Soil contamination with Toxocara sp. eggs in Moreno, Pernambuco State, Brazil

Authors

  • José Lancart de Lima Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Departamento de Parasitologia, Recife, PE
  • Luiz Dias de Andrade Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Departamento de Parasitologia, Recife, PE
  • Ana Maria Aguiar-Santos Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Departamento de Parasitologia, Recife, PE
  • Leucio Camara Alves Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Recife, PE
  • Zulma Medeiros Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Centro de Pesquisas Aggeu Magalhães, Departamento de Parasitologia, Recife, PE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2005.26410

Keywords:

Toxocara canis, Toxocariasis, Visceral Larva Migrans Syndrome, Zoonosis

Abstract

The contaminated soil with Toxocara sp. eggs is an important factor of risk to development of the zoonotic disease. Human infection is acquired by ingestion of embryonated Toxocara sp. eggs with contaminated water, food and also with dirt hands contaminated too. Usually Toxocara sp. infected dogs and cats, but sometimes humans can be affected, mainly children, causing visceral larva migrans. The goal of this study was determine the prevalence of Toxocara eggs in the sand of the locality Cidade Evangelica dos orfaos, Moreno County, northeast of Brazil. Twenty-five soil samples were collected and analyzed by centrifugal flotation technique by using zinc sulfate solution at 33%. The analysis of soil samples showed 12% (3/25) of some contamination level of sand by Toxocara sp eggs. As human can be infect by accidental ingestion of embryonated Toxocara eggs, the results of this research suggest the adoption of measures who prevent the transmission of this zoonotic disease.

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2005-10-01

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Lima JL de, Andrade LD de, Aguiar-Santos AM, Alves LC, Medeiros Z. Soil contamination with Toxocara sp. eggs in Moreno, Pernambuco State, Brazil. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2005 Oct. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 8];42(5):339-46. Available from: https://www.revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26410