ABSTRACT
Several parasitic zoonoses are associated to the human and companion animals, mainly dogs and cats. The present work aimed to analyze the relationship of parasites in children at the Center of Integral Attention to the Child Paulo Dacorso Filho and their companion animals where to verify the relationship of positive children for some parasites, which got in contact with infected animals. In a total of 64 fecal samples, they were consisted by 46 childrens fecal samples and 21 of their companion animals, being 18 from dogs and 3 from cats. Those were analyzed by using the techniques of centrifugal-flotation in brilliant field and staining by modified Ziehl-Neelsen to determine Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts. Of the childrens samples, 91% were positive for the genus Cryptosporidium, of those 13 samples; they were also in association to Giardia intestinallis, two to Ascaris lumbricoides, two to Trichuris trichiura and one to Endolimax nana only. Of the dogs samples, 94.44% were positive where Cryptosporidium spp. was observed in 94.44% of them, Ancylostoma spp. In 50%, Cystoisospora canis in 5.55% and Toxocara canis in 11.11%. The parasite that was common among children and animals belongs to genus Cryptoporidium. However, most of the positive children for Cryptosporidium spp., did not get in contact with animals.
