Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Human and canine echinococcosis infection in informal, unlicensed abattoirs in Lima, Peru

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dc.contributor.author Reyes, M.M.
dc.contributor.author Taramona, C.P.
dc.contributor.author Saire-Mendoza, M.
dc.contributor.author Gavidia, C.M.
dc.contributor.author Barron, E.
dc.contributor.author Boufana, B.
dc.contributor.author Craig, P.S.
dc.contributor.author Tello, L.
dc.contributor.author García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author Santivañez, S.J.
dc.date.accessioned 2022-01-18T19:34:37Z
dc.date.available 2022-01-18T19:34:37Z
dc.date.issued 2012
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11070
dc.description.abstract Echinococcus granulosus infections are a major public health problem in livestock-raising regions around the world. The life cycle of this tapeworm is sustained between dogs (definitive host, canine echinococcosis), and herbivores (intermediary host, cystic hydatid disease). Humans may also develop cystic hydatid disease. Echinococcosis is endemic in rural areas of Peru; nevertheless, its presence or the extension of the problem in urban areas is basically unknown. Migration into Lima, an 8-million habitant's metropolis, creates peripheral areas where animals brought from endemic areas are slaughtered without veterinary supervision. We identified eight informal, unlicensed abattoirs in a peripheral district of Lima and performed a cross-sectional study in to assess the prevalence of canine echinococcosis, evaluated by coproELISA followed by PCR evaluation and arecoline purge. Eight of 22 dogs (36%) were positive to coproELISA, and four (18%) were confirmed to be infected with E. granulosus tapeworms either by PCR or direct observation (purge). Later evaluation of the human population living in these abattoirs using abdominal ultrasound, chest X-rays and serology, found 3 out of 32 (9.3%) subjects with echinococcal cysts in the liver (two viable, one calcified), one of whom had also lung involvement and a strongly positive antibody response. Autochthonous transmission of E. granulosus is present in Lima. Informal, unlicensed abattoirs may be sources of infection to neighbouring people in this urban environment. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation.ispartofseries PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject controlled study en_US
dc.subject Cross-Sectional Studies en_US
dc.subject isolation and purification en_US
dc.subject Animals en_US
dc.subject non parasitology en_US
dc.subject diagnostic test en_US
dc.subject disease transmission en_US
dc.subject Prevalence en_US
dc.subject Urban Population en_US
dc.subject echography en_US
dc.subject Polymerase Chain Reaction en_US
dc.subject Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay en_US
dc.subject Feces en_US
dc.subject thorax radiography en_US
dc.subject serology en_US
dc.subject Echinococcosis en_US
dc.subject Echinococcus granulosus en_US
dc.subject liver hydatid cyst en_US
dc.subject praziquantel en_US
dc.subject feces analysis en_US
dc.subject animal disease en_US
dc.subject lung hydatid cyst en_US
dc.subject Isospora en_US
dc.subject slaughterhouse en_US
dc.subject Dogs en_US
dc.subject Dog Diseases en_US
dc.subject Abattoirs en_US
dc.subject Ancylostoma en_US
dc.subject arecoline en_US
dc.subject coproparasitoscopy en_US
dc.subject dipylidiasis en_US
dc.subject licence en_US
dc.subject Toxocara en_US
dc.title Human and canine echinococcosis infection in informal, unlicensed abattoirs in Lima, Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0001462
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn 1935-2735


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