Fatores associados à ocorrência de parasitoses intestinais em uma população de crianças e adolescentes Factors associated with intestinal parasitosis in a population of children and adolescents

Objectives: To analyze the prevalence and the factors associated with intestinal parasites infections in children and adolescents enrolled in elementary schools from Sao Joao del-Rei, Southeast Brazil. Methods: In this sectional study, coproscopic examinations were performed by spontaneous sedimentation and Kato-Katz techniques in 1,172 schoolchildren. Multivariate logistic regression models were adjusted for the study of