Malnutrition and the presence of intestinal parasites in children from the poorest municipalities of Mexico | Zendy

Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez | Zendy; Maria G C Torres-Sanchez | Zendy; Leamsi P Fajardo-Martinez | Zendy; María Adelina SchlieGuzmán | Zendy; Lorena Mercedes Luna-Cazáres | Zendy; Alma Rosa GonzálezEsquinca | Zendy; Salvador Guerrero-Fuentes | Zendy; Jorge E. Vidal | Zendy

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Malnutrition and the presence of intestinal parasites in children from the poorest municipalities of Mexico

Author(s) -

Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez,

Maria G C Torres-Sanchez,

Leamsi P Fajardo-Martinez,

María Adelina SchlieGuzmán,

Lorena Mercedes Luna-Cazáres,

Alma Rosa GonzálezEsquinca,

Salvador Guerrero-Fuentes,

Jorge E. Vidal

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.2990

Subject(s) - malnutrition , ascaris lumbricoides , anthropometry , medicine , psychological intervention , ascariasis , environmental health , intestinal parasite , etiology , under five , pediatrics , helminths , immunology , psychiatry

For many years Chiapas, Mexico's poorest state, has had the highest rate of child mortality due to intestinal infections of unknown etiology in the country. To begin identifying the infectious agents, our work determined the prevalence of intestinal parasites as well as malnutrition in children from Chiapas's three most impoverished municipalities: Pantepec, Chanal, and Larrainzar.

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