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Revista Argentina de Salud Pública
Print version ISSN 1852-8724On-line version ISSN 1853-810X
Abstract
FITTE, Bruno et al. Social perception on urban rodents and sanitary risk in neighborhoods from Gran La Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rev. argent. salud pública [online]. 2022, vol.14, pp.69-69. Epub Feb 22, 2022. ISSN 1852-8724.
INTRODUCTION
Synanthropic rodents, which are represented by house mouse (Mus musculus), Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and black rat (Rattus rattus), pose a high health risk. In South America, socioeconomic fragmentation generates marked differences between urban centers and peripheral areas and are associated with a heterogeneous record. The objective was to gather data by surveying inhabitants of two neighborhoods with contrasting features in Greater La Plata, province of Buenos Aires, in order to explore, describe and evaluate the perception on the presence of rodents in domicile, peridomicile and neighborhood as vehicles of disease transmission
METHODS
An exploratory descriptive design was used to make and conduct surveys following the technique of stratified sampling. The variables gender and group were considered to have the same distribution in the sample. The information was transferred to a database and analyzed through IBM SPSS Statistics V25
RESULTS
There is a common concern related to the role played by urban rodents as reservoirs and source of infection of zoonotic pathologies. The presence of rodents in the most vulnerable neighborhood was higher than in the center of the city
DISCUSSION
This study provides a different perspective related to rodents and pathologies associated, considering social perception and showing its importance for management and control programs.
Keywords : Parasites; Pathogens; Zoonosis; Urban Rodents; Social Perception.