scholarly journals Contamination of public parks and squares from Guarulhos (São Paulo State, Brazil ) by Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp.

2012 ◽  
Vol 54 (5) ◽  
pp. 267-271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacó Pereira Marques ◽  
Catarina de Rezende Guimarães ◽  
Ailton Vilas Boas ◽  
Paulo Usignolo Carnaúba ◽  
Josué de Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Sodium Dichromate ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Causative Agents ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Flotation Technique

The contaminated soil with mammal feces is an important factor of risk to infection with zoonotic diseases. Amongst these zoonoses are visceral larva migrans and cutaneous larva migrans caused by Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp., respectively. The aim of this study was to assess the environmental contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs and hookworms (Ancylostoma spp.) in public parks and squares in the city of Guarulhos, a metropolitan area of São Paulo, São Paulo State, Brazil. Soil samples were collected, between September and December 2010, and examined using the centrifugal flotation technique with sodium dichromate and zinc sulphate as well as the modified Baermann method. Notably, 35 (74.5%) of the 47 districts surveyed in Guarulhos possessed samples contaminated with Toxocara spp. and/or eggs or larvae of Ancylostoma spp. The frequency of Toxocara spp. and Ancylostoma spp. in the samples from public areas was 68.1% and 46.8%, respectively. Overall, the eastern side of Guarulhos is the region with the highest occurrence of causative agents of larva migrans. In all collection sites, the presence of feces from dogs and cats accompanied by their owners and stray animals were observed. Notably, it is important to adopt measures to control dog and cat breeding, to treat infected animals, and provide health education to the population.

scholarly journals Contamination of public parks in Presidente Prudente (São Paulo, Brazil) by Toxocara spp. eggs

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vamilton Alvares Santarém ◽  
Vanessa Cristina Pereira ◽  
Beatriz Cristina Porto Alegre
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Egg Number ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Flotation Method ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Parts

This study aims to evaluate soil contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs in public parks in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil. Soil samples (500 g) were collected every month over a 12-month period, from 25 parks in different parts of the city (northern, southern, eastern, western and central areas). Two 10-g aliquots of the material collected from each park were subjected to the centrifuge-flotation method to recover Toxocara spp. eggs. Twenty-four out of the 25 squares studied (96.0%) were contaminated and the number of eggs recovered ranged from 1 to 398 per sample. Eggs were recovered all over the year. Despite the number being greater in autumn (p < 0.001), there was no correlation between number egg number and average monthly temperature (r = -0.492; p = 0.148) or between egg number and monthly rainfall (r = -0.299; p = 0.402). Park localization does not influence egg presence (p = 0.7116). Because of the high level of contamination of the parks by Toxocara spp. eggs, prevention of contamination of public areas by larva migrans agents is indicated.

scholarly journals Visceral larva migrans: a seroepidemiological survey in five municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil

1990 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Paulo Chieffi ◽  
Mirthes Ueda ◽  
Eide Dias Camargo ◽  
Ana Maria Carvalho de Souza ◽  
Marilda L. da Silva Guedes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxocara Canis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Positive Results

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), employing antigens from Toxocara canis larvae and the absortion of suspected sera with Ascaris lumbricoides extracts was used in a seroepidemiological study performed in five municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil (São Paulo, Campinas, Santos, Marília and Presidente Prudente) in order to determine the frequency of antibodies to Toxocara. In 2,025 blood samples collected, 806 proceeded from male subjects and 1,219 from females; 483 samples were collected from subjects under 15 years of age and the remaining 1,542 from subjects aged 15 years or over. Among the 2,025 sera investigated, 3.60% had antibodies to Toxocara at significant levels. A moderate predominance of infection with Toxocara among male subjects (3.72%) was observed, although the difference was not statistically significant when this rate was compared with that for female (3.28%). Related to age, a higher frequency of positive results was detected among subjects under 15 years (6.41%) against the older group (2.53%). A trend of more elevated rates of infection was observed in municipalities with high demographic densities (São Paulo, Campinas and Santos). Nevertheless, such findings only appeared to be statistically significant in subjects younger than 15 years.

