Bibliographic citations
Barrios, L., (2010). Evidencia hematológica y serológica de Ehrlichia spp. en propietarios de caninos domésticos con antecedentes de ehrlichiosis en Lima Metropolitana [Tesis, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/655
Barrios, L., Evidencia hematológica y serológica de Ehrlichia spp. en propietarios de caninos domésticos con antecedentes de ehrlichiosis en Lima Metropolitana [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12672/655
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title = "Evidencia hematológica y serológica de Ehrlichia spp. en propietarios de caninos domésticos con antecedentes de ehrlichiosis en Lima Metropolitana",
author = "Barrios Arpi, Luis Manuel",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos",
year = "2010"
}
Ehrlichiosis is a zoonotic disease found in many Latin American countries and worldwide as well. The disease causes hematological and biochemical changes in affected patients. Studies reported in Peru show variable seropositivity values related to this disease. In this study, we evaluated seropositivity and hematologic changes in human subjects by indirect Inmunofluorescent test (IFI) and hematology. We tested the results against risk factors such as sex, age, ticks and dog contact using the Chi-Square test. Ninety-one samples were collected from patients with no difference related to socioeconomic status, age or sex whose dogs had recent history of ehrlichiosis (6 months preview to the sampling) and were asked to fill out a survey with these information. Data recopilation was done between february and may of 2010 at the FMV-UNMSM Clinical Pathology Laboratory and at the subject’s home when necessary. Samples were processed in this laboratory as well as in the Virology Unit of the Microbiology and Parasithology Laboratory. Hematology results revealed an absence of positive cases and 15.38% of suspected cases (showing presence of inclusions bodies within the cytoplasm of mononuclear cells and absence of thrombocytopenia). The IFI seropositive patients were 14.29%, without statistic relevance to the Chi Square test (p menor 0.05) compared to any of the risk factors considered above. These findings confirm exposition to Ehrlichia canis in dog owners with previous record of Ehrilichiosis in Lima Metropolitana, without statistical relationship between tests results and the risk factors evaluated.
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