SEARCH FOR INTESTINAL HELMINTH EGGS IN THE AIRPORT TERMINALS CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE (PAMPULHA), BELO HORIZONTE AND TANCREDO NEVES, CONFINS, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL.

Authors

  • Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte Coordenação Geral de Hanseníase e Doenças em Eliminação, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil
  • Omar dos Santos Carvalho Grupo de Pesquisas em Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica (Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR), FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
  • Grécia Mikhaela Nunes de Lima Grupo de Pesquisas em Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica (Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR), FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
  • Amanda Domingues Araujo Grupo de Pesquisas em Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica (Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR), FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.
  • Cristiano Lara Massara Grupo de Pesquisas em Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica (Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou (CPqRR), FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brasil.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5216/rpt.v44i3.38016

Keywords:

Helminths, transmission, airports

Abstract

In this study, we evaluated, using the Graham technique (1941), the presence of eggs of intestinal helminths in samples collected from surfaces and objects in the airport terminals Carlos Drummond de Andrade (Pampulha) in Belo Horizonte and Tancredo Neves in Confins, MG. The interior of the airports was divided into three major areas: (1) common, (2) departure and arrival, (3) restricted to staff and one aircraft. The survey was performed in 2013. All slides were examined by binocular microscope at 10X and 40X magnification in the Helminthology and Medical Malacology Research Group at René Rachou Research Center (FIOCRUZMinas) in Belo Horizonte. The results indicated the absence of eggs on all surfaces and objects examined. Based on the results it may be inferred that the maintenance, regular cleaning and the environmental disinfection of the two airports was the main reason for the slides negativity

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Published

2015-10-13

How to Cite

SCHOLTE, R. G. C.; CARVALHO, O. dos S.; DE LIMA, G. M. N.; ARAUJO, A. D.; MASSARA, C. L. SEARCH FOR INTESTINAL HELMINTH EGGS IN THE AIRPORT TERMINALS CARLOS DRUMMOND DE ANDRADE (PAMPULHA), BELO HORIZONTE AND TANCREDO NEVES, CONFINS, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL. Revista de Patologia Tropical / Journal of Tropical Pathology, Goiânia, v. 44, n. 3, p. 303–311, 2015. DOI: 10.5216/rpt.v44i3.38016. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/iptsp/article/view/38016. Acesso em: 22 dec. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 44 No. 3 (2015)

Section

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

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