VIGILÂNCIA SOROLÓGICA DA LEISHMANIOSE HUMANA E CANINA NO MUNICÍPIO DE FARIAS BRITO, ESTADO DO CEARÁ, BRASIL

Abstract

This article aims to analyze canine serological surveys in the municipality of Farias Brito, Ceara State, and relate the occurrence areas of dogs and humans diagnosed with some form of leishmaniasis in 2014 and 2015. This is a quantitative and descriptive research, which analyzed secondary data obtained from the Leishmaniosis Control Program of the Municipal Secretary of Farias Brito, as well as from the database of Information System of Notification Injury. Of 431 analyzed animals, 63,34% were positive in DPP test and 45,42% were positive in ELISA. 77,87% of these lived in urban areas and 75,36% were aged greater or equal four years. During the studied period, 28 cases of leishmaniasis in humans were diagnosed, most of them in men; 42,86% of the cases were of cutaneous leishmaniasis, with greater occurrence in rural areas, and 57,14% of visceral leishmaniasis, more prevalent in urban areas. It was concluded that the incidence of dogs that reacted to leishmaniasis was high, and that they lived in specific areas of the city that have had confirmed cases of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and American Visceral Leishmaniasis. Therefore, is possible that dogs are acting as a reservoir for the disease and may be the only means of transmission in the study area. Keywords: Dogs; reservoirs; human disease.