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Parasitologia, Volume 2, Issue 3

2022 September - 7 articles

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Articles (7)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,479 Views
6 Pages

16 September 2022

An adult engorged female of the hard tick Amblyomma ovale was found during a routine examination of a bloodhound dog in a private clinic from a small community in the state of Oaxaca, in Southern Mexico. Previously, this tick species had been identif...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,764 Views
12 Pages

Taenia multiceps in Northern Tanzania: An Important but Preventable Disease Problem in Pastoral and Agropastoral Farming Systems

  • Tito Kibona,
  • Joram Buza,
  • Gabriel Shirima,
  • Felix Lankester,
  • Jahashi Nzalawahe,
  • Abdul-Hamid Lukambagire,
  • Katharina Kreppel,
  • Ellen Hughes,
  • Kathryn J. Allan and
  • Sarah Cleaveland

Coenurosis due to Taenia multiceps has emerged as a major concern to small ruminant-owning communities in northern Tanzania. Although a high incidence of disease has been reported, gaps still remain in our knowledge of the disease problem across diff...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,423 Views
9 Pages

Cryptosporidiosis in Reptiles from Brazil: An Update for Veterinary Medicine

  • Beatriz Brener,
  • Eduardo Burgarelli,
  • Marianne Suarez and
  • Lucas Keidel

The concern about the protection of wildlife has been gathering attention from researchers worldwide. Zoos and aquariums have become widely recognized sites for the conservation of wildlife. However, the persistence of the illegal trade of wild anima...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,470 Views
22 Pages

Modeling the Overdispersion of Pasteuria penetrans Endospores

  • Ioannis Vagelas and
  • Stefanos Leontopoulos

This paper discusses a process of developing the data analysis and modeling of Pasteuria penetrans spore attachment in vitro and in planta, based on the observation that the number of spores attaching to juveniles within a given time increased by inc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,017 Views
8 Pages

Seroprevalence and Risk Factors Associated with Toxoplasma gondii and Chlamydophila abortus Infection in Domestic Small Ruminants in Cameroon

  • Roland Chimi Nankam,
  • Justin Kouamo,
  • Armelle Prudence Kouengoua Kouengoua,
  • Grace Jedida Toukem Tchinze,
  • Müller Fotsac Dzousse,
  • Sandra Vanessa Gapgueu,
  • Ranyl Nguena Guefack Noumedem and
  • Ferdinand Ngoula

Toxoplasmosis and chlamydiosis remain among the primary causes of abortion and fetal loss in small ruminants. Consequently, they are a source of considerable economic losses for farmers. The objectives of this study were to determine the seroprevalen...

  • Review
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,832 Views
31 Pages

Acanthamoeba keratitis (AK) is a potentially blinding infection caused by protozoa found worldwide. The topical application of biguanides and diamidines is the most common anti-amoebic treatment for AK. In this study, we hypothesized that geographica...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
52,183 Views
7 Pages

The Tapeworm and Maria Callas’ Diet: A Mystery Revealed

  • Inmaculada Zarzo,
  • J. Francisco Merino-Torres,
  • María Trelis and
  • Jose M. Soriano

Maria Callas’ diet, also known as the tapeworm diet, is a non-food-based hazardous treatment. This study aims to justify whether Maria Callas used this treatment for weight loss. To investigate this, we searched in the ‘white’, &lsq...

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Parasitologia - ISSN 2673-6772