在拉丁美洲公园中蛋的流行:系统性审查和元分析
D Katterine Bonilla-Aldana1, Laura Valentina Morales-Garcia2, Juan R Ulloque Badaracco3
1Research Unit, Universidad Continental, Huancayo, Peru.
Le infezioni in medicina
|September 13, 2023
概括
在拉丁美洲50%的公园中发现了Toxcara canis的蛋,构成显著的动物感染风险. 这突显了一个公共卫生问题,特别是对于儿童来说,由于公众对寄生虫传播的认识不足.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 寄生虫学的寄生虫学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 毒虫病是一种寄生虫感染,由*Toxocara*物种引起,影响包括人类在内的各种脊椎动物.
- 感染是通过摄入胚胎卵而发生的,胚胎卵通常存在于被感染动物便污染的土壤中.
- 公园土壤因 * Toxocara * 蛋而受到环境污染,对公众健康构成风险.
研究的目的:
- 系统地估计拉丁美洲公园土壤中*Toxocara*物种蛋的流行程度.
- 评估公共休区土壤污染对公共健康的影响.
主要方法:
- 进行了系统性审查和元分析.
- 在1900年至2023年1月之间发表的研究在多个数据库中进行了搜索 (PubMed,Scopus,Web of Science,Embase,LILACS,SciELO).
- 使用随机效应模型计算了患病率,并通过I2统计评估异质性.
主要成果:
- 包括49项研究,包括2,508个公园和12,833个样本.
- 拉丁美洲公园中*Toxocara*蛋的综合流行率为50.0% (95% CI: 40.0%-60.0%).
- 阿根廷报告的患病率最高 (100%),其次是巴西 (66%) 和委内瑞拉 (63%).
结论:
- 在公共公园里发现*Toxocara canis*的蛋,对动物和公共健康构成重大威胁.
- 儿童尤其面临风险,因为他们可能与污染的土壤和物体接触.
- 提高公众对寄生虫传播的认识对于减轻风险至关重要.
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