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MORPHOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION OF STRONGYLIDA LARVAE FROM HUMAN AND SWINE COPROCULTURES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN THE STATE OF PIAU´ı, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL
Larvas de Strongylida
Coproculturas Humanas e Suínas
Comunidades rurais
Estado do Piauí
Nordeste do Brasil
Strongylida Larvae
Human and Swine Coprocultures
Rural Communities
State of Piauí
Northeastern Brazil
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escritório Regional. Teresina, PI, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Epidemiologia e Sistemática Molecular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Abstract
Some helminth species belonging to the order Strongylida are parasites of the digestive tract of vertebrates, including man and
domestic animals. In humans, infections with Oesophagostomum spp. and Trichostrongylus spp. may be misdiagnosed as
hookworm disease on parasitological stool examination, mainly in regions where these infections are coendemic, since eggs
released in hosts’ feces are morphologically similar. is study presents the morphologic characterization of Strongylida larvae
recovered from humans and pigs living in close proximity, exploring putative zoonotic cycles. One hundred three humans and 27
pigs were included in low-resource rural communities in the state of Piau´ı, northeastern Brazil. Strongylida eggs were present in 12
(11.7%) humans and 23 (85.2%) pigs through conventional parasitological examination. Strongylida-positive fecal samples were
submitted to coprocultures using the Harada–Mori technique. All 22 larvae obtained from human feces were classi ed as
hookworms (Ancylostomatidae). From a total of 37 larvae obtained from swine, 23 (62.3%) were classi ed as Oesophagostomum, 6
(16.2%) were Hyostrongylus, and 4 (10.8%) were Trichostrongylus. Four larvae (10.8%) obtained from pigs were classi ed as
Strongyloides. e morphological study of lariform larvae obtained in coprocultures is a useful and inexpensive tool in the
screening of intestinal helminthiasis in a One Health approach.
Keywords in Portuguese
Caracterização MorfológicaLarvas de Strongylida
Coproculturas Humanas e Suínas
Comunidades rurais
Estado do Piauí
Nordeste do Brasil
Keywords
Morphologic CharacterizationStrongylida Larvae
Human and Swine Coprocultures
Rural Communities
State of Piauí
Northeastern Brazil
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