Acidentes com picadas de escorpiões, em especial Tityus serrulatus, tem aumentado nas últimas décadas e constituem um grave problema de saúde pública no Brasil, com mais de 150.000 casos notificados a cada ano. Foi avaliada a efetividade e adequação do emprego de inseticidas na formulação pó se...
Chalela, Claudia Marcela;
Peña, Angela Maria;
Roa, Angela Maria;
Reyes, David L;
Rueda, Jennifer Paola;
Salazar, Luis Antonio;
Rosales, Manuel;
Gomez, Edgar David;
Bernal, Edgar Augusto;
Melo, Claudia Lucia Sossa.
Abstract Chagas disease (CD) is a protozoan zoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Reactivation of CD occurs via drug-induced immunosuppression before and during transplantation. Here, we report the case of a 62-year-old man diagnosed with classic Hodgkin lymphoma who received highly aggressive conditioni...
Abstract Gnathostomiasis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by the helminth Gnathostoma spp., acquired through the consumption of raw or undercooked contaminated aquatic animals.The disease is endemic in Southeast Asia and Central America. Two male patients, both middle-aged, presented with single itchy eryt...
Abstract Slaughter condemnations are important sources of information on cattle health. The incidence of bovine parasitic diseases is still very high in Brazil. These diseases, in addition to causing harm to the animals health, are neglected zoonotic diseases in several parts of world. The study analysed...
Abstract In São Luís, Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, the notification of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases intensified in 1982, showing endemic and epidemic patterns. In this city, the Center for Zoonoses Control (CZC) was an organization in charge of the control and prevention of the disease. However...
The increasing expansion of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Brazilian territory evidences the need for studies focused on the main reservoir of this parasite: the dog. This study aimed to conduct an epidemiological survey in the municipality of Barão de Melgaço, Pantanal region of the state of Mato ...
Salmonellosis is a foodborne disease (FBD) that affects public health and can cause death in people. Many outbreaks of Salmonellosis have been reported due to the contamination of raw milk and dairy products with the pathogen. To determine the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in milk samples from four dairy...
Castiglioni, Lilian;
Aires, Luiz Paulo Nogueira;
Ferrari, Vinícius Matheus;
Murata, Fernando Henrique Antunes;
Soares, Herbert Sousa;
Gennari, Solange Maria;
Machado, Juliana Giantomassi;
Fracischetti, Adriana Santiago;
Sartori, Ricardo Quitério;
Mattos, Luiz Carlos de;
Brandão, Cinara Cássia;
Pena, Hilda Fátima Jesus.
Toxoplasmosis is a protozoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular parasite named Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect humans and a large number of homeothermic animal species with worldwide distribution. The present study aimed to detect anti-T. gondii antibodies from serological samples of free-livin...
A leishmaniose visceral (LV) ou calazar é uma das principais doenças tropicais negligenciadas, de grande importância devido ao caráter letal desta zoonose causada por protozoários do gênero Leishmania. Objetivou-se analisar a tendência temporal dos casos de LV no Estado do Piauí, Brasil, de 2008 ...
Introducción: Las exposiciones frecuentes o estacionales a helmintos que no provocan infecciones crónicas se asocian a un aumento de la inflamación alérgica, situación que podría extrapolarse a la toxocariasis humana. El objetivo de esta investigación fue determinar la frecuencia de seropositivos ...
