Freqüência de helmintos em gatos de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais

Mundim, T.C.D.; L.M., Silva Junior; Rodrigues, Danielle Cristina Netto; Cury, Márcia Cristina

doi:10.1590/s0102-09352004000400022

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“…However, the presence of both cats and dogs together significantly increased risk; since the data do not show an increased risk among those who own dogs alone, presumably the contact with cats influenced the results. MUNDIM et al 34 report that in addition to T. cati, cats may also be infected with T. canis, and although T. canis accounts for the greater part of larva migrans in human beings, T. cati is apparently responsible for ocular and visceral changes 20 . In this study, geophagy and contact with soil did not to contribute to the risk of infection by toxocariasis, contradicting findings by AJAYI et al 2 showing highly significant association between seropositivity and geophagy.…”

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Frequency and risk factors for toxocariasis in children from a pediatric outpatient center in southeastern Brazil

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Chieffi

Lescano

et al. 2006

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYTo estimate the frequency of anti-Toxocara sp. antibodies, and evaluate factors associated with this infection, sera from 242 male and female children, aged from one to fifteen years old, attended at the Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, were analyzed by ELISA. Information on the patients was collected and registered using an investigative questionnaire, and details on possible clinical alterations were obtained from the medical charts of 187 patients. Of a total of 242 samples, 21 (8.7%) were positive for anti-Toxocara sp. antibodies. The presence of dogs and cats and the school variable (place of contact), appeared to be significantly associated (p < 0.05) with a positive serology. Respiratory symptoms and eosinophil counts greater than 20% also showed a positive statistical correlation with a positive serology for Toxocara sp.. Factors such as sex and age, and symptoms like headache, stomach ache, convulsive crises and anemia were not associated with toxocariasis.

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Frequency and risk factors for toxocariasis in children from a pediatric outpatient center in southeastern Brazil

Teixeira

Chieffi

Lescano

et al. 2006

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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“…conduzem aos seguintes estilos de pensamento: importância para Saúde Pública, problema de Saúde Pública. Dos 48 textos científicos analisados 33,34% (16/48) [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] referem-se a problema de Saúde Pública; 29,16% (14/48) enfatizam sua importância em Saúde Pública 10,42-55 , 37,50% (18/48) reportam-se simplesmente ao caráter zoonótico 13,15,[56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70][71] , sem levar em consideração os estilos de pensamento anteriormente citados. Convém informar que todos os 48 textos científicos retratam o caráter zoonótico.…”

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“…O diagnóstico direto da infecção humana é uma tarefa difícil, por não haver desenvolvimento do parasito até a maturidade no organismo humano. Porém pode ser realizado por meio de biópsia para detectar a presença da larva nos tecidos 11,23 . Este procedimento raramente é recomendado por expor o paciente a riscos além de o exame negativo não constituir resultado conclusivo 10,22 .…”

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Análise epistemológica dos conhecimentos científicos sobre Toxocara sp. com ênfase na infecção humana

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Alves

Faustino

2019

Ciênc. saúde coletiva

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Resumo Este artigo objetivou analisar a evolução do conhecimento sobre Toxocara sp. em seu aspecto zoonótico por meio de dados científicos entre os anos de 1996 a 2015 utilizando a epistemologia como ferramenta. A análise epistemológica da evolução do conhecimento sobre o aspecto zoonótico de Toxocara sp. no Brasil demonstrou que, de uma maneira geral, foram agregadas poucas novas informações as quais tiveram, ao longo do período estudado, absorção lenta, descontínua, e não foram inseridas na realidade social do ponto de vista de Saúde Pública.

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“…No Brasil há ocorrência deste parasita em vários estados, como Minas Gerais [31], Rio de Janeiro [27], São Paulo [4,13] e no Rio Grande do Sul [11,23]. No Rio Grande do Sul, há relatos desde 1953, em um estudo de 102 gatos submetidos à necropsia, em que 40 deles tinham pneumonia verminótica [40].…”

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Retrospective Study of Pneumony by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in Cats

Pereira

Argenta

Rolim

et al. 2017

Acta Scientiae. Vet.

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Background: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is a lungworm of cats with worldwide distribution. The adult forms of this parasite live in terminal bronchioles and alveoli, and can cause an asymptomatic disease or predominantly respiratory clinical signs, which can be occasionally cause of death. The aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological and pathological findings of infection by A. abstrusus through a necropsy retrospective study. Materials, Methods & Results: the necropsy records from the Department of Veterinary Pathology of the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul were recovered and cats diagnosed with lungworm by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus were selected since January 1998 until December 2015. General data, such as age, sex, breed, clinical signs, and macroscopic lesions, were analyzed and compiled. The histological slides were reviewed by optical microscopy and detailed the microscopic aspects. In this study, were identified 22 cats with varying degrees of lungworm by A. abstrusus, and in 45.5% of the cases, this was the cause of death. Most part of the cats were mixed breed (19/22), and there were no sex predisposition. The age of the cats ranged from four months to 11 years old, and the most frequent age group was three to six years, with nine cases reported. In 37.5% of the cases were reported respiratory clinical signs, such as dyspnea and nasal discharge, and in 62.5%, clinical signs were not specific. The gross findings of the lungs ranged from reddish, or yellowish or white areas, and presence of multiples small, firm, and whitish nodules, measuring more than two centimeters in diameter, with multifocal distribution in the lung surface. Histologically, there was varied amount of parasites in different stages in the alveolar spaces, associated with the inflammatory infiltrate composed of lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, neutrophils and occasional multinucleated giant cells, and hypertrophy and hyperplasia of the pulmonary smooth muscle and the wall of the arteries. Discussion: Aelurostrongylus abstrusus is the principal parasite of lung of cats, with worldwide distribution. In this study, we observed that 40.9% of cases were reported as of 2012, and may be due to a larger propagation of definitive intermediate and paratenic hosts, climate changes and/or the increase of rearing cats, and the consequent increase of hospital routine. Agreeing with the others authors, there is no sex predilection, but differ in the age group, in to the present study, the most frequent age group was between "3 to 6 years" of age (52.9%). The gross findings observed were similar to those described by other authors. Histologically was observed varied amount of parasites, and the degree of inflammatory infiltrate were very similar, but with a slight difference in discrete infiltration (36.4%). Others researchers have identified predominantly severe inflammatory infiltrate (57.9%). Hypertrophy and hyperplasia of pulmonary smooth muscle and the wall of the arteries was moderate (50%), however, in previ...

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Freqüência de helmintos em gatos de Uberlândia, Minas Gerais

Cited by 27 publications

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Frequency and risk factors for toxocariasis in children from a pediatric outpatient center in southeastern Brazil

Frequency and risk factors for toxocariasis in children from a pediatric outpatient center in southeastern Brazil

Análise epistemológica dos conhecimentos científicos sobre Toxocara sp. com ênfase na infecção humana

Retrospective Study of Pneumony by Aelurostrongylus abstrusus in Cats

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