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. 1978 Jul-Oct;71(4-5):334-41.

[Medical practice in Indians of the Colombian Amazon. Epidemiology of intestinal parasitoses]

[Article in French]
C Penot, H Picot, M L Grillot
  • PMID: 754884

[Medical practice in Indians of the Colombian Amazon. Epidemiology of intestinal parasitoses]

[Article in French]
C Penot et al. Bull Soc Pathol Exot Filiales. 1978 Jul-Oct.

Abstract

In spite of the presence of a physician, the real pathology of an indian population of Colombie is not very well known. Some of ill people are probably entrusted to the traditional "chaman". The western medicine is symptomatic, curative and not preventive. Intestinal nematodiasis and amoebiasis are the major problem. Prevalences are: ascaris 46%, trichuris 30%, ankylostoma 39%, strongyloides 40%, Entamoeba histolytica 30%. Among this slowly evoluting population parasitism is related with cultural factors.

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