Soil contamination by Helminths of Clinical Importance in Spas of El Tocuyo, Lara State

Abstract

Parasites spread to cause infection through contaminated soil or water, domestic or wild animals that contain the parasite, or from person to person through the nearby environment that is contaminated. Parasites that communicate with organs open to the outside eliminate their vegetative forms, with fecal matter, urine, sputum and thus contaminate the soil, food and drinking water. Sometimes the stage removed outside is not infectious, however, it matures in the external environment. To evaluate the level of soil contamination by helminths in the Las Margaritas resort in the city of El Tocuyo in the state of Lara, a cross-sectional descriptive study was designed in which the modified Rugai method was used, applied to 24 soil samples. collected in widely frequented areas of the spa, in search of contaminating parasitic forms.