| Literature DB >> 25651332 |
Paula de Lima Telmo1, Luciana Farias da Costa de Avila2, Cristina Araújo dos Santos3, Patrícia de Souza de Aguiar1, Lourdes Helena Rodrigues Martins3, Maria Elisabeth Aires Berne2, Carlos James Scaini1.
Abstract
Toxocariasis is a widespread zoonosis and is considered an important worldwide public health problem. The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of trans-mammary Toxocara canis infection in newborn BALB/c mice nursed by females experimentally infected with 1,200 eggs after delivery. After 50 days of age, the presence of larvae in different organs of the offspring was investigated. Trans-mammary infection was confirmed in 73.9% of the mice that had been nursed by infected females. These data show a high trans-mammary transmission of T. canis and confirm the significance of this transmission route in paratenic hosts.Entities:
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Year: 2015 PMID： 25651332 PMCID： PMC4325529 DOI： 10.1590/S0036-46652015000100013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo ISSN： 0036-4665 Impact factor: 1.846