Abstract

ROMERO NUNEZ, Camilo et al. Contaminación por Toxocara spp. en parques de Tulyehualco, México. . Rev. Cient. (Maracaibo) [online]. 2009, vol.19, n.3, pp.253-256. ISSN 0798-2259.

The toxocariasis is a parasitism that affects children, particularly those who play with soil. In order to identify the presence or egg incidence of Toxocara spp., in parks of Tulyehualco, Mexico; an analysis was conduced in samples of soils, feces deposited in parks and feces obtained from dogs with owners by a flotation-sedimentation procedure. The results demonstrated a high contamination by Toxocara, finding a contamination of in soil samples collected in the parks 60.0%, 67.5% in fecal samples collected in parks, and 63,36 in those obtained from dogs with owner, respectively. In sampled dogs, there were not differences by age (P=0.27; younger than 1 year 65.47%; older than one year 55.55%), neither by sex (¨P=0.5; female 55.55%; male 63.45%). Some measures are recommended to reduce the soil contamination and to diminish the transmission to the men.

Keywords : Toxocara; zoonosis; parks; contamination; dogs.