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Parasite
Volume 11, Number 4, December 2004
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Page(s) | 401 - 404 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2004114401 | |
Published online | 21 August 2014 |
Note de recherche
A note on the correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of Gnathostoma spp. infective stage larvae in swamp eels in Thailand
Corrélation entre la pluviosité et la prévalence de larves infestantes de Gnathostoma spp. chez l’anguille d’eau douce en Thaïlande
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
* E-mail : wviroj@yahoo.com
Received:
20
January
2004
Accepted:
5
July
2004
Gnathostoma spinigerum is the major causative agent of human gnathostomiasis, a parasitic zoonosis with a great variety of clinical manifestations. Generally, humans are infected by consumption of third-stage larvae (L3) of G. spinigerum in infected hosts in the form of partially cooked or uncooked food. Surveys of the contamination of Gnathostoma spp. L3 in swamp eels are useful for prevention and control of diseases and have been continuously performed in Thailand. The author performed a retrospective study on 33 previous cross-sectional surveys with geographical data and the prevalence of Gnathostoma spp. L3 that covered 12 provinces in Thailand. The relation between rainfall (derived from the geographical data) and the prevalence of Gnathostoma spp. L3 in swamp eels (derived from the overall infection rate of Gnathostoma spp. L3) was investigated. The least- square equation plot rainfall (y) versus prevalence (x) is y = 9.68x + 1,035.1 2 (r = 0.83; p < 0.01). A significant correlation was discerned between rainfall and the prevalence of eel infection but not for the season of the survey. Similar to the previous study, the prevalence of eel infection may depend on rainfall rather than season. However, this study focused on only 33 cross-sectional surveys in Thailand; further similar study in other countries to assess the correlation between rainfall and the prevalence of infection is required to substantiate this conclusion.
Résumé
Gnathostoma spinigerum est le principal agent de la gnathostomose humaine, une zoonose parasitaire aux manifestations cliniques très variées. Habituellement, l'homme est contaminé par des larves de stade 3 (L3) de G. spinigerum d'hôtes infectés consommés crus ou insuffisemment cuits. La surveillance de la contamination des anguilles d'eau douce par les L3 de Gnathostoma spp. pour la prévention et le contrôle de la maladie est menée régulièrement en Thai lande. L'auteur a effectué une analyse rétrospective portant sur les 33 précédentes surveillances en croisant les données gégraphiques et la prévalence des L3 de Gnathostoma spp. dans 12 provinces de Thailande. Il a étudié de façon croisée la relation entre la pluviosité (y) et la prevalence de L3 de Gnathostoma spp. chez l'anguille (x) d'où il ressort l'équation : y = 9,68x + 1 035, 12 (r = 0,83 ; p < 0,01). Une corrélation significative a été observée entre la prévalence de l'infection chez l'anguille et la pluviosité, mais pas la saison. Conformément aux données des études de surveillance, la prévalence de l'infection chez l'anguille dépendrait des pluies plutôt que des saisons. Cependant, afin de confirmer cette corrélation entre pluviosité et prévalence, des études similaires devraient être menées dans d'autres pays.
Key words: rainfall / Gnathostoma spinigerum / eel / Thailand
Mots clés : pluviosité / Gnathostoma spinigerum / anguille / Thailande
© PRINCEPS Editions, Paris, 2004, transferred to Société Française de Parasitologie
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