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Physella acuta Confirmed as Intermediate Host of Posthodiplostomum sp. from Lak...
Bispo, Maria Teresa; Maurício, Isabel Larguinho; Ferreira, Pedro Manuel; Belo, Silvana; Calado, ManuelaFunding Information: This study was financially supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through funds to GHTM (UID/04413/2020), LA-REAL (LA/P/0117/2020) and Project PTDC-2022.01349 (Doi: 10.54499/2022.01349.PTDC). Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; Physella acuta is an invasive freshwater snail with a global distribution and a recognized role as an intermediate host for...
Zoonotic Threats
Bispo, Maria Teresa; Calado, Manuela; Maurício, Isabel Larguinho; Ferreira, Pedro Manuel; Belo, SilvanaFunding Information: This study was financially supported by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology for funds to GHTM\u2014UID/04413/2020 and LA-REAL\u2014LA/P/0117/2020 and Project PTDC-2022.01349. Publisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors.; Cercarial dermatitis (CD), or “Swimmer’s itch” as it is also known, is a waterborne illness caused by a blood fluke from the family Schistosomatidae. It occurs ...
First Molecular Identification of Fasciola gigantica in Slaughtered Cattle in C...
Levy, Sara; Calado, Manuela; Mateus, Teresa Letra; Vieira-Pinto, MadalenaFunding Information: This work was supported by the projects UIDB/CVT/00772/2020 and LA/P/0059/2020 funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; A study on fasciolosis prevalence, gross pathological lesions, fluke genetic identification and coprological analysis was carried out in slaughtered cattle from one abattoir in Cape Verde. Of the 131...
Molecular characterization of Dirofilaria spp. circulating in Portugal
Ferreira, Cátia; Afonso, Ana; Calado, Manuela; Maurício, Isabel; Alho, Ana Margarida; Meireles, José; Madeira de Carvalho, Luís; Belo, SilvanaBackground: Dirofilariosis is a potentially zoonotic parasitic disease, mainly transmitted by mosquito vectors in many parts of the world. Data concerning the canine Dirofilaria species currently circulating in Portugal is scarce. Thereby, a large-scale study was conducted to determine the Dirofilaria spp. present in Portugal, based on a molecular approach, and also to optimize a reliable and highly sensitive s...