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Canine parasites in soil of public recreation areas in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico

2012; Elsevier BV; Volume: 16; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ijid.2012.05.665

1878-3511

M.C. Rubio Robles, Soila Maribel Gaxiola Camacho, J. Gaxiola M., Nohemí Castro del Campo, J.E. Borbolla Ibarra, I. Quintero Osuna, C. Barraza Tizoc, Idalia Enríquez-Verdugo, C. Antemio,

Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Background: Pets mainly dogs, often zoonotic parasites that can cause significant morbidity in all groups of human population and particularly in vulnerable groups such as children, elderly and immunocompromised interact as open access to public places (such as parks and squares) used as places of recreation and transit, where people and dogs share the space without major constraints and in turn, canine fecal matter is one of the elements through which the parasites are spread by coming into contact with the external environment since the immature stages of some parasites of dogs are eliminated in the feces, contaminating the surrounding soil and to complete the life cycle, eggs should be eaten and the larvae actively penetrate through the skin, making human contact with feces, soil, food, contaminated water, favors the transmission routes fecal-oral and dermal, not only because it is common for them to the extensions, but for his habit of walking barefoot and playing on the floor. Methods: The representative sample of soil of the public areas, Were by the technique of determinant Thrusfield (2005): n = [t * SD / L] 2. Where n = sample size, t = value of the normal distribution (Student t) for a 95% confidence level (t = 1.96), L = accepted or precision errors (5%), and SD = weighted disease Prevalence (%). The total of composite sample of sand WAS 886, and for the double W collected using the technique, surface moist sand Took scraping of 100 grams of sand 'for each sample and Deposited it in plastic bags; Were Transported to the Laboratories of the FMVZ unit-UAS, and processed by the sedimentation technique and flotation. Results: The results indicate that of the 886 sample collected in 224 (25.3%) was observed Ancylostoma spp., Toxocara spp in 115 (13%), Giardia spp. in 71 (8%), and Dipylidium spp. in 53 (6%). Conclusion: The presence of canine parasites floor public recreation areas indicates the risk to which children are exposed in particular, for what is necessary to implement control strategies and education for prevention of fecal-borne infections (human and animal) in areas public.