Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species
ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the black rat, Rattus rattus , in major Brazilian cities has increased in the recent years. To evaluate if the efforts of public rodent control have been reaching the species in the city of São Paulo, a survey was conducted in flooding areas using live trapping before and...
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ftjscielo:oai:scielo:S1808-16572016000100208 2023-05-15T18:05:00+02:00 Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species Babolin,Lilian dos Santos Almeida-Silva,Maria Jeovânia Freire de Potenza,Marcos Roberto Fava,Claudia Del Castro,Vanessa Harakava,Ricardo Okuda,Liria Hiromi Rebouças,Marcia Maria Campos,Ana Eugênia de Carvalho 2016-01-01 text/html http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-16572016000100208 en eng Instituto Biológico Arquivos do Instituto Biológico v.83 2016 Rodentia Leptospira Vaccinia virus Siphonaptera Acari Calodium hepaticum journal article 2016 ftjscielo 2016-07-03T11:41:26Z ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the black rat, Rattus rattus , in major Brazilian cities has increased in the recent years. To evaluate if the efforts of public rodent control have been reaching the species in the city of São Paulo, a survey was conducted in flooding areas using live trapping before and after implementation of the control program. Captures were carried out from 2009 to 2011, and animals were evaluated for their risk of zoonosis transmission. The number of R. rattus captured after control did not differ from the number of animals captured before the control program in the Spring/Summer season, but, in the Autumn/Winter season, effective control was observed. Low infestations of Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera) and Echinolaelaps echidninus (Acarina) were observed, and antibodies against Leptospira spp. were detected in just 1 of 65 serum samples. Ten out of 18 serum samples were sororeactive for Vaccinia virus, suggesting contact between R. rattus and the pathogen Calodium hepaticum (= Capillaria hepaticum ) (Nematoda) was found in the liver of 73.4% of captured R. rattus. In conclusion, R. rattus may not be effectively controlled by the rodent Control Program in the city of São Paulo, and represents a threat to human health, justifying permanent environmental management and educational programs. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus SciELO Brazil (Scientific Electronic Library Online) |
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Rodentia Leptospira Vaccinia virus Siphonaptera Acari Calodium hepaticum Babolin,Lilian dos Santos Almeida-Silva,Maria Jeovânia Freire de Potenza,Marcos Roberto Fava,Claudia Del Castro,Vanessa Harakava,Ricardo Okuda,Liria Hiromi Rebouças,Marcia Maria Campos,Ana Eugênia de Carvalho Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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ABSTRACT: The occurrence of the black rat, Rattus rattus , in major Brazilian cities has increased in the recent years. To evaluate if the efforts of public rodent control have been reaching the species in the city of São Paulo, a survey was conducted in flooding areas using live trapping before and after implementation of the control program. Captures were carried out from 2009 to 2011, and animals were evaluated for their risk of zoonosis transmission. The number of R. rattus captured after control did not differ from the number of animals captured before the control program in the Spring/Summer season, but, in the Autumn/Winter season, effective control was observed. Low infestations of Ctenocephalides felis (Siphonaptera) and Echinolaelaps echidninus (Acarina) were observed, and antibodies against Leptospira spp. were detected in just 1 of 65 serum samples. Ten out of 18 serum samples were sororeactive for Vaccinia virus, suggesting contact between R. rattus and the pathogen Calodium hepaticum (= Capillaria hepaticum ) (Nematoda) was found in the liver of 73.4% of captured R. rattus. In conclusion, R. rattus may not be effectively controlled by the rodent Control Program in the city of São Paulo, and represents a threat to human health, justifying permanent environmental management and educational programs. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Babolin,Lilian dos Santos Almeida-Silva,Maria Jeovânia Freire de Potenza,Marcos Roberto Fava,Claudia Del Castro,Vanessa Harakava,Ricardo Okuda,Liria Hiromi Rebouças,Marcia Maria Campos,Ana Eugênia de Carvalho |
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Babolin,Lilian dos Santos Almeida-Silva,Maria Jeovânia Freire de Potenza,Marcos Roberto Fava,Claudia Del Castro,Vanessa Harakava,Ricardo Okuda,Liria Hiromi Rebouças,Marcia Maria Campos,Ana Eugênia de Carvalho |
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Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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Zoonosis associated to Rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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zoonosis associated to rattus rattus and the impacts of the public actions to control the species |
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Instituto Biológico |
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2016 |
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