Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil
INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, the primary hosts of which are wild, synanthropic, and household animals. Humans behave as terminal and accidental hosts. The prevalence of leptospirosis depends on carrier animals that disseminate the agent, on the environmental survival of this ag...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fbdb9a72ec0743ce892efea462d33f32 2023-05-15T15:12:42+02:00 Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil Udelysses Janete Veltrini Fonzar Hélio Langoni 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000100019 https://doaj.org/article/fbdb9a72ec0743ce892efea462d33f32 EN eng Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822012000100019&lng=en&tlng=en https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9849 1678-9849 doi:10.1590/S0037-86822012000100019 https://doaj.org/article/fbdb9a72ec0743ce892efea462d33f32 Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Vol 45, Iss 1, Pp 100-105 (2012) Leptospirose Cães errantes Áreas de risco Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000100019 2022-12-31T02:55:24Z INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, the primary hosts of which are wild, synanthropic, and household animals. Humans behave as terminal and accidental hosts. The prevalence of leptospirosis depends on carrier animals that disseminate the agent, on the environmental survival of this agent, and on the contact of susceptible individuals. Each serovar has one or more hosts with different adaptation levels. The focuses of leptospirosis are infected, sick, and asymptomatic animals, which are considered to be sources of environmental infection. This study aimed to determine the risk areas for leptospiral infection in stray dogs and patients diagnosed with leptospirosis from 2006 to 2008 in Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil. METHODS: Three hundred and thirty-five stray dogs and 25 patients were studied. Serum from both animals and patients was examined by the microscopic serum agglutination test to study anti-leptospiral antibodies. To determine the risk areas and the spatial distribution of the disease, thematic maps were designed. RESULTS: Forty-one (12.2%) dogs positive for one or more leptospire serovars were observed, the most frequent serovars being Pyrogenes (43.9%), Canícola (21.9%), and Copennhageni (19.5%). Among the humans, 2 (8%) were positive for serovars Pyrogenes and Hardjo Prajitno and for Pyrogenes and Cynopteri. CONCLUSIONS: Spatial analysis showed that the risk for dogs and humans in the City of Maringá to become infected with leptospires exists in both the central and the peripheral areas, a fact that reinforces the relevance of this study and of continuous epidemiological and environmental surveillance actions to control the disease in animals and in humans. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 45 1 100 105 |
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INTRODUCTION: Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease, the primary hosts of which are wild, synanthropic, and household animals. Humans behave as terminal and accidental hosts. The prevalence of leptospirosis depends on carrier animals that disseminate the agent, on the environmental survival of this agent, and on the contact of susceptible individuals. Each serovar has one or more hosts with different adaptation levels. The focuses of leptospirosis are infected, sick, and asymptomatic animals, which are considered to be sources of environmental infection. This study aimed to determine the risk areas for leptospiral infection in stray dogs and patients diagnosed with leptospirosis from 2006 to 2008 in Maringá, State of Paraná, Brazil. METHODS: Three hundred and thirty-five stray dogs and 25 patients were studied. Serum from both animals and patients was examined by the microscopic serum agglutination test to study anti-leptospiral antibodies. To determine the risk areas and the spatial distribution of the disease, thematic maps were designed. RESULTS: Forty-one (12.2%) dogs positive for one or more leptospire serovars were observed, the most frequent serovars being Pyrogenes (43.9%), Canícola (21.9%), and Copennhageni (19.5%). Among the humans, 2 (8%) were positive for serovars Pyrogenes and Hardjo Prajitno and for Pyrogenes and Cynopteri. CONCLUSIONS: Spatial analysis showed that the risk for dogs and humans in the City of Maringá to become infected with leptospires exists in both the central and the peripheral areas, a fact that reinforces the relevance of this study and of continuous epidemiological and environmental surveillance actions to control the disease in animals and in humans. |
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Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil |
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Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil |
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Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil |
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Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil |
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Geographic analysis on the occurrence of human and canine leptospirosis in the city of Maringá, state of Paraná, Brazil |
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