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The first two cases of Cyclospora in dogs, São Paulo, Brazil

1997; UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; Volume: 39; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0036-46651997000300011

ISSN

1678-9946

Autores

Lúcia Eiko Oishi Yai, Antonieta Rosa BAUAB, Marisa Porta Miche Hirschfeld, Maria Lúcia de Oliveira, José Theodoro DAMACENO,

Tópico(s)

Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies

Resumo

Cyclospora cayetanensis is a coccidium which has been identified in diarrheal feces or immunocompetent individuals or in AIDS patients. The main aspects related to its epidemiology and pathogeny have not been solved so far, as well as the possibility of human infection by this protozoan being a zoonosis. We describe in this work the first case identifying the Cyclospora in dogs. Our findings, notwithstanding their preliminary characteristics, could suggest that besides untreated water, other transmission means, along with contact with dogs, there could be important factors in the human diarrhea associated with Cyclospora

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