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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Pecuária Sul.
Data corrente: | 13/09/2018
Data da última atualização: | 13/09/2018
Autoria: | RASSIER, G. L.; BORSUK, S.; PAPPEN, F.; SCAINI, C. J.; GALLINA, T.; VILLELA, M. M.; FARIAS, N. A. da R.; BENAVIDES, M. V.; BERNE, M. E. A.
Afiliação: | Gabriela Lopes Rassier, UFPEL; Sibele Borsuk, UFPEL; Felipe Pappen, UFPEL; Carlos Jaime Scaini, UFRGS; Tiago Gallina, UFPEL; Marcos Marreiro Villela, UFPEL; Nara Amélia da Rosa Farias, UFPEL; MAGDA VIEIRA BENAVIDES, CPPSUL; Maria Elisabeth Aires Berne, UFPEL.
Título: | Toxocara spp. seroprevalence in sheep from southern Brazil.
Ano de publicação: | 2013
Fonte/Imprenta: | Parasitology Research, v. 112, n. 9, p. 3181-3186, 2013.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | Visceral toxocariasis is a neglected parasitic zoonosis that occurs through the ingestion of embryonated Toxocara spp. eggs. A wide range of animal species can act as paratenic hosts for this ascarid. The main risk factor for humans is the ingestion of the eggs from contaminated soil; however, infection can also occur through the ingestion of contaminated raw or undercooked infected meat from paratenic hosts. The aim of this study was to verify the presence of Toxocara spp.-specific antibodies in sheep and to determine the risk factors associated with the infection of sheep in Rio Grande do Sul (a major sheep-producing and sheep-consuming state) in southern Brazil. Serum samples collected from 1,642 sheep were tested using an IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on the excretory? secretory Toxocara canis antigen. Seroprevalence was 29.0 % (477/1,642), and every farm included in the study contained at least one seropositive animal. These results indicate that T. canis infection is widely distributed among sheep herds in Rio Grande do Sul and that it represents a potential risk to human health.
Thesagro: | Ascaridíase; Nematóide; Parasitose; Toxocara Canis; Verminose; Zoonose.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Pecuária Sul (CPPSUL)
Exemplares: | CPPSUL - (14380-1) - UPC - AP - DD -  -  -  - DIS