elevated trans-mammary transmission of toxocara canis larvae in balb/c mice
;Paula de Lima Telmo;Luciana Farias da Costa de Avila;Cristina Araújo dos Santos;Patrícia de Souza de Aguiar;Lourdes Helena Rodrigues Martins;Maria Elisabeth Aires Berne;Carlos James Scaini
2017 12th international conference for internet technology and secured transactions, icitst 20172015Vol. 57pp. 85-87
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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.