Assessment of contamination of Hoplias malabaricus (traira) as bioindicator of environmental health in fish farms in areas of gold mining: case study city of Paranaíta - MT

Made available in DSpace on 2012-09-06T01:12:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 1748 bytes, checksum: 8a4605be74aa9ea9d79846c1fba20a33 (MD5) 1084.pdf: 996131 bytes, checksum: 27567315da9416d17a86ccf7b99ca66a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.O mercúrio total foi quantificado em 133 peixes da espécie Hoplias malabaricus(Traíra), originária da piscicultura de maior expressão econômica do município de Paranaíta, região norte do Mato Grosso. Esta piscicultura se eseleceu sob passivo ambiental de garimpo de ouro, como uma alternativa ambiental e econômica para a região após o declínio acentuado da atividade garimpeira. Desde a década de 80 atémeados da década de 90 a corrida do ouro na região Amazônica tem causado sérios danos ambientais para um dos mais complexos ecossistemas na Terra. Principalmente devido à toxicidade do mercúrio para os humanos este problema tem recebido uma atenção pública ampla. Apesar de estes estudos terem envolvido amostras de peixes, osefeitos negativos da contaminação por mercúrio para os próprios peixes e outras formas de vida selvagem têm sido largamente ignorados. Para avaliar os níveis mais atuais de mercúrio em peixes e suas implicações na saúde ambiental foram coletados eexaminados dados das concentrações de mercúrio no ano de 2005. O intervaloencontrado foi de 9,00OgHg/kg a 520O gHg / kg, e do ponto de vista de saúde pública estão abaixo dos limites de tolerância brasileiros, de 1,0 mgHg/kg.The total mercury was measured on 133 species of fish Hoplias malabaricus (trairao), from the largest fish of expression of Paranaíta's economic council, the northern region of Mato Grosso. This fish was established under environmental liabilities of gold mining of gold as an alternative environmental and economical for the region after the sharp decline in activity garimpeira. Since the 80s until the mid-90s to the gold rush in the Amazon region has caused serious environmental damage to one of the most complex ecosystems on Earth. Mainly due to the toxicity of mercury for humans this issue has received wide public attention. Although these studies have involved samples of fish, the negative effects of contamination by mercury in the fish themselves and other forms of wildlife have been largely ignored. Although these studies have involved samples of fish, the negative effects of contamination by mercury in the fish themselves and other forms of wildlife have been largely ignored. To evaluate the most current levels of mercury in fish and its implications for environmental health data were collected and examined the concentrations of mercury in 2005. The range was found to 9.00 μgHg / kg to 520μgHg/kg, and from the viewpoint of public health are below the limits of tolerance Brazilians, from 1.0 mgHg / kg

PREVALENCE OF AMERICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS AND LEISHMANIASES IN DOMESTIC DOGS IN A RURAL AREA OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF SÃO JOÃO DO PIAUÍ, PIAUÍ STATE, BRAZIL

SUMMARY Chagas disease and the leishmaniases are endemic zoonoses of great importance to public health in the state of Piauí, Brazil. The domestic dog (Canis familiaris) is a major reservoir, host of Trypanosoma cruzi and Leishmania spp. in both urban and rural areas, playing an important role in the transmission of these parasites. The present study evaluated the prevalence of both infectious diseases in dogs of a rural area in the municipality of São João do Piauí, Piauí State. One hundred twenty-nine blood samples were collected for serological assessment: for the leishmaniases, 49 (38%) animals tested positive by the Dual-Path Platform technology (DPP), nine (6%) by the Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), and 19 (14.7%) by the Indirect Fluorescent Antibody test (IFA); while for American Trypanosomiasis, 36 (28%) dogs were reagent by ELISA and 21 by IFA. Of the 129 dogs sampled, 76 were submitted to xenodiagnosis, bone marrow aspiration and skin biopsy to perform parasitological tests whose results showed only one (2.3%) positive skin sample for Trypanosoma caninum and one positive xenodiagnosis for T. cruzi, both results confirmed by molecular assays. Three hundred triatomines of the species Triatoma brasiliensis and 552 phlebotomines - 509 (97%) of the species Lutzomyia longipalpis, were also captured

Report of new cases of Trypanosoma caninum in Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Trypanosoma caninum is a protozoan species recently described in dogs, whose occurrence has been reported in areas of overlap with visceral leishmaniasis. METHODS: Trypanosoma sp. were isolated from nine dogs and characterized by molecular methods. RESULTS: PCR and sequencing confirmed the presence of T. caninum in all dogs, revealing two new areas of transmission: Barra Mansa and São João do Piauí. CONCLUSIONS: The nine new cases described, when added to those already published, account for 62 cases of natural infection by T. caninum and show the geographical spread of this species to new areas, where other trypanosomatids circulate