[Prevalence of intestinal parasitis at the King Baudouin health center of Guediawaye (Senegal)].

A prospective study carrying on 302 samples of stools of aged children of 0 to 15 years has been achieved between January 02 and April 11 2001 in the center of health Roi Baudouin of Guediawaye (SENEGAL) to appreciate the prevalence of intestinal parasitis. For every child, we made a scotch test, a macroscopic exam of stools and a microscopic exam to the direct analysis and after concentration by the method of RITCHIE simplified. The global prevalence is 56,62%. Ascaris lumbricoides arrived in head with 34,17%, follow-up of Giardia lamblia (22,50%), Trichirus trichiura (22,08%) and Amoeba (14,58%). The prevalence varied with age and the children who are 11 to 15 years have the indication of infestation the most elevated (75,86%): The difference of prevalence to the sex and according to the presence or no current water is not meaningful. On the other hand topics to weak standard of living have an indication elevated parasitis with 66,05%. So measures of efficient struggle must be undertaken to combat these intestinal parasitis.