eng Science and Education Publishing American Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Disease 2333-1275 2014-04-07 2 2 63 65 10.12691/ajeid-2-2-3 AJEID2014223 article Malheiros A.F. malheiros@unemat.br 1 2 3 Mathews P.D. 4 Lemos L.M.S 4 Vianna D.V. 4 Braga G. B. 5 Shaw J.J. 5 Department of Biological Science, University of State of Mato Grosso, Av. São João, S/n, Campus Universitário, Cáceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil Department of Parasitology, Institute of Animal Biology, University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of São Paulo, Av. Prof. Orlando Marques de Paiva, São Paulo, Brazil Strongyloides stercoralis is an intestinal helminth, which infects millions of people worldwide. In the present study, 542 individuals from six indigenous villages were enrolled of whom 24 (4.43 %) were positive for S. stercoralis based on analysis by microscopy of fecal concentrates. S. stercoralis was more prevalent in males (5.32 %, 14/263) than females (3.58 %, 10/279), though without a significant statistic difference (P = 0.66). Likewise, the infection by S. stercoralis could not be related to age of the indigenous (P > 0.05). This study is the first report of the prevalence of S. stercoralis in members of the indigenous Tapirapé ethnic group from the Brazilian Amazon. The results suggest a contamination by infective forms of S. stercoralis in the environment where these indigenous live. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ajeid/2/2/3/ajeid-2-2-3.pdf Strongyloides stercoralis prevalence indigenous people Brazilian Amazon