Zoonoses in humans from small rural properties in Jataizinho, Parana, Brazil
| Autor: | Roberta Lemos Freire, Julio Cesar de Freitas, Italmar Teodorico Navarro, Luís Roberto Alves dos Santos, Teresa Carreira, Aline do Nascimento Benitez, Fabiana Maria Ruiz Lopes-Mori, Daniela Dib Gonçalves, Maria Aparecida Zanella Santana, Lucimara Aparecida Alves, Maria Luísa Vieira |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical (IHMT) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Veterinary medicine
Population lcsh:QR1-502 Microbiology lcsh:Microbiology Serology Lyme disease Direct agglutination test antibody Medicine leptospirosis human Borrelia burgdorferi education education.field_of_study biology business.industry Brucellosis medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Leptospirosis Toxoplasmosis brucellosis business Research Paper toxoplasmosis |
| Zdroj: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Vol 44, Iss 1, Pp 125-131 (2013) ResearcherID Brazilian Journal of Microbiology Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 125-131, Published: 05 APR 2013 Brazilian Journal of Microbiology v.44 n.1 2013 Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia (SBM) instacron:SBM |
| ISSN: | 1678-4405 1517-8382 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to conduct a serological survey for Lyme diseases, brucellosis, leptospirosis and toxoplasmosis and identify the risk variables related to these zoonoses in humans living in the rural area of Jataizinho, state of Parana, Brazil. A total of 63 rural properties were surveyed. Additionally, 207 serum samples collected from these rural area inhabitants were tested for indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) and western blots (WB) were performed to detect Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato); a tamponated acidified antigen test (AAT) and 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) were used to detect antibodies of Brucella abortus; the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was carried out to detect antibodies anti-Leptospira spp. and IFI was used to find antibodies of Toxoplasma gondii. Two of the samples (0.96%) were reactive for Lyme borreliosis, three (1.4%) for brucellosis, 25 (12.1%) for leptospirosis and 143 (69.1%) for toxoplasmosis. Although the town of Jataizinho has a human development index (IDH) that was considered to be average (0.733) in the state of Parana, the low social, economic and cultural conditions of the population from small rural properties have resulted in lack of basic information on animal health and direct or indirect contact with the various species of domestic animals, wildlife and ticks have probably contributed to the prevalence levels found. These results show the need for additional regional studies in order to determine the epidemiological characteristics of these diseases as well as their respective vectors and reservoirs so that effective prophylaxis can be administered in the human population. |
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