands of Cuzco, Peru and their association with water and socioeconomic factors	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0169
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645