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Nivel de conocimiento de los padres acerca de la parasitosis en niños y niñas
Parents' level of knowledge about parasitosis in boys and girls

Introducción. La parasitosis intestinal constituye la afectación del tubo digestivo por protozoos y helmintos, estos parásitos representan un grave problema de salud pública ya que afecta a países en vías de desarrollo como el nuestro. Objetivo. Determinar el nivel de cono...

Actividad tripanocida de cinco plantas latinoamericanas

Rev. biol. trop; 72 (1), 2024
Resumen Introducción: La enfermedad de Chagas es causada por un parásito hemoflagelado llamado Trypanosoma cruzi, distribuido principalmente en América Latina. Países como México se ven afectados por este parásito, y se estima que un millón de personas padecen la enfermedad. Actualmente, el trat...

Noble hosts: effects of internal parasites on the physiology of an intertidal brooding Sea-star

Rev. biol. trop; 72 (supl.1), 2024
Abstract Introduction: The endoparasite Dendrogaster argentinensis infects the intertidal brooder sea star Anasterias antarctica. This sea-star species is in the highest trophic level in the Beagle Channel. Objective: To study the effects of parasitism by D. argentinensis on the fitness and reproduct...

Prevalence of parasites in selected captive bird species

Braz. j. biol; 84 (), 2024
Abstract Blood and fecal samples of chukar partridge (Alectoris chukar), albino pheasant (Phasianus colchicus), silver pheasant (Lophura nycthemera), rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) and turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) were analyzed to check parasitic prevalence. To record parasites these five avi...

Avaliação parasitológica e microbiológica de morangos comercializados em feiras livres e supermercados

J. Health NPEPS; 8 (2), 2023
Objetivo: avaliar a qualidade parasitológica e microbiológica de morangos comercializados em um município do estado da Bahia. Método: estudo transversal edescritivo, onde foram realizadas análises parasitológicas e microbiológicas em amostras de morangos de quatro pont...

Detección molecular de patógenos en deposiciones en niños consultantes por diarrea aguda en Servicios de Urgencia

Rev. chil. infectol; 40 (5), 2023
INTRODUCCIÓN: La diarrea aguda continúa siendo una de las principales causas de morbilidad en niños; sin embargo, el diagnóstico etiológico presenta limitaciones dada la baja sensibilidad de los métodos tradicionales. OBJETIVO: Describir los microorganismos identificados en niños que acudieron al ...

In vitro antiparasitic and antibacterial evaluation of organic extracts of Salvadoran flora

Currently, in developing countries, parasitic and bacterial diseases as amebiasis, giardiasis, trichonomiasis, leishmaniasis, trypanosomiasis, tuberculosis, and nocardiasis are a public health problem. The pharmacological treatment for these diseases is not completely effective and c...

Description of Pudica wandiquei n. sp. (Heligmonellidae: Pudicinae), a nematode found infecting Proechimys simonsi (Rodentia: Echimyidae) in the Brazilian Amazon

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract A new species of nematode parasite of the subfamily Pudicinae (Heligmosomoidea: Heligmonellidae) is described from the small intestine of Proechimys simonsi (Rodentia: Echimyidae) from the locality of Nova Cintra in the municpality of Rodrigues Alves, Acre state, Brazil. The genus Pudica include...

Prevalence and diversity of ectoparasites in Wild Rock Pigeon (Columba livia) in Punjab region, Pakistan

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract The current study was carried out to estimate the prevalence and diversity of ectoparasites in rock pigeons in different regions of Punjab, Pakistan. A total of 120 birds were captured from March 2017 to February 2019. The ectoparasites were collected by standard procedures and preserved in 70% ...

Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasite in small ruminants of District Dir Upper Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan

Braz. j. biol; 83 (), 2023
Abstract The present research was planned to assess the occurrence of intestinal parasites in small ruminants of Upper Dir of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. For this purpose, the faecal material was collected randomly with gloved fingers directly from the rectum region of sheep and goats and th...