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Leishmaniasis in wild, synanthropic and domestic animals on the Island of Itama...
Batista, Aksa Ingrid Vieira; Andrade, Wagner Wesley Araújo; Nascimento, Janilene de Oliveira; Silva, Weslania Souza Inacio da; Oliveira, Matheus ResendeLeishmaniasis are notifiable diseases, characterized by severe clinical manifestations, being caused by obligate intracellular protozoa, belonging to the genus Leishmania, where the species L. (L.) infantum and L. (V.) braziliensis are responsible for most cases. of leishmaniasis in Brazil. Many studies indicate the need for investigations into the exact role of animal species in the epidemiology of leishmanias...
Vector competence of Culex quinquefasciatus Say, 1823 exposed to different dens...
Carvalho, Gílcia Aparecida de; Alves, Lêucio Câmara A.; Maia, R. T.; Andrade, Carlos Fernando Salgueirosa de; Ramos, Rafael Antonio NascimentoThe metropolitan region of Recife, Brazil is endemic for Dirofilaria immitis and has an environment favorable to the development of Culex quinquefasciatus. The goal of this study was to evaluate the vector competence of the Cx. quinquefasciatus RECIFE population for D. immitis transmission. A total of 2,104 females of Cx. quinquefasciatus RECIFE population were exposed to different densities of D. immitis micro...
Pulmonicola cochleotrema (Digenea: Opisthotrematidae) in Antillean manatees ( T...
Borges, João Carlos Gomes; Jung, Larissa Molinari; Carvalho, Vitor Luz; Moreira, André Lucas de Oliveira; Attademo, Fernanda Löffler NiemeyerCurrently, little is known about the helminth fauna in sirenian species. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the frequency of infection by Pulmonicola cochleotrema in Antillean manatees ( Trichechus manatus manatus ), in the North-eastern region of Brazil. Between the years of 1989 and 2014, 88 manatees found on the North-eastern Brazilian coast were clinically examined. They included animals t...