卡塔尔的动物传播寄生虫:人类-动物-生态系统接口的可能风险
Md Mazharul Islam1,2, Elmoubashar Farag3, Mohammad Mahmudul Hassan4,5
1Department of Animal Resources, Ministry of Municipality, Doha, Qatar.
One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
|March 18, 2024
概括
这项研究发现,卡塔尔超过60%的动物携带寄生虫,包括虫和外寄生虫. 大多数已识别的寄生虫是在卡塔尔新发现的.
科学领域:
- 兽医寄生虫学 兽医寄生虫学
- 动物传染病研究研究
- 公共卫生昆虫学 昆虫学
背景情况:
- 动物是动物传染病原体的重要储存体,对人类健康构成风险.
- 了解动物相关寄生虫对于实施有效的预防和控制策略至关重要.
- 有限的数据存在于卡塔尔开始性动物的寄生负担.
研究的目的:
- 调查卡塔尔开始性动物中的寄生虫的流行和多样性.
- 识别特定的寄生虫物种及其在不同息地分布.
- 为公共卫生风险评估和管理提供基线数据.
主要方法:
- 从卡塔尔的各种息地收集了148只食用动物 (Rattus norvegicus,Rattus rattus,Mus musculus). 这些动物来自卡塔尔的各种息地.
- 对血液,便,外寄生虫和内脏器官进行了粗体,显微镜,免疫和分子分析.
- 在农业,畜牧业和住宅区中使用陷方法.
主要成果:
- 确定了10种不同的寄生虫物种,包括虫,外寄生虫和原生动物.
- 62.2%的动物被感染;虫 (46.0%) 和外寄生虫 (31.8%) 是最常见的.
- 亚斯蒂亚 (Xenopsylla astia) (31.8%) 是最常见的个人寄生虫;X. astia和Hymenolepis diminuta.的流行程度因息地而异.
结论:
- 卡塔尔的食肉动物有各种各样的动物性寄生虫,其中许多是第一次报告的.
- 这些发现突出了与该地区动物种群相关的潜在公共卫生风险.
- 息地特定的流行情况强调了有针对性的监测和控制措施的必要性.
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