[Prevalence and epidemiolgic aspects of giardiasis in day care centers in the Municipality of Aracaju, SE, Brazil].

A survey of the giardiasis prevalence was done in children from 2 till 5 years old who frequented two day nurseries ("A" and "B"). Its relation with some epidemiological aspects through the realization of parasitological exams of stool and an inquiry applied to mothers. In day nursery "A" with a high standard a life, 20 (66.6%) of 30 inquired children were parasitised and all the children in day nursery "B" had some enteroparasite. Giardia lambia was found in 15 (50%) of the children in better standard of life and in 19 (63.3%) of the children with a lower one. The ingesting of vegetables was the only allied factor to the high degree of giardiasis in day nursery "A". The day nursery "B" suffered influences from other aspects: no potable water in the residences, the inappropriate destiny of the garbage, the ingesting of vegetables habit and collective bedroom. The adequate sanitation and the existence of domestic animals were not related to parasitism by Giardia lamblia.