Fasciola hepatica IN BOVINES IN BRAZIL: DATA AVAILABILITY AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION

作者：Bennema Sita C; Carvalho Scholte Ronaldo Guilherme; Molento Marcelo Beltrao; Medeiros Camilla; Carvalho Omar dos Santos^*

来源：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, 2014, 56(1): 35-41.

DOI：10.1590/S0036-46652014000100005

• Fasciola hepatica
• Spatial distribution
• Cattle
• Zoonosis
• Brazil

Fasciolosis is a disease of importance for both veterinary and public health. For the first time, georeferenced prevalence data of Fasciola hepatica in bovines were collected and mapped for the Brazilian territory and data availability was discussed. Bovine fasciolosis in Brazil is monitored on a Federal, State and Municipal level, and to improve monitoring it is essential to combine the data collected on these three levels into one dataset. Data were collected for 1032 municipalities where livers were condemned by the Federal Inspection Service (MAPA/SIF) because of the presence of F. hepatica. The information was distributed over 11 states: Espirito Santo, Goias, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Para, Parana, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and Sao Paulo. The highest prevalence of fasciolosis was observed in the southern states, with disease clusters along the coast of Parana and Santa Catarina and in Rio Grande do Sul. Also, temporal variation of the prevalence was observed. The observed prevalence and the kriged prevalence maps presented in this paper can assist both animal and human health workers in estimating the risk of infection in their state or municipality.

• 出版日期2014-2