The Prevalence and diversity of hookworm infections and strongyloidiasis in cats and humans in a rural Thailand villages.

Abstract

The Prevalence and Diversity of Hookworm Infections and Strongyloidiasis in Cats and Humans in a Rural Thailand Villages

Blego Sedionoto1, Witthaya Anamnart2 1Lecturer in Environmental Health, Faculty of Public Health Mulawarman University, Indonesia 2Professor, Tropical Medicine, School of Allied Health Sciences and Public Health Walailak University, Thailand

Abstract In southtern Thailand, hookworm infections and strongyloidiasis are prevalent in humans and particularly in rural areas. Yet, information on potentially zoonotic parasites in animal reservoir hosts is lacking. This research would to assess risk potential zoonotic disease of Strongyloidiasis and Hookworm Infection from cats to human In Rural Villages Southtern Thailand. In 2014, fecal samples from 96 cats and 1050 humans, 96 cats were collected from households in Moklalan and Photong villages, Thasala district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province, Thailand. Fecal samples were examined microscopically using modified formal-ether concentration technique and Koga Agar plate culture. PCR and DNA sequencing were used to confirm genomes and species of hookworm. Result of study showed hookworm infections and strongyloidiasis found in cats including hookworms (46%), and Strongyloides stercoralis (1,7%). In humans, hookworm (52%), Strongyloides strercoralis (13%), T. trichiura (14%) and Ascaris (1%). Identify species of hookworm is N. americanus, but cats usually could be infected by Ancylostoma caninum and this study given statement that cats was not equal with human hookworm infections which have not zoonotic potential also Strongyloides stercoralis, Ascaris lumbricoides. and T. trichiura because the cats behavior on defecation made larvae of soil transmitted helminth not completed to infective filariae form larvae especially hookworm and strongyloidisis strercoralis. Further environmental epidemiology studies of hookworm infections and strongyloidiasis are important for determination analyses of zoonotic diseases especially in community.

Keywords: Cats, Humans, Hookworm infection and Strongyloidiasis.