Publications by authors named "Sandra Gabriela Parra-Guayasamin"
Ecoepidemiology of Ancylostoma spp. in Urban-Marginal and Rural Sectors of the Ecuadorian Coast and Prevalence of Cutaneous Larvae Migrans.
Roberto Darwin Coello Peralta Betty Judith Pazmiño Gómez María de Lourdes Salazar Mazamba Sandra Gabriela Parra-Guayasamin Rommel Lenin Vinueza Sierra
Med Sci Monit
March 2024
Article Synopsis
- Ancylostoma spp., particularly A. caninum, are hookworms found in urban and rural areas of Ecuador, transmitted through infected soil and contact with animals, potentially leading to diseases like cutaneous larva migrans.
- The study analyzed 498 domestic dogs and 40 rodents for hookworm infection using various diagnostic methods and surveyed 236 people, assessing environmental and social factors influencing transmission.
- Results showed a significant rate of infection in dogs (20%) and a small number in rodents (2.5%), with a few human cases of cutaneous larva migrans, indicating a risk of spreading ancylostomiasis.
BACKGROUND Worldwide, there are few cases of Urbanorum spp. in humans; however, it is associated with gastrointestinal pathologies, where humans probably acquire the disease by fecal-oral transmission, by ingesting food or water with infective cysts. The main symptoms of the patients who have this presumed parasite are fever, vomiting, colic, dyspepsia, and watery diarrhea.
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