New research perspectives on the ecoepidemiology of neglected intestinal helminthiasis in urban-marginal and rural areas of the province of Guayas
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Neglected intestinal helminthiases are very prevalent worldwide and represent a serious problem of: environmental contamination (presence of feces with infective parasitic forms dispersed in the soil), animal health and public health. This paper explains new research perspectives on the ecoepidemiology of neglected intestinal helminthiasis in urban-marginal and rural areas of the province of Guayas (Ecuador). By means of an applied study with a qualitative, quantitative, field, descriptive-prospective-analytical-transversal approach, fecal samples from humans and their domestic dogs from the indicated areas will be analyzed, in order to provide information: The relationship between the environment-helminths-and hosts, prevalence of neglected intestinal helminthiases, zoonotic association, characterization of environmental variables, specification of social determinants of health and generate scientific production.
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