PREVALENCE OF AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS AND LEISHMANIASES IN DOMESTIC DOGS IN A RURAL AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÃO JOÃO DO PIAUÍ, PIAUÍ STATE, BRAZIL

Chagas disease and the leishmaniases are endemic zoonoses of great importance to public health in the state of Piauí, Brazil. The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is a major reservoir, host of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in both urban and rural areas, playing an important role in the transm...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 2016-01, Vol.58, p.79-6
Main Authors: Perez, Taliha Dias, Figueiredo, Fabiano Borges, Junior, Artur Augusto Mendes Velho, Silva, Valmir Laurentino, Madeira, Maria de Fátima, Brazil, Reginaldo Peçanha, Coura, José Rodrigues
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Brazil - epidemiology
Canine reservoir
Chaga's disease
Chagas Disease - diagnosis
Chagas Disease - epidemiology
Chagas Disease - veterinary
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dog Diseases - diagnosis
Dog Diseases - epidemiology
Dogs
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Leishmaniases
Leishmaniasis - diagnosis
Leishmaniasis - epidemiology
Leishmaniasis - veterinary
Original
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Prevalence
Rural Population
São João do Piauí
TROPICAL MEDICINE
Trypanosoma cruzi
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Chagas disease and the leishmaniases are endemic zoonoses of great importance to public health in the state of Piauí, Brazil. The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is a major reservoir, host of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in both urban and rural areas, playing an important role in the transmission of these parasites. The present study evaluated the prevalence of both infectious diseases in dogs of a rural area in the municipality of São João do Piauí, Piauí State. One hundred twenty-nine blood samples were collected for serological assessment: for the leishmaniases, 49 (38%) animals tested positive by the Dual-Path Platform technology (DPP), nine (6%) by the Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), and 19 (14.7%) by the Indirect Fluorescent Antibody test (IFA); while for American Trypanosomiasis, 36 (28%) dogs were reagent by ELISA and 21 by IFA. Of the 129 dogs sampled, 76 were submitted to xenodiagnosis, bone marrow aspiration and skin biopsy to perform parasitological tests whose results showed only one (2.3%) positive skin sample for Trypanosoma caninum and one positive xenodiagnosis for T. cruzi, both results confirmed by molecular assays. Three hundred triatomines of the species Triatoma brasiliensis and 552 phlebotomines - 509 (97%) of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, were also captured.
ISSN:0036-4665
1678-9946
1678-9946
0036-4665
DOI:10.1590/S1678-9946201658079