Apreciación del daño económico-social causado por las helmintiasis intestinales en Chiconcuac, Estado de Morelos, México

Abstract

The social-economic damage caused by massive parasltism by worms, in Chiconcuac, Morelos, México, has been estimated. This damage cotresponds to 12 days of salary per person, as a mean. A total of 30% of the families studied in the area suffers such an economic damage. Sanitary conditions are correlated with the social-economic loss.