在巴西南部的一个校园环境样本中检测到土壤传播的虫
Marina Ziliotto1, Joel Henrique Ellwanger1, José Artur Bogo Chies1
1Laboratory of Immunobiology and Immunogenetics, Department of Genetics, Postgraduate Program in Genetics and Molecular Biology (PPGBM), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Science in One Health
|July 30, 2024
概括
在UFRGSCampus do Vale的土壤样本中发现了虫,圆虫和鞭虫等土壤传播的虫 (STH). 这表明在这种环境中存在寄生虫感染的潜在风险.
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:
- 土壤拥有多样化的生命,包括有益的生物和寄生病原体,如土壤传播的虫 (STH).
- 在全球范围内,STH对人类和动物健康构成重大威胁.
- 了解共享环境中的STH患病率对于公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查来自UFRGSCampus do Vale的土壤样本中的STH卵和幼虫的存在和类型.
- 评估大学校园环境中性传播感染的潜在风险.
- 整合人类,动物和环境数据,使用"一个健康"的方法.
主要方法:
- 在2022年,在Campus do Vale的20个不同点收集了土壤样本.
- 样本被分析以检测STH蛋和幼虫的存在,包括虫,圆虫和鞭虫.
- 从每个采样点收集人类,动物和环境数据.
主要成果:
- 所有的土壤样本都含有线虫幼虫,表明土壤的自然生物多样性.
- 在35%的样本中检测到STH卵 (虫),10% (圆虫) 和5% (鞭虫).
- 在几个地点发现了表明人类皮肤通感染风险的幼虫 (虫,Strongyloides stercoralis).
结论:
- 该研究证实了UFRGS Campus do Vale土壤中的STH存在.
- 高人流量和环境因素有助于STH的流行.
- 调查结果强调了在城市环境中对STH监测和"一健康"框架的应用的重要性.
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