Potencialidad de Pseudosuccinea columella (Say, 1817) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) en la transmisión de la fascioliasis humana en República Dominicana
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Fasciola hepatica
hepatic trematodiasis
ymnaeid mollusks
zoonosis
watercress
Greater Antilles
Fasciola hepática
molusco limneido
zoonosis
berro
Antillas Mayores
hepatic trematodiasis
ymnaeid mollusks
zoonosis
watercress
Greater Antilles
Fasciola hepática
molusco limneido
zoonosis
berro
Antillas Mayores
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Intituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC)
Introducción: en el paisaje epidemiológico de la fascioliasis humana, dos aspectos son de fundamental importancia: a) presencia de hospederos definitivos (especialmente ganado bovino y humanos) parasitados con adultos del tremátodo y; b) presencia de hospederos intermediarios invertebrados, moluscos de la familia Lymnaeidae, en los que se desarrollan los estadios larvarios, además de plantas acuáticas de consumo humano.
Material y métodos: con el objetivo de prevenir brotes de fascioliasis humana mediante la correcta identificación de aspectos de interés epidemiológico, un humedal fue seleccionado en el sector de Palo Blanco, municipio de Jarabacoa, provincia de La Vega, en el cual se realizó un estudio malacológico en octubre de 2016, en busca de especies de moluscos limneidos e hidrófitos asociados. En el laboratorio se obtuvieron los índices de infección natural y experimental a Fasciola hepatica.
Resultados: se identificó el limneido Pseudosuccinea columella, en proporciones de 250 especímenes por persona/hora. El vegetal predominante fue el berro (Nasturtiun officinale), cultivado comercialmente en tres cuadrantes del humedal y en el otro cuadrante se observaron bovinos pastando. El índice de infección experimental de los moluscos fue de 94 % a la cepa simpátrica de F. hepatica de Dajabón; no se encontraron moluscos parasitados naturalmente.
Conclusiones: Pseudosuccinea columella debe considerarse como un molusco de relevancia epidemiológica en la transmisión de la fascioliasis en República Dominicana, a tenor de su dispersión y elevado índice de infección experimental obtenido en el presente estudio.
Introduction: in the epidemiological landscape of human fascioliasis, two aspects are of fundamental importance: a) presence of definite hosts (especially cattle and humans) parasitized with trematode adults and b) presence of invertebrate intermediate hosts, mollusks of the family Lymnaeidae, in which larval stages develop, in addition to aquatic plants for human consumption. Material and methods: in order to prevent outbreaks of human fascioliasis by correctly identifying aspects of epidemiological interest, a wetland was selected in the sector of Palo Blanco, municipality of Jarabacoa, province of La Vega, in which a malacological study was carried out in October 2016, in search of limneid mollusk species and associated hydrophytes. Natural and experimental infection rates to Fasciola hepatica were obtained in the laboratory. Results: the lymnaeid Pseudosuccinea columella was identified, in proportions of 250 specimens collected per person/hour. The predominant vegetable was the watercress (Nasturtiun officinale), commercially cultivated in three quadrants of the wetland and in the other quadrant were observed cattle grazing. The rate of experimental infection of mollusks was 94 % to the sympatric strain of F. hepatica of Dajabón; no naturally parasitized mollusks were found. Conclusions: Pseudosuccinea columella should be considered as a mollusk of epidemiological relevance in the transmission of fascioliasis in the Dominican Republic, due to its dispersion and high rate of experimental infection obtained in the present study.
Introduction: in the epidemiological landscape of human fascioliasis, two aspects are of fundamental importance: a) presence of definite hosts (especially cattle and humans) parasitized with trematode adults and b) presence of invertebrate intermediate hosts, mollusks of the family Lymnaeidae, in which larval stages develop, in addition to aquatic plants for human consumption. Material and methods: in order to prevent outbreaks of human fascioliasis by correctly identifying aspects of epidemiological interest, a wetland was selected in the sector of Palo Blanco, municipality of Jarabacoa, province of La Vega, in which a malacological study was carried out in October 2016, in search of limneid mollusk species and associated hydrophytes. Natural and experimental infection rates to Fasciola hepatica were obtained in the laboratory. Results: the lymnaeid Pseudosuccinea columella was identified, in proportions of 250 specimens collected per person/hour. The predominant vegetable was the watercress (Nasturtiun officinale), commercially cultivated in three quadrants of the wetland and in the other quadrant were observed cattle grazing. The rate of experimental infection of mollusks was 94 % to the sympatric strain of F. hepatica of Dajabón; no naturally parasitized mollusks were found. Conclusions: Pseudosuccinea columella should be considered as a mollusk of epidemiological relevance in the transmission of fascioliasis in the Dominican Republic, due to its dispersion and high rate of experimental infection obtained in the present study.
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Science and Health; Vol 3 No 2 (2019): Science and Health, may-August; 9-16
Ciencia y Salud; Vol. 3 Núm. 2 (2019): Ciencia y Salud, mayo-agosto; 9-16
2613-8824
2613-8816
10.22206/cysa.2019.v3i2
Ciencia y Salud; Vol. 3 Núm. 2 (2019): Ciencia y Salud, mayo-agosto; 9-16
2613-8824
2613-8816
10.22206/cysa.2019.v3i2