Angiostrongylus cantonensis e Angiostrongylus costaricensis são nematoides parasitas que residem em roedores e usam gastrópodes como hospedeiros intermediários. Achatina fulica, conhecida como caramujo-gigante-africano, é um hospedeiro intermediário que desempenha importante papel na dispersão de A...
In Brazil, dogs and cats have free access in public areas in some cities, such as squares, parks and beaches, despite restrictive laws for their permanence in these places. Animals infected with intestinal parasites contaminate the environment through their feces. The present study aimed to verify the oc...
Santos, Helen Nazareth Veloso dos;
Ferracioli-Oda, Eduardo;
Barbosa, Thaisa Silveira;
Otani, Camila Sayuri Vicentini;
Tanaka, Tatiana;
Silva, Luciane de Carvalho Sarahyba da;
Lopes, Guilherme de Oliveira;
Doi, Andre;
Hirata, Carlos Eduardo;
Yamamoto, Joyce Hisae.
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of intraocular fluid analysis as a diagnostic aid for uveitis. METHODS: Twenty-eight samples (27 patients including 3 HIV-infected patients) with active (n=24) or non-active (n=4) uveitis were submitted to aqueous (AH; n=12) or vitreous humor (VH) analysis (n=16). All sam...
Humor Acuoso/microbiología,
Humor Acuoso/parasitología,
Humor Acuoso/virología,
Citomegalovirus/genética,
Citomegalovirus/inmunología,
ADN Viral/análisis,
VIH-1,
Herpesvirus Humano 3/genética,
Herpesvirus Humano 3/inmunología,
Herpesvirus Humano 4,
Inmunocompetencia,
Huésped Inmunocomprometido,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Simplexvirus/genética,
Simplexvirus/inmunología,
Toxoplasma,
Uveítis/diagnóstico,
Uveítis/microbiología,
Uveítis/parasitología,
Uveítis/virología,
Cuerpo Vítreo/microbiología,
Cuerpo Vítreo/parasitología,
Cuerpo Vítreo/virología
Concerning the specificities of a longitudinal study, the trajectories of a subject's mean responses not always present a linear behavior, which calls for tools that take into account the non-linearity of individual trajectories and that describe them towards associat...
Ratones,
Trayectoria del Peso Corporal,
Trypanosoma cruzi/inmunología,
Pesos y Medidas Corporales,
Bioterápicos/antagonistas & inhibidores,
Pollos,
Suero/inmunología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/parasitología,
Enfermedad de Chagas/tratamiento farmacológico,
Antígenos de Protozoos/inmunología,
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/inmunología,
Ensayo Clínico Controlado Aleatorio Veterinario,
Suero/parasitología
Abstract Fascioliasis is a food-borne parasitic disease that affects a range of animals, including humans caused by Fasciola hepatica. The present study aimed to determine the spatial distribution of bovine fasciolosis and to assess the correlation between the high Positivity Index (PI) and climate data ...
Altitud,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Bovinos,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Bovinos/parasitología,
Clima,
Fasciola hepatica,
Fascioliasis/epidemiología,
Fascioliasis/parasitología,
Fascioliasis/veterinaria,
Factores de Riesgo
Abstract Metachirus myosuros is a marsupial species widely distributed in South America. Despite this, there is a lack of knowledge about its helminth parasites and helminth community structure. The aims of this study were to describe the species composition and determine the parasitological parameters o...
Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the association between the distance to the nearest feces, the type of substrate to be studied (feces, soil, grass), and whether a given area was licensed or not with the presence of helminth eggs in Concepción, Chile. A total of 256 samples taken from feces ...
Abstract Among the Nematodes of Cerdocyon thous, the genus Pterygodermatites is characteristic for presenting cuticular projections along the body, being mentioned in different hosts in South America, although there are no records of its occurrence in the Amazon Biome. To enable further exploration in te...
Abstract Native foxes face serious threats related to anthropic activities and the uncontrolled pets. However, the transmission of several pathogens such as parasites by domestic dogs is an important conservation issue with limited attention in Chile. The lack of a proper identification of the helminths ...
Silva, Camila Moraes;
Silva, Anna Letícia Pinto;
Watanabe, Karinne Francisca Cardoso;
Chaves Bezerra, Nancyleni Pinto;
Bezerra, Danilo Cutrim;
Gomes, Hugo Moreira;
Freire, Thais Brito;
Santos, Larissa Sarmento dos;
Carvalho Neta, Alcina Vieira de;
Silva, Ellainy Maria Conceição;
Coimbra, Viviane Correia Silva.
Abstract The aim of this study was to report on detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in oysters (Crassostrea sp.) in the state of Maranhão. To conduct this study, 200 farmed oysters were acquired in the municipality of Raposa and 100 in Paço do Lumiar; and a further 100 oysters were taken from the natura...
