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Performance of the Dot-blot test method for detecting antibodies to Sarcocystis spp. in cattle

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (5), 2020
Serological techniques can detect antibodies against Sarcocystis spp., Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii antigens in single or mixed infections. Immunofluorescent antibody tests (IFAT) is considered the gold standard technique for Sarcocystosis diagnostic in cattle serum and a positive IFAT result r...

Para: Lagoquilascaríase humana: um diagnóstico a ser lembrado diante de tumoração de cabeça e pescoço: relato de caso

Neurochagas: atualização clínica

A doença de Chagas ainda é uma doença tropical muito prevalente no Brasil. Pode apresentar duas fases (aguda e crônica) e exibe grandes repercussões, sobretudo as que envolvem o sistema nervoso periférico e/ou central. Com o aumento do número de pessoas vivendo em estado (transitório ou perman...

Hemoplasma infection in wild captive carnivores

Pesqui. vet. bras; 40 (4), 2020
Hemoplasmas are bacteria able to adhere themselves loosely to the plasma membrane of erythrocytes and may parasitize several species of mammals. There are three known species of hemoplasmas that parasitize domestic and wild cats: Mycoplasma haemofelis, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' and 'Candidatus...

Miasis por Cochliomyia hominivorax en la Argentina
Myiasis by Cochliomyia hominivorax in Argentina

Medicina (B.Aires); 80 (2), 2020
Miasis es la infestación de humanos y animales por larvas de dípteros ciclorrafos con invasión y destrucción tisular. Cochliomyia hominivorax es responsable del 80% de las miasis en la Argentina. Es importante realizar el diagnóstico etiológico específico debido a la agresividad de las larvas de e...

Efficacy and safety of dimeticones in the treatment of epidermal parasitic skin diseases with special emphasis on tungiasis: an evidence-based critical review

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (2), 2020
ABSTRACT Epidermal parasitic skin diseases encompass scabies, pediculosis, cutaneous larva migrans, myiasis, and tungiasis. Tungiasis is probably the most neglected of all Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD). It occurs in South America, the Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa and affects marginalized populati...

El riesgo de parasitismo por Angiostrongylus cantonensis: una problemática reemergente en Cuba

Rev. inf. cient; 99 (2), 2020
RESUMEN Introducción: El riesgo de parasitismo por Angiostrongylus cantonensis transmitido por el caracol gigante africano es una problemática reemergente en Cuba. Objetivo: Sistematizar contenidos esenciales relacionados con el caracol gigante africano y el parásito Angiostrongylus cantonensis, e...

Microfilaremia by Cercopithifilaria bainae in a dog from the central western region of Brazil: case report

Cercopithifilaria bainae is a nematode belonging to the family Onchocercidae that parasitizes the subcutaneous tissue of dogs. Its transmission occurs through the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus and its geographical distribution overlaps that of this vector. The present study reports the detection of micro...

Ocorrência de espécies do gênero Eimeria Schneider, 1875, em cordeiros confinados

Este trabalho descreve as espécies do gênero Eimeria Schneider, 1875, que ocorreram em um confinamento de cordeiros, bem como as dinâmicas da eliminação de oocistos no ambiente, a correlação com o ganho de peso médio diário (GMD) e as variáveis climáticas, durante nove semanas. Cento e quatro ...

First report of Kudoa sp. in the palate and pharyngeal musculature of Gobioides grahamae Palmer and Wheeler, 1955 (Perciformes, Gobiidae) from Marajó Island, Brazil

The aim of this study was to describe the first occurrence ofKudoasp. inGobioides grahamae, contributing to the understanding of this group of parasites in the Amazonian ichthyofauna. Forty specimens ofG. grahamaecollected from the natural environment were analyzed. Cysts ofKudoasp. were diffusely distri...