HOSPEDEIROS NATURAIS DA DOENÇA DE CHAGAS EM POPULAÇÕES DE MAMÍFEROS SILVESTRES NA ÁREA DE INFLUÊNCIA DA USINA HIDRELÉTRICA CORUMBÁ IV (GOIÁS): UMA AVALIAÇÃO PRELIMINAR

AUTOR(ES)
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

A preliminary study of the wild fauna host of T. cruzi was carried out within the area of influence of the reservoir of the Corumbá IV hydroelectric power plant where through the faunal rescue of vertebrates specimens of possums, armadillos, rodents, monkeys, foxes and anteaters where collected. Blood samples where collected from a total of 23 wild mammals and used to detect T. cruzi using three parasitological diagnostic methods including thin and thick blood scrubs, hemoculture and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and an immunonological method represented by indirect fluorescence antibody test (IFAT).The reactions were carried out to evaluate the efficiency of the methods in the diagnostic of the infection in wild reservoirs and the real incidence of T. cruzi in wild mammal. The data obtained were compared with the data of the occurrence of the disease in the region valuated in relation of the environmental impact on the wild fauna.

ASSUNTO(S)

ciencias da saude chagas disease hospedeiros silvestres. environmental impact impacto ambiental trypanosoma cruzi, wild reservoirs. trypanosoma cruzi doenças de chagas

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