EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND ZOONOTIC RISK OF THE MALACOFAUNA FLUVIALAND TERRESTRIAL IN CAPITÁN ROBERTO FLEITES HEALTH AREA, CUBA

Authors

  • Rigoberto Fimia-Duarte Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz” de Villa Clara, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5237-0810
  • Jose Iannacone Laboratorio de Ecofisiología Animal (LEFA). Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemática (FCNNM). Universidad Nacional Federico Villa Real (UNFV). El Agustino, Lima, Perú. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas. Universidad Ricardo Palma. Santiago de Surco, Lima, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3699-4732
  • George Argota-Pérez Laboratorio de Ecotoxicología. Grupo de Estudios Preclínicos. Centro de Toxicología y Biomedicina (TOXIMED). Universidad de Ciencias Médicas. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2560-6749
  • Lisvette Cruz-Camacho Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz” de Villa Clara, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3568-7650
  • Lorenzo Diéguez-Fernández Unidad Municipal de Higiene y Epidemiología de Camagüey, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5267-9575
  • Eugenio J. López-Gómez Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz” de Villa Clara, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9107-2621
  • Raissa Alvarez- Valdes Facultad de Tecnología de la Salud “Julio Trigo López”. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Serafín Ruiz de Zárate Ruiz” de Villa Clara, Cuba. https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4273-5891

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201482924

Keywords:

Cuba, environmental factors, epidemiologic risk, malacofauna, mollusc, richness of species, zoonotic.

Abstract

The main objective was to identify the epidemiological and zoonotic risk of fluvial and terrestrial molluscs in the Health Area Roberto Fleites, municipality Santa Clara, Villa Clara province, Cuba. Snails were sampled monthly during 2011-2012. Mollusc species with greater frequency and distribution were Praticolella griseola, Tarebia granifera and Pseudosuccinea columella. The most medically important species were: P. griseola, Physella columella, Subulina octona, Physa acuta, Pomacea poeyana and Galba cubensis that are intermediate hosts and transmitters of parasitic helminth diseases. A greater abundance of molluscs in orchards organoponic in relation to bodies of water sampled was observed; however, higher species richness of molluscs was obtained in water bodies in the orchards-organoponics. There is an increased epidemiological risk-in organopónicos orchard, where 96.49% of molluscs are capable of transmitting disease to man and animals, while in the bodies of water, only 8.32% of the mollusks are capable of transmitting diseases to man and animals. Asignificant relationship between the mollusc and the maximum relative humidity and precipitation was evident.

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Published

2014-02-11

How to Cite

Fimia-Duarte, R., Iannacone, J., Argota-Pérez, G., Cruz-Camacho, L., Diéguez-Fernández, L., López-Gómez, E. J., & Alvarez- Valdes, R. (2014). EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND ZOONOTIC RISK OF THE MALACOFAUNA FLUVIALAND TERRESTRIAL IN CAPITÁN ROBERTO FLEITES HEALTH AREA, CUBA. Neotropical Helminthology, 8(2), 313–323. https://doi.org/10.24039/rnh201482924

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