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Endoparasite diversity and liver alterations in Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus and Cichlasoma bimaculatum in a quilombola area in Maranhão, Brazil

Our aim was to assess endoparasite diversity and liver alterations in Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus (jeju) and Cichlasoma bimaculatum (acará preto) in a quilombola area in Maranhão, Brazil. For this, 21 H. unitaeniatus and 21 C. bimaculatum were caught in a natural environment and transported to a labora...

First case report of nematode parasitic myelopathy in a wild feline in Brazil

Abstract Parasitic myelopathy caused by Gurltia paralysans in domestic cats is a disease commonly reported in several South American countries. The adult parasite is lodged in the meningeal veins and spinal cord, often causing clinical manifestations of vascular proliferation, thrombophlebitis, and medul...

El grado de agregación de Ascaris lumbricoides según grupos de edad, después de una intervención antihelmíntica de masas
The degree of age-aggregation of Ascaris lumbricoides in a community after a mass antihelminthic intervention

Salud pública Méx; 38 (4), 1996
Objetivo. Descubrir la heterogeneidad de la reinfección por Ascaris lumbricoides según grupos de edad, en distintos intervalos, después de un primer tratamiento antihelmíntico masivo. Material y métodos. A partir de datos de la prevalencia e intensidad de la infección por A. lumbricoides obtenidos ...