Zambrano-Hernandez, Pilar;
Ayala-Sotelo, Martha S;
Fuya-Oviedo, Patricia;
Montenegro-Puentes, Carlos A;
Aya-Vanegas, Nancy M;
Aguilera-Jaramillo, Germán;
Blázquez, Octavio;
Becerra, Silvia;
Lozano, Carlos;
Rojas-García, María C;
Rodríguez-Toro, Gerzain.
Objetivo Estudiar clínica y epidemiológicamente focos de leishmaniasis visceral (LV) urbana en Neiva (Colombia). Materiales y Métodos Seis niños consultaron por hepato-esplenomegalia. Presentaban anemia y leucopenia. Se realizó biopsia por aspiración de medula ósea (5 pacientes) y de bazo (1 pacie...
The states that make up the Legal Amazon Region, which include the state of Maranhão, account for 99% of registered cases of human malaria in Brazil. It is also believed that transmission of malaria from nonhuman primates (NHP) to humans occurs in this region, because of current reports of seroepidemiol...
Introducción: La vigilancia de las enfermedades transmitidas por vectores es importante para establecer medidas de control en salud pública. Las poblaciones indígenas de Córdoba viven en condiciones geoclimáticas que favorecen la presencia de vectores que podrían permitir la diseminación y aparici...
Dreer, Márcia Küster de Paula;
Gonçalves, Daniela Dib;
Caetano, Isabel Cristina da Silva;
Gerônimo, Edson;
Menegas, Paulo Henrique;
Bergo, Danilo;
Lopes-Mori, Fabiana Maria Ruiz;
Benitez, Aline;
Freitas, Julio Cesar de;
Evers, Fernanda;
Navarro, Italmar Teodorico;
Martins, Lisiane de Almeida.
Background : Leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis and brucellosis are diseases with worldwide distribution. Among stray dogs, these zoonoses are facilitated by direct contact with other animal species, by the habit of scavenging garbage and hunting in search of food, drinking standing water, smelling other anima...
Canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) is caused by the protozoan Leishmania infantum, which infects dogs and humans in many regions of Brazil. The present study involved an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) to analyze L. infantum, Ehrlichia spp., Babesia canis, Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninu...
A cross-sectional study based on planned sampling was carried out to determine flock-level risk factors associated with Toxoplasma gondii antibody prevalence in dairy goat flocks in a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil. Serum samples from 975 adult dairy goats from 110 flocks were examined by indirec...
A serological survey on Ehrlichia canis was conducted among dogs in the central area of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, where the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus is a common parasite of dogs. Out of a total of 316 dogs attended at the veterinary teaching hospital in the municipality of Santa Maria, only 14...
Objetivo: Describir las características clínicas y serológicas de un grupo de pacientes afectados de toxoplasmosis ocular activa. Método: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, de corte transversal realizado en 54 ojos de igual número de pacientes con diagnóstico de toxoplasmosis ocular. Se les realiz...
Objetivando avaliar a ocorrência de anticorpos anti-Toxoplasma gondii, em caprinos leiteiros do estado de São Paulo, e verificar possíveis associações com idade, sexo, presença de gatos, problemas reprodutivos e potenciais riscos à saúde pública, foram considerados soros de 923 caprinos, de ambo...
Apt B, Werner;
Heitmann G, Ingrid;
Jercic L, M. Isabel;
Jofré M, Leonor;
Muñoz C. del V, Patricia;
Noemí H, Isabel;
San Martín V, Ana M;
Sapunar P, Jorge;
Torres H, Marisa;
Zulantay A, Inés.
In this fifth part of Guidelines for Chagas disease, diagnostic techniques for Trypanosoma cruzi infection in humans are reviewed, the interpretation of laboratory results and an algorithm for laboratory diagnosis in immunocompetent hosts are presented. Chagas disease may be diagnosed by three kinds of t...
