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    Parasitosis intestinal y su relación con anemia y desnutrición en niños de 5 a 9 años de la parroquia Picaihua del Cantón Ambato
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Laboratorio Clínico, 2023-03-01) Sailema Peña, Guadalupe Margoth; Valenzuela Sánchez, Gabriela Paola Mg.
    Intestinal parasitism are infections of the most prevalent in the poor and underdeveloped communities which are with a high predominant in children. This affects the development and growth in child population. So this produces clinical manifestations such as appetite loss, stomachache, dyspepsia, diarrhea, andmalabsorption. These cause malnutrition and anemia in patients. The objective of thissearching was determined the intestinal parasitism and its relation with malnutrition and anemia in children with ages from 5 to 9 years old in Picaihua parish and Ambato city. It was analyzed in 106 blood tests in order to measure the hemoglobin indices. The fecal test for testing the presence of parasites. For doing these tests it uses the flotation technique or Faust. It collects the information with a poll. The anthropometric data such as weight and height for the IMC calculation. A total of 106 samples analysed, the 75.7% shown parasites, besides, the population showed 60% of them as monoparasites and the 40% remain were polyparasites. The parasitesfound were Blastocysts spp. 43.1%, Entamoeba coli cyst 23.3%, Entamoeba complex cyst 15.5%, Endolimax nana cyst 12.9%, Chilomastix mesnili cyst 3.4%, Giardia lamblia cyst 0.9%, Hymenolepis nana eggs 0.9%. The present investigation project through the statistical analysis concluded that the intestinal parasitosis hadn't relation with anemia and malnutrition.