Pena, Hilda Fátima de Jesus;
Evangelista, Camila Mariellen;
Casagrande, Renata Assis;
Biezus, Giovana;
Wisser, Claudia Salete;
Ferian, Paulo Eduardo;
Moura, Anderson Barbosa de;
Rolim, Veronica Machado;
Driemeier, David;
Oliveira, Solange;
Alves, Bruna Farias;
Gennari, Solange Maria;
Traverso, Sandra Davi.
Abstract The objective of the study was to report on a fatal case of feline toxoplasmosis with coinfection with the feline leukemia virus (FeLV). A domestic cat (Felis silvestris catus) presented intense dyspnea and died three days later. In the necropsy, the lungs were firm, without collapse and with ma...
Brasil,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/parasitología,
Enfermedades de los Gatos/patología,
Resultado Fatal,
Genotipo,
Huésped Inmunocomprometido,
Leucemia Mielógena Crónica BCR-ABL Positiva/patología,
Leucemia Mielógena Crónica BCR-ABL Positiva/veterinaria,
Polimorfismo de Longitud del Fragmento de Restricción,
Toxoplasma/genética,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/patología
Abstract Central Chile has been identified as a unique ecosystem with high conservation priority because of its high levels of endemism and intensive anthropic pressure. Over a period of almost four decades, the monk parakeet has been successful in establishing and dispersing in urban Santiago, although ...
Abstract Trypanosoma comprises flagellates able to infect several mammalian species and is transmitted by several groups of invertebrates. The order Chiroptera can be infected by the subgenera Herpetosoma, Schizotrypanum, Megatrypanum and Trypanozoon. In this study, we described the diversity of bat tryp...
Abstract This study focused on the characterization and analysis of communities and infra-communities of metazoan parasites of Plagioscion squamosissimus caught in Promissão Reservoir in the Tietê River in Borborema (21°39′58"S, 49°8′49"W), state of São Paulo, Brazil. Fifty adult specime...
Abstract In the Experimental Farm of the Universidade Federal de Lavras (EF-UFLA), state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, on their day of birth, female Holstein calves were randomly selected and placed into two groups containing fifteen animals each: Strategic-Selective Treatment (S-ST) or Conventional Treatment...
Summary Introduction: Thrombocytopenia is commonly found in patients living in highly endemic areas for Schistosoma mansoni. Recently, different degrees of liver steatosis have also been associated with low platelet counts worldwide. We investigated the association of platelet counts with hepatosplenic ...
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Estudios Transversales,
Enfermedades Endémicas,
Hígado Graso/diagnóstico,
Hígado Graso/epidemiología,
Hígado Graso/parasitología,
Parasitosis Hepáticas/diagnóstico,
Parasitosis Hepáticas/epidemiología,
Parasitosis Hepáticas/parasitología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Prevalencia,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/complicaciones,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/diagnóstico,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/epidemiología,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Trombocitopenia/diagnóstico,
Trombocitopenia/epidemiología,
Trombocitopenia/parasitología
Sumary The identification of a escrotal mass without pain or report of trauma should be investigated to rule out scrotal cancer. We report the case of a young Brazilian boy who underwent orchiectomy after magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and duplex scan (DS) indicating a high possibility of cancer. Blood...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: The muscoid fly Dermatobia hominis causes cutaneous myiases in mammals. Females of this species use a vector to carry their eggs to the host. This note describes Anopheles konderi acting as phoretic vector for D. hominis. METHODS: A female A. konderi carrying D. hominis was col...
Abstract INTRODUCTION: We evaluated the effects of a cardiac rehabilitation program on quality of life. METHODS This secondary analysis of a single-arm study included 12 patients with Chagas heart failure. The cardiac rehabilitation program comprised exercise training and nutritional and pharmaceutic...
Abstract This report presents a description of natural infection of an adult free-living guira cuckoo with Paratanaisia confusa. Histological and morphological evaluations of renal and parasite samples were performed. The morphological analysis of the parasites revealed spiny tegument, characteristic of ...
