title: Fasciola hepatica in bovines in Brazil: data availability and spatial distribution.
abstract: Fasciolosis is a disease of importance for both veterinary and public health. For the first time, georeferenced prevalence data of Fasciola hepatica in bovines were collected and mapped for the Brazilian territory and data availability was discussed. Bovine fasciolosis in Brazil is monitored on a Federal, State and Municipal level, and to improve monitoring it is essential to combine the data collected on these three levels into one dataset. Data were collected for 1032 municipalities where livers were condemned by the Federal Inspection Service (MAPA/SIF) because of the presence of F. hepatica. The information was distributed over 11 states: Espírito Santo, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo. The highest prevalence of fasciolosis was observed in the southern states, with disease clusters along the coast of Paraná and Santa Catarina and in Rio Grande do Sul. Also, temporal variation of the prevalence was observed. The observed prevalence and the kriged prevalence maps presented in this paper can assist both animal and human health workers in estimating the risk of infection in their state or municipality.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, 30190-002Belo HorizonteMinas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Av. Augusto Lima 1715, Barro Preto, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Sita C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bennema
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, 30190-002Belo HorizonteMinas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Av. Augusto Lima 1715, Barro Preto, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Scholte
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Setor de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Paraná, 80035-050CuritibaParaná, Brazil, Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Setor de Ciências Agrárias, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Rua dos Funcionários 1540, Cabral, 80035-050 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marcelo Beltrão
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Molento
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, 30190-002Belo HorizonteMinas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Av. Augusto Lima 1715, Barro Preto, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Medeiros
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, 30190-002Belo HorizonteMinas Gerais, Brazil, Laboratório de Helmintologia e Malacologia Médica, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz, Av. Augusto Lima 1715, Barro Preto, 30190-002 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.forename: Omar Dos Santos
authors.initials: Odos S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005210:Fasciola hepatica; D005211:Fascioliasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D062305:Geographic Mapping; D015995:Prevalence