Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: SAVIO SAMUEL FEITOSA MACHADO

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : SAVIO SAMUEL FEITOSA MACHADO
DATE: 30/10/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Faculdade de Medicina - Campus Barbalha
TITLE:

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE OF SARS-COV-2 IN PETS: A STUDY BASED ON EPIDEMIOLOGICAL, CLINICAL AND LABORATORY SURVEY IN REFERENCE VETERINARY CLINICS IN CARIRI CEARENSE, BRAZIL.

KEY WORDS:

Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; COVID-19; Pets.

PAGES: 65
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Saúde Coletiva
SUMMARY:

Coronaviruses infect a variety of mammalian vertebrate animals, causing respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and neurological diseases with different degrees of clinical severity. The close contact of dogs and cats with humans allows us to question whether they may be involved in the COVID-19 transmission chain. Considering this possibility, an observational, descriptive cross-sectional trial was carried out to evaluate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in dogs and cats domiciled in the cities of Juazeiro do Norte, Crato and Barbalha, municipalities in the state of Ceará – Brazil, in the period from January 2021 to December 2022. Cats and dogs domiciled and treated in veterinary clinics in the study area were randomly selected. The animals were clinically evaluated by a veterinarian and clinical and epidemiological information was tabulated and treated with descriptive statistics. Biological samples (sera and swabs) were collected from the animals and their owners and subjected to chemiluminescence and RT-PCR assays. The results showed 185 animals subject to the study, of which 27 had positive serology for SARS-CoV-2 (24 (12.97%) dogs and 3 (1.62%) cats). Of the 83 Swabs collected, 73 (87.95%) were not detectable for SARS-CoV-2 and 10 (12.04%) were indeterminate, resulting in a serological prevalence of 0.14 (14%) and an indeterminate infectious prevalence. The results allow us to infer that, possibly, domestic animals (dogs and cats) may be involved in the transmission chain or be reservoirs of the COVID-19 virus, a fact that leads to the expansion of the study, considering it is an emerging disease of notable importance in public health.

 

BANKING MEMBERS:
Interno - CLAUDIO GLEIDISTON LIMA DA SILVA
Interna - MARIA DO SOCORRO VIEIRA DOS SANTOS
Externa à Instituição - RACQUEL OLIVEIRA DA SILVA SOUZA - F.M.NASSAU