Parasitoses intestinais em indígenas: uma revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

To identify in the national scientific production available evidence on intestinal parasites / intestinal parasites of clinical and epidemiological importance that most affect the Brazilian indigenous population, retrieving the scientific articles from the indexed databases Medline and LILACS, published in the last 10 years. Method: This is an integrative review, which used the controlled descriptors: parasitic diseases, enteroparasitoses, South American Indians; indigenous population, in Portuguese and, parasitic diseases, parasitic intestinal disease, indigenous people / indigenous population, Brazil. In addition to the key words, Brazilian Indians, enteroparasitosis. Results: Twelve scientific articles were included, 9 (75.0%) of Medline and 3 (25.0%) of LILACS. Of these, 4 (33.0%) scientific articles were published in English and Portuguese, 4 (34.0%) in Portuguese, 3 (25.0%) in English and 1 (8.0%) in Spanish, published in several journals in Brazil, the United States, Great Britain and Colombia. The studies were carried out in Minas Gerais, Paraná, Mato Grosso, Amazonas, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará and Rio Grande do Sul. Cross-sectional studies were predominant, with 83.0% involving several ethnicities. Twenty species of parasites were identified: Entamoeba histolytica / disparate and Giardia lamblia in 100% of the studies, hookworm in 92.0%, followed by Endolimax nana (83.0%), Entamoeba coli and Hymenolepis nana (75, 0%). The present review showed that intestinal parasites are of great clinical and epidemiological importance for improving the health and quality of life of Brazilian indigenous populations, considering the ethnic diversity and way of life of indigenous people in different contexts