Prevalence of larva migrans in soils of city parks in Redenção, Pará State, Brazil
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence of visceral larva migrans (VLM) and cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) in soils of city parks in Redenção, Pará State, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The soils of five city parks, located from center to periphery of the city, were examined. A total of 60 g of...
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| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Estado: | Versão publicada |
| Data de publicação: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Instituto Evandro Chagas (IEC) |
| Repositório: | Revista Pan-Amazônica de Saúde (RPAS) |
| Idioma: | português |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:revista.iec.gov.br:article/426 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://ojs.iec.gov.br/rpas/article/view/426 |
| Access Level: | Acceso aberto |
| Palavra-chave: | Ancylostomiasis Toxocariasis Recreational Parks Zoonosis Ancilostomíase Toxocaríase Parques Recreativos Zoonose |
| Resumo: | ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To analyze the prevalence of visceral larva migrans (VLM) and cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) in soils of city parks in Redenção, Pará State, Brazil. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The soils of five city parks, located from center to periphery of the city, were examined. A total of 60 g of soil were collected at five different points in each park, resulting in 25 samples. Spontaneous sedimentation and centrifugal flotation methods were used for material analysis. RESULTS: Of the total samples of the five parks, 80.0% were positive for the presence of parasitic forms, 72.1% were identified as CLM, and 27.9% as VLM. A predominance of filariform larvae of Ancylostoma hookworms (58.8%) was observed in relation to the rest of the larvae identified. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of these parasites in city parks emphasizes the importance of adopting prophylactic measures, since they can be a source of infection in environment, compromising human health. |
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