Abstract Brazil has a wide diversity of exotic birds that were brought to this country during the European colonization. These animals are kept in captivity and, in some cases, in inadequate facilities, which may facilitate the introduction of pathogens, including gastrointestinal parasites. The purpose ...
Abstract Leptodactylus syphax is distributed in central, southeastern and northeastern Brazil, eastern Bolivia and southern Paraguay, occupying open areas and rock outcrops, in rock cavities and termite burrows. We collected 21 frogs from the Caatinga region of the state of Ceará, northeastern Brazil, a...
Abstract This work provides the results of a survey of entomonematodes parasites of grasshoppers in grasslands of the Pampean Region, Argentina. Nymphs of Staurorhectus longicornis Giglio-Tos, Laplatacris dispar Rhen, 1939, Dichroplus elongatus Giglio-Tos, 1894 and Metaleptea brevicornis (L.) (Orthoptera...
Abstract Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are a promising alternative to integrated control in many fruit pests. Few studies were made on the relationship of Anastrepha fraterculus natural population with native EPNs population and other biotic and abiotic factors. The aim of this work was to verify the...
Abstract Up until now, there have been few studies of the helminth fauna of Brazilian populations of Pogonias cromis. In North America, P. cromis is known to be a definitive host of Cotylogaster basiri, although there have been no reports of any species of Cotylogaster infecting fish in Brazil. During ne...
Abstract Introduction: Renal involvement is a severe form of schistosomiasis and occurs in 10% to 15% of patients with the hepatosplenic form of the disease. Nephrotic syndrome is the most common clinical presentation. It is a complication caused by immune complexes (IC), it is rare to appear in the Bra...
Barreto, Ana Virgínia Matos Sá;
Alecrim, Vinícius Martins;
Medeiros, Tibério Batista de;
Domingues, Ana Lúcia Coutinho;
Lopes, Edmundo Pessoa;
Martins, João Roberto Maciel;
Nader, Helena Bonciani;
Diniz, George Tadeu Nunes;
Montenegro, Silvia Maria Lucena;
Morais, Clarice Neuenschwander Lins de.
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Periportal fibrosis is the major pathological consequence of the Schistosoma mansoni infection. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the accuracy of serum markers and to construct an index to assess fibrosis. METHODS Patients (n=116) with schistosomiasis were evaluated by ultrasound scan and meas...
Fosfatasa Alcalina/sangre,
Biomarcadores/sangre,
Plaquetas,
Citocinas/sangre,
Ácido Hialurónico/sangre,
Cirrosis Hepática/sangre,
Cirrosis Hepática/diagnóstico por imagen,
Cirrosis Hepática/parasitología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/sangre,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/complicaciones,
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/diagnóstico por imagen,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad,
Índice de Severidad de la Enfermedad,
Transaminasas/sangre,
gamma-Glutamiltransferasa/sangre
Abstract INTRODUCTION This study registers Ascogregarina spp. infection in field populations of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in a subtropical region of Brazil. METHODS Mosquito larvae collected in tires placed in four municipalities of Santa Catarina were identified morphologically and assessed...
Ullmann, Leila Sabrina;
Gravinatti, Mara Lúcia;
Yamatogi, Ricardo Seiti;
Santos, Leonilda Correa dos;
Moraes, Wanderlei de;
Cubas, Zalmir Silvino;
Camossi, Lucilene Granuzzio;
Barros Filho, Ivan Roque de;
Langoni, Helio;
Vieira, Rafael Felipe da Costa;
Biondo, Alexander Welker.
Abstract INTRODUCTION: Brazilian native species are reemerging as increasingly free-ranging populations. METHODS: Sera from 31 capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) and 28 peccaries (Pecari tajacu and Tayassu pecari) were tested for anti-Leptospira and anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies using microsco...
Pruebas de Aglutinación,
Animales Salvajes,
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre,
Artiodáctilos/microbiología,
Artiodáctilos/parasitología,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Leptospira/inmunología,
Leptospirosis/diagnóstico,
Leptospirosis/epidemiología,
Leptospirosis/veterinaria,
Roedores/microbiología,
Roedores/parasitología,
Toxoplasma/inmunología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/diagnóstico,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología,
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