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Human and dogs Toxocara canis infection in a poor neighborhood in Bogota

1990; Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde; Volume: 85; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0074-02761990000100012

1678-8060

Carlos A. Agudelo, E. Villareal, Elvia Cáceres, Carlos Eduardo Ñústez López, Julián Eljach, Nicolás Ramírez, Celso García Hernández, Augusto Corredor,

Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Prevalence of Toxocara canis antibodies was studied in a poor community of Bogotá, Colombia. Two-hundred-sevem patients, from both sexes and all age groups, were studied. Positive Elisa titers were found in 47.5% of the population, a high prevalence compared with reports from developed countries. T. canis ova were positive in 43.6% of fecal samples from dog puppies. An endemic pattern of the disease is described: socioeconomic status, weathers, pollution, poor hygiene and a significant population of infected dogs. Neither the physical examination nor Elisa titers could detect any case of T. canis disease.