STATE OF THE ART ON ENTEROPARASITES IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES IN BRAZIL

Abstract

This research aims to carry out a systematic review of literature on scientific researches over the occurrence of intestinal parasitic infections among indigenous people in Brazil, according to the PRISMA guidelines. For the research, databases were used, such as Scielo, LILACS, MEDLINE via PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Bireme, Manguinhos Library, Lincoln Freitas Filho Library and the thesis bank of the University of São Paulo (USP). We selected 57 scientific studies, of which 46 were articles, 8 were dissertations, one was a doctoral thesis, one was a graduation monography and one was a technical report. Studies on intestinal parasitic infections among indigenous people have increased significantly in recent years; however, most have been developed in the North and Midwest region. This demonstrates a lack of research on the subject in other regions of the country, like the Northeast, which possess a large number of ethnic groups distributed in its territory, but few studies developed.