Enteroparasites paper money circulating in the shaft Barquisimeto-Cabudare, Lara State, Venezuela.

Authors

  • Luis Traviezo Valles Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado. Venezuela
  • Elsys Cárdenas Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
  • Gladys Jaspe Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
  • Marielys Jaspe Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
  • Kairobys Heredia Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
  • Luisa Morantes Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado
  • Georges Agobian Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado

Keywords:

Parasites, Blastocystis, pollution, intestine

Abstract

A descriptive, cross sectional study was carried out to examine the enteroparasite contamination of 300 banknotes of the six denominations that circulate in the Barquisimeto-Cabudare urban axis (2,5,10,20,50 and 100 BsF), through the washing of each with 100 ml of water with 20% Tween 20 for 5 minutes each side and with the aid of a sterile brush, this volume was placed in two, plastic centrifuge tubes (clean) allowed to decant for two hours , Then centrifuged at 3000 rpm for 10 minutes to observe the pellet  with saline and lugol with 100X and 400X magnification. An abundance of enteroparasites was obtained in contaminated banknotes of 29% (87/300), with a diversity of four taxa. Blastocystis sp. (68 of 87 contaminated), Endolimax nana (16/87), Giardia sp. (2/87) and Entamoeba coli (1/87); Banknotes with less denomination were more contaminated than those with the highest denomination and 96,6% of the contaminated banknotes were dirty, while only 3,4% of the contaminated banknotes were clean or new banknotes. No helminth eggs were observed. It is concluded that tickets in this area are an important element (fomites) in the direct transmission of intestinal protozoa from one person to another.

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Author Biographies

Luis Traviezo Valles, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado. Venezuela

MSc in Protozoology, Licensed in Bioanalysis, Full Professor

Elsys Cárdenas, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado

MSc , Licensed in Bioanalysis

Gladys Jaspe, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado

Doctor

Luisa Morantes, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado

MSc in Medical Education, Surgeon, MSc in Phoniatrics, Assistant Professor

Georges Agobian, Universidad Centroccidental Lisandro Alvarado

Surgeon, Medical Gastroenterologist, Internal Medicine Doctor, Doctor of Education, Full Professor

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Published

2018-06-21

How to Cite

Traviezo Valles, L., Cárdenas, E., Jaspe, G., Jaspe, M., Heredia, K., Morantes, L., & Agobian, G. (2018). Enteroparasites paper money circulating in the shaft Barquisimeto-Cabudare, Lara State, Venezuela. Revista Venezolana De Salud Pública, 4(2), 23-26. Retrieved from https://revistas.uclave.org/index.php/rvsp/article/view/620

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