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- Title
LARVAS DE HELMINTOS NO SOLO DE PRAÇAS PÚBLICAS DE CAXIAS, MARANHÃO, BRASIL.
- Authors
Ferreira da Silva, Maylane Tavares; Railson de Sousa Gomes, Naelson; Soares Magalhães, Felipe; Oliveira Nascimento, Joana D'Arc; Araújo Arêa Leão, Clayziane Lino; Soares de Melo Evangelista, Luanna
- Abstract
Soil in public squares is commonly contaminated by helminths due to the easy access of infected dogs and cats. These animals, when defecating, can release helminth eggs and, under favorable environmental conditions, those eggs can become embryonated or infective larvae. The purpose of this work was to investigate the existence of helminth larvae in the soil of two public squares in the city of Caxias, in the state of Maranhão, Brazil, during the rainy and dry seasons in the region. The study was carried out in March 2018, which is considered the rainy season, and in October of the same year, the dry season. A total of thirty sand samples were collected, fifteen from each square, in both periods of the year. The material was collected and taken to the Parasitology Laboratory of the Department of Parasitology and Microbiology of the Federal University of Piauí for analysis. In the rainy season, from the fifteen samples analyzed in square A, five were positive for hookworm larvae; and from the fifteen samples collected from square B, three were contaminated with the same helminths. During the dry period, only one sample from square A presented these larvae while no parasites were found in square B. The results revealed the presence of zoonotic helminth larvae in the soil of public squares in Caxias, Maranhão, mainly in the rainy season, which can be used as a warning sign to the local population.
- Subjects
SAO Luis do Maranhao (Brazil); PLAZAS; MICROBIOLOGY; LARVAE; PARASITOLOGY; HELMINTHS; HOOKWORMS; SOIL invertebrates
- Publication
Arquivos de Ciências Veterinárias e Zoologia da Unipar, 2022, Vol 25, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1415-8167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.25110/arqvet.v25i1cont.2022.8803