Implantação da Residência Médica e Multiprofssional em Saúde da Família em um município paulista: percepção de residentes da primeira turma (2014-2016)

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliane Maria Guimarães de Pinho ◽  
Vera Lúcia Garcia ◽  
Maria Cezira Fantini Nogueira-Martins
Keyword(s):  
Family Health ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State

Implementation of a multiprofessional residency in family health in a city of São Paulo state: perception of the first residents (2014-2016)

Arsenic in terrestrial invertebrates from riparian areas of the Piracicaba River Basin, São Paulo State, Brazil

2017 ◽  
Vol 314 (3) ◽  
pp. 1675-1681
Author(s):  
Elvis J. França ◽  
Elisabete A. De Nadai Fernandes ◽  
Felipe Y. Fonseca ◽  
Marcelo R. L. Magalhães ◽  
Mariana L. O. Santos
Keyword(s):  
River Basin ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Riparian Areas ◽  
Terrestrial Invertebrates ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Piracicaba River

Occurrence of caffeine, fluoxetine, bezafibrate and levothyroxine in surface freshwater of São Paulo State (Brazil) and risk assessment for aquatic life protection

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raquel Cardoso de Souza ◽  
Aline Andrade Godoy ◽  
Fábio Kummrow ◽  
Thyago Leandro dos Santos ◽  
Carlos Jesus Brandão ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Aquatic Life ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State

Perspectives under uncertainties and risk in wind farms investments based on Omega-LCOE approach: An analysis in São Paulo state, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 110805
Author(s):  
Giancarlo Aquila ◽  
Wilson Toshiro Nakamura ◽  
Paulo Rotella Junior ◽  
Luiz Celio Souza Rocha ◽  
Edson de Oliveira Pamplona
Keyword(s):  
Wind Farms ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State

A plant fossil assemblage of Lycopodiopsis cf. derbyi from the Corumbataí Formation, Paraná Basin, São Paulo State, Brazil

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaís Silvana de Carvalho ◽  
Marcelo Adorna Fernandes ◽  
Frésia Ricardi-Branco ◽  
Aline Marcele Ghilardi ◽  
Bernardo de Campos Pimenta e Marque Peixoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Fossil Assemblage ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
Plant Fossil ◽  
Paraná Basin ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Parana Basin

scholarly journals Regional Distance Routes Estimation for Municipal Solid Waste Disposal, Case Study São Paulo State, Brazil

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3964
Author(s):  
Laryssa Morais ◽  
Victor Nascimento ◽  
Silvio Simões ◽  
Jean Ometto
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Solid Waste ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Emission ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Environmental Cost ◽  
Population Increase ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State

The urban population increase in the world, the economic expansion, and the rise in living standards associated with society’s habits and lifestyles accelerated the municipal solid waste (MSW) generation in undeveloped countries, such as in Brazil, in which the generation increased by 25% from 2012 to 2017. In the same period, the São Paulo state, the richest Brazilian state, increased its municipal solid waste generation by 51%. All this MSW needed to be collected and transported, and this process has a high economic and environmental cost. Therefore, this study aims to identify, using spatial analysis, the routes used by MSW trucks to estimate the distances traveled to dispose of the MSW on a regional scale considering all municipalities in the São Paulo state. The findings showed that the landfill numbers decrease, mainly individual ones, which receive MSW only from the city where it is located. Otherwise, the consortium landfills number is increasing, as well as the number of municipalities that share the same disposal site. Consequently, the distances to transport MSW from urban areas to final disposal sites increased by about 55% from 2012 to 2017, reaching 613 million kilometers during this period. This total distance is sufficient to make more than 12,806 laps on Earth and contribute to high fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emission.

Factors associated with Diaphorina citri immigration into commercial citrus orchards in São Paulo State, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando P. F. Zorzenon ◽  
Arthur F. Tomaseto ◽  
Matthew P. Daugherty ◽  
João R. S. Lopes ◽  
Marcelo P. Miranda
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Diaphorina Citri ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
Citrus Orchards
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