Comparación de la Técnica de Kato Katz Vs. la Técnica del Mini Flotac para Identificación de Helmintos dentro del (Propad) Programa Nacional para el Abordaje Multidisciplinario de Parasitosis Desatendidas en el Ecuador

Abstract

The parasitic infections are the major public health problem. The helmintosis are considered disregarded diseases, however in high prevalence developing countries the parasitosis studies are needed. PAHO considers Ecuador in the high parasitosis prevalence group. Children are the most affected population mainly due to the bad health infrastructure and poor hygiene standards. The diagnosis is given by the simple coproparasitology test despite its false negatives high index . The new tools and techniques for helmintic diagnosis guarantee higher sensitivity and specificity, like the Kato-Katz and the Mini- FLOTAC®, a flotation method. This research is a descriptive and cross-sectional type called, "Comparison of the Kato-Katz technique vs. Mini- FLOTAC® technique for helminths identification in the multidisciplinary national program for the neglected parasitosis in Ecuador (PROPAD)”. The comparative analysis show that one advantage of the flotation Mini- FLOTAC® technique is the fast ejecution time compared with Kato-Katz method. Also it was determined that the Mini- FLOTAC® technique has a sensitivity of 100% while the Kato-Katz 88% in the studied group. Both Kato-Katz and Mini- FLOTAC® are inexpensive, and their instruments, materials and reagents are available easily.