Author | Modena, Celina Maria | |
Author | Lima, Walter dos Santos | |
Author | Coelho, Paulo Marcos Zech | |
Access date | 2022-08-09T16:18:56Z | |
Available date | 2022-08-09T16:18:56Z | |
Document date | 2008 | |
Citation | MODENA, Celina Maria; LIMA, Walter dos Santos; COELHO, Paulo Marcos Zech. Wild and domesticated animals as reservoirs of Schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil. Acta Tropica, v. 108, n. 2–3, p, 242-244, 2008. doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.07.004 | pt_BR |
ISSN | 0001-706X | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/54531 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier B.V. | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | pt_BR |
Title | Wild and domesticated animals as reservoirs of Schistosomiasis mansoni in Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | pt_BR |
DOI | 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.07.004 | |
Abstract | Natural infection with Schistosoma mansoni in wild vertebrates and domesticated animals in Brazil is described in this review from an epidemiological viewpoint. Some species of wild rodents are small-sized animals, with a short expectation of life, a limited territory, and present high infection rates under natural conditions. A successful maintenance of the parasite's life cycle under artificial conditions can be achieved with Biomphalaria glabrata. On the other hand, despite showing low natural infection rates, cattle are very susceptible to infection under experimental conditions (using calves of Holstein lineage, cross-bred with the Gir lineage). Due to their large size Oust one calf may harbor a number of worms higher than a whole colony of aquatic rodents) and their longevity, cattle are a potential reservoir for the maintenance and dissemination of the disease. There is thus a need of new studies to gain a better understanding about the actual role of these animals in the epidemiology of S. mansoni. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Laboratory of Health Education. René Rachou Research Center. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Department of Parasitology. Institute of Biological Science. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Laboratory of Schistosomiasis. René Rachou Research Center. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/d Hospital Santa Casa de Misericordia. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | pt_BR |
Subject | Schistosomiasis | pt_BR |
Subject | Reservoirs | pt_BR |
Subject | Domesticated animals | pt_BR |
Subject | Wild animals | pt_BR |