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In Brazil, enteroparasitoses represent a serious public health problem, and this situation is due to the precarious conditions of personal and environmental hygiene, in addition to the deficiency in health education, a reality in many Brazilian communities. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of enteroparasitosis in individuals aged between two and seventy years, living in the Mangabeira village, located in the peri-urban area of the municipality of Pilar, State of Alagoas. Socioeconomic surveys were conducted using questionnaires related to housing conditions, family structure, eating habits and sanitation. The diagnosis of stool parasitological examinations was performed at the Schistosomiasis and Malacology Laboratory (LEM), of the Parasitology Sector (ICBS/UFAL), using Lutz's qualitative method (1919), and Kato's quantitative method, modified by Katz (1972). Of the 181 coproparasitological samples collected, 87.85% were positive for some species of parasite, 55.25% of which were female. Polyparasitism was present in 43.39% of cases. The highest prevalence was of the protozoan Giardia intestinalis (28.46%) and, then, of the complex Entamoeba histolytica/E. dispar (16.67%). The most common helminth was the nematode Ascaris lumbricoids (14.61%). The trematode Schistosoma mansoni was identified in three individuals, one man and two women. For positive cases, treatment was prescribed together with the medical prescription. For schistosomiasis cases, individuals were referred to the endemic sector. Periodic prophylactic administration of albendazole to children in schools may have interfered with the results, but even so, the percentage for A. lumbricoides remained high. Therefore, measures for the control of parasites are still necessary through health education and adequate health, especially in relation to the treatment of water consumed.

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OCORRÊNCIA DE ENTEROPARASITOSES EM MORADORES DE UM POVOADO NA ZONA PERIURBANA DO MUNICÍPIO DE PILAR (ALAGOAS, BRASIL) / OCCURRENCE OF ENTEROPARASITOSIS IN RESIDENTS OF A VILLAGE IN THE PERIURBAN AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILAR (ALAGOAS, BRAZIL)