Frequency of intestinal parasitosis in the child population of Quito

Abstract

Infant parasitism has a wide distribution throughout the world, with countries specializing in tropical and subtropical zones less frequently, in temperate or cold zones. The parasite that is a living being, animal or vegetable, spends part or all of its existence on the surface or inside of another living being, biologically more developed than it and at the expense of which it feeds, constituting a constant threat to health. of the host and giving rise to parasitic diseases.