Vigilancia de la equinococosis quística en perros y niños en la provincia de Río Negro, Argentina. / [Cystic echinococcosis in dogs and children in the province of Río Negro, Argentina].
Larrieu Edmundo; Seleiman Marcos; Herrero Eduardo; Mujica Guillermo; Labanchi José Luis; Araya Daniel; Grizmado Claudia; Sepúlveda Luis; Calabro Arnoldo; Talmón Gabriel; Crowley Pablo; Albarracín Silvina; Arezo Marcos; Volpe Marcela; Avila Agustín; Pérez Alicia; Uchiumi Leonardo; Salvitti Juan Carlos; Santillan Graciela.
Rev. Argent. Microbiol.
; 46(2): 91-7, 2014 Apr-Jun.
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| BINACIS | ID: bin-133678
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is an endemic disease in the province of Río Negro, Argentina. The control program against CE has developed monitoring surveillance systems. Currently, the coproELISA/Western blot (WB) test is used to determine transmission in livestock farms (epidemiological units or EU) from collected dry field-dispersed dog feces. The objective was to evaluate the prevalence of CE on livestock farms and its relationship with CE cases in children aged 0-14 years. Canine fecal samples were obtained from randomly selected livestock farms and processed by the coproELISA/WB test. Furthermore, new cases in children in the same age group mentioned above were identified. In 278 EU, 571 samples of canine feces were obtained. There were 37 positive samples for coproELISA/WB (6.5
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