Issue |
Parasite
Volume 3, Number 2, June 1996
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Page(s) | 131 - 134 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/1996032131 | |
Published online | 25 September 2014 |
Mémoire
High prevalence of Ancylostoma spp. infection in dogs, associated with endemic focus of human cutaneous larva migrans, in tacuarembo, uruguay
Forte prévalence de l'infection canine à ancylostoma spp. associée à un foyer endémique humain de larva migrans cutanée à tacuarembo, uruguay
1
Unidad de Biología Parasitaria, Instituto de Higiene, Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay, Avda. Alfredo Navarro 3051, CP 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay. Fax : 598-2-473074.
2
Department of Animal Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 Japan. Fax : 011- 709-1593.
* Correspondence : Ramiro Malgor.
Received:
22
November
1995
Accepted:
5
March
1996
A helminthological survey of the intestinal parasites in stray dogs was conducted in urban and suburban area of Tacuarembó, Uruguay, during winter time. Eighty stray dogs captured in the city were necropsied. Seventy nine dogs (98.8 %) were positive for helminth infection. Seventy seven (96.3 %) were parasitized by hookworms. Two species of hookworms were found: Ancylostoma caninum 96.3 % and A. braziliense 49.4 %. This is the first report of the prevalence of A. braziliense in Uruguay. Considering that incidences of human cutaneous larva migrans caused by the migration of hookworms larvae were restricted mainly to the northen part of Uruguay and that only A. caninum were reported to be prevalent in the southen part, it is supposed that A. braziliense is the primary causative agent of human cutaneous larva migrans in Uruguay.
Résumé
Une étude helminthologique concernant les parasites intestinaux chez des chiens vagabonds a été réalisée pendant l'hiver, dans les quartiers urbains et suburbains de la ville de Tacuarembó en Uruguay. Parmi les chiens capturés, quatre-vingts ont été autopsiés. Soixante dix-neuf chiens (98,8 %) ont présenté une infection par helminthes. Soixante dix-sept (96,3 %) étaient parasités par des ankylostomes. Deux espèces de ce genre ont été trouvées : Ancylostoma caninum 96,3 % et A. braziliense 49,4 %. Ce travail constitue le premier rapport de prévalence de A. braziliense en Uruguay. En considérant que l'incidence humaine de larva migrans cutanée, causée par la migration de larves d'ancylostomatidés, se limite surtout à la région nord du pays, et que seulement A. caninum a été rapporté dans la région sud du pays, nous supposons que A. braziliense est le principal agent étiologique de la larva migrans cutanée en Uruguay.
Key words: helminth / nematoda / dog / Ancylostoma / prevalence / cutaneous larva migrans / Uruguay
Mots clés : helminthe / nématode / chien / Ancylostoma / prévalence / larva migrans cutanée / Uruguay
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 1996, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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