[Prevalence of XXXX in day care centers in San Francisco municipality, state of Zulia, Venezuela].

@entity1 @entity353 @entity294 @entity406 @entity490 @entity461 @entity4801 @entity7014
The number of @entity1 Day Care Centers has increased progressively in underdeveloped countries. These Institutions offer conditions that facilitate the transmission of enteric agents. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of @entity7014 in Day Care Centers from San Francisco municipality, Zulia state, Venezuela. A poll was applied to collect personal and clinical data. Fecal samples from 82 @entity1 of one or another sex, between 11 months and 6 years old, who normally assist to four Day Care Centers of the municipality mentioned above, were analyzed. The samples were processed by fresh examination, lugol temporal coloration and the @entity406 -ether technique. A percentual analysis was applied for the statistical study. From the 82 processed samples, 37 (45.1%) showed the presence of @entity461 . The clinical symptoms most frequently observed in the study were @entity490 , @entity294 , @entity353 and inappetence. Statistical results did not show a significant difference of this @entity4801 with relationship to sex; however, there is a predominance in @entity1 of school age (75%). The result of this work shows a high prevalence of @entity7014 in Day Care Centers of the municipality studied, which suggests that this institutions gather the conditions that facilitate the transmission of this flagellate, and that preventive measures must be put into practice.
