Infestação por ancilostomídeos e toxocarídeos em cães e gatos apreendidos em vias públicas, São Paulo (Brasil)

Foram examinadas fezes, coletadas após o sacrifício, de 9.150 cães e 674 gatos, capturados nas vias públicas do Município de São Paulo, SP (Brasil), visando o encontro de ovos e parásitos das famílias Ancylostomidae e Ascaridae. A coleta do material ocorreu durante os anos de 1980-1985. As seguintes taxas de infestação foram observadas: 59,83% dos cães e 22,26% dos gatos estiveram positivos para ovos de Ancylostoma sp., enquanto que 11,70% dos cães e 17,65% dos gatos apresentaram ovos de Toxocara sp.

Vacinas contra Leishmaniose: uma revisão

Leishmania is a protozoan belonging to the family Trypanosomatidae, obligate intracellular parasite cells of the mononuclear phagocyte system. In the New and Old World several orders of wild mammals (natural reservoirs) and various species of sandflies (vectors) are involved in the transmission of leishmaniasis. The new settlements in rural areas, changes in the environment and unplanned urbanization increased human contact with vector and interaction with the animal reservoir. A simple prophylactic measure seems to be the vector control as well as disease reservoir. With the goal of raising the prophylactic measures that are being used in vector control, the reservoir of the disease and what the infrastructure accordingly. We conducted a literature review in July 2011 in the electronic databases of Bireme, Medline, CancerLit, Portal Capes, SciELO, PubMed and Medscape, the main texts on the subject. Thus, the development of a vaccine that is effective against various forms of leishmaniasis in the old and new world, it is necessary and has been recommended by WHO as a possible tool for effective eradication of the disease.