Potential public health impact of the stranding of cetaceans
Cetacean stranding occurs when those animals arrive to the beach without having the possibility to come back to the sea. In Costa Rica, most of the cases have been registered along the pacific coast. Between the possible causes of the stranding, there are infectious diseases like marine brucellosis...
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RepoTEC88742017-09-19T20:37:55Z Potential public health impact of the stranding of cetaceans Posible impacto en la salud pública del encallamiento de cetáceos en Costa Rica Rivas-Solano, Olga Zúñiga-Vega, Claudia Brucellosis; marine brucella; stranded cetaceans. Brucelosis; brucelas marinas; varamiento de cetáceos. Cetacean stranding occurs when those animals arrive to the beach without having the possibility to come back to the sea. In Costa Rica, most of the cases have been registered along the pacific coast. Between the possible causes of the stranding, there are infectious diseases like marine brucellosis. This disease is caused by bacteria from the genus Brucella and it can be transmitted to humans. Contact between humans and cetaceans, has been increased because of touristic and working activities. Besides, stranding phenomenon usually calls the attention of tourists and locals, which tend to have close contact with the animal, mostly to return it to the sea. This potentiates the risk of transmission of pathogenic strains from marine mammals to humans and to other animals. In our country, a research project has been conducted during 2009 and 2011 by experts from public universities, government institutions and Keto Foundation. As part of this project, educational workshops have been addressed to healthcare professionals, community leaders, and local authorities, with the purpose of training them in the correct management of cetacean stranding, basically to prevent situations of public health risk. El encallamiento de cetáceos se presenta cuando estos mamíferos llegan a la playa sin poder regresar al mar por sus propios medios. En Costa Rica, la mayoría de los casos se han registrado en las costas del Pacífico. Entre las posibles causas de este fenómeno, están las enfermedades infecciosas como la brucelosis marina. Dicha enfermedad es provocada por bacterias del género Brucella, y se puede transmitir a los humanos. El contacto entre humanos y cetáceos ha venido en aumento debido a actividades recreativas y ocupacionales. Además, el varamiento usualmente llama la atención de turistas y locales, quienes tienden mantener un acercamiento estrecho con el animal encallado para tratar de regresarlo al mar. Lo anterior potencia el riesgo de transmisión de cepas patogénicas desde los mamíferos marinos hacia los humanos y otros animales. En Costa Rica se desarrolló, durante los años 2009 y 2011, un proyecto de investigación en cual participaron expertos de universidades estatales, de instituciones gubernamentales y de la Fundación Keto. Como parte del mismo, se organizaron talleres de capacitación a profesionales en salud, líderes comunales y autoridades locales de la costa pacífica, con el fin de concientizarlos sobre los protocolos a seguir para la atención integral de la problemática de los encallamientos de cetáceos, con miras a prevenir posibles situaciones de riesgo a la salud pública. 2013-06-01 2017-09-19T20:37:55Z 2017-09-19T20:37:55Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/1401 10.18845/tm.v26i2.1401 https://hdl.handle.net/2238/8874 spa https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/1401/1295 application/pdf Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica Revista Tecnología en Marcha; Vol. 26, Núm. 2 (2013); pág. 33-40 2215-3241 0379-3982 |
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Brucellosis; marine brucella; stranded cetaceans. Brucelosis; brucelas marinas; varamiento de cetáceos. |
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Brucellosis; marine brucella; stranded cetaceans. Brucelosis; brucelas marinas; varamiento de cetáceos. Rivas-Solano, Olga Zúñiga-Vega, Claudia Potential public health impact of the stranding of cetaceans |
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Cetacean stranding occurs when those animals arrive to the beach without having the possibility to come back to the sea. In Costa Rica, most of the cases have been registered along the pacific coast. Between the possible causes of the stranding, there are infectious diseases like marine brucellosis. This disease is caused by bacteria from the genus Brucella and it can be transmitted to humans. Contact between humans and cetaceans, has been increased because of touristic and working activities. Besides, stranding phenomenon usually calls the attention of tourists and locals, which tend to have close contact with the animal, mostly to return it to the sea. This potentiates the risk of transmission of pathogenic strains from marine mammals to humans and to other animals. In our country, a research project has been conducted during 2009 and 2011 by experts from public universities, government institutions and Keto Foundation. As part of this project, educational workshops have been addressed to healthcare professionals, community leaders, and local authorities, with the purpose of training them in the correct management of cetacean stranding, basically to prevent situations of public health risk. |
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Rivas-Solano, Olga Zúñiga-Vega, Claudia |
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Potential public health impact of the stranding of cetaceans |
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Editorial Tecnológica de Costa Rica |
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