Visceral larva migrans (VLM) is caused by Toxocara canis larvae infection, which is a small intestine parasite found mainly in dogs, infecting humans occasionally, causing inflammation and damage to several organs with clinical signs ranging from asymptomatic to nonspecific symptoms. The goal of this study was to investigate the occurrence of anti-T. canis IgG in children attended at Basic Health Care Units in ...
In order to identify the species of Culicidae in intra and peridomiciliary environments in the city of Lages, SC, to determine the frequency of species in these environments and to study the seasonal variation of Culicidae, monthly, winged insects were captured by automatic light trap and aspitation and immature forms by f fine meshed nets and siphoning, in ten residences ( five in downtown and five in a neighb...
Trypanosoma evansi is the most widespread pathogenic trypanosome, due to its ability to be mechanically transmitted by hematophagous flies. Some studies have shown that T. evansi has a high genetic homology among populations around the world, but they have not described the relationships among infection patterns in the host. In this study, we used molecular techniques to determine the genetic variability of two...