Prevalence of enteric parasitoses transmissible from domestic dogs to humans in La Paz city, Bolivia
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https://doi.org/10.52428/20756208.v19i46.1051Keywords:
Parasitic zoonoses, Domestic dogs, Giardia duodenalis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, Toxocara canis, Taenia sppAbstract
Gastrointestinal infections are a public health problem that especially affects children. Some of these infections are due to zoonotic parasites, which are transmitted from animals to humans through fecalism and cause gastrointestinal upset, steatorrhea, malabsorption, intestinal obstruction and cysticercosis, in according to the immunological and nutritional state of the patient. Giardia duodenalis, Ascaris lumbricoides, Strongyloides stercoralis, Toxocara canis and Taenia spp. are parasites associated with dog contact, especially when hygiene and veterinary control are deficient.
A compilation of results of coproparasitological examinations from the Laboratorio America, La Paz-Bolivia, from January 2022 to March 2023 (107 reports) was carried out. On the other hand, dog feces samples were processed (in less than 2 hours from collection) in premises of the Universidad Privada del Valle, La Paz-Bolivia (18 samples). From 125 analyzed samples, 103 (82.4%) were positive for at least one parasite. Giardia duodenalis was found in 53 samples (42.4%), Ascaris lumbricoides in 49 (39.2%) and Toxocara canis in 1 (0.8 %). Despite there being reports related to fecal-oral contact, Strongyloides stercoralis or Taenia spp. were not found.
Poor hygiene practices by thr population interfere with the proper collection and disinfection of areas that encounter canine feces and pose a risk of infection due to the forms of resistance of the parasites.
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