Triquinellosis: Conocimientos y hábitos en poblaciones epidemiológicamente diferentes de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, y la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BETTI, ADRIANA; CARDILLO, NATALIA; PASQUALETTI, MARIANA; FARIÑA, FERNANDO ADRIÁN; ROSA, ADRIANA; RIBICICH, MABEL

Revista Argentina de Zoonosis y Enfermedades Infecciosas Emergentes

Asociacion Argentina de Zoonosis

Lugar: CABA; Año: 2014

1851-3638

Trichinellosis is a parasitic zoonosis, which prevalence in Argentina is favored due to cultural beliefs and habits of the population. The aim of this work was to study the level of awareness about the disease in residents of three epidemiologically different areas of the Province of Buenos Aires. Surveys were performed on 256 residents from Ciudad Aútonoma de Buenos Aires (CABA), the Buenos Aires suburbs and cities from the interior of the Province of Buenos Aires. Data about the consumption of pork, sausages or wildlife animals, educational level, knowledge transfer, sources of infection, ways of prevention and public health risk was taken. Data were analyzed using parametric statistical tools, considering a p value