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Evaluation of patients with diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis by spectral domain optical coherence tomography with enhanced depth imaging

Clinical Ophthalmology, 2014
Rodrigo F Berbel,1 Antonio Marcelo B Casella,1 Eduardo C de Souza,2 Michel E Farah21State University of Londrina, Londrina, 2Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Federative Republic of BrazilBackground: The purpose of this study was ...
Berbel RF, Casella AMB, de Souza EC, Farah ME   +3 more
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Zoonotic filariasis and its public health significance: a comprehensive literature review

Frontiers in Microbiology
Animal filariasis, a group of vector-borne parasitic infections, is a widely significant yet often underreported complex disease affecting a broad range of domestic and wild animals across tropical and subtropical regions.
Remya M., Manju Rahi, Prasanta Saini
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Human Exposure to Equine Halicephalobus gingivalis in an Occupational Context

Zoonotic Diseases
Halicephalobus gingivalis (H. gingivalis) is a very rare opportunistic cause of fatal meningoencephalomyelitis in equids but may also cause parasitic infections in exposed humans via zoonotic transmission (from animals to humans).
Camille Renee, Sonia Igboanugo, Dylan Kain, Andrew Peregrine, Michael Klowak, Andrea K. Boggild   +5 more
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Research progress on ocular surface diseases related to Demodex mite infection

Yanke Xuebao
Demodex mites are the most common parasites found on human skin. They primarily reside in hair follicles, meibomian glands, and sebaceous glands of the eyes, and can trigger eye-related symptoms such as dry eyes, itchy eyes, and a pronounced foreign-body
ZHANG Xiaoxiao, DING Lin
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Histopathological findings and detection of parasites in the eyes of dogs infected naturally with Leishmania chagasi Achados histopatológicos e detecção de parasitas nos olhos de cães infectados por Leishmania chagasi

Ciência Rural, 2010
The objective of the present study was to investigate the histopathological alterations and detection of parasites that occur in the eyes of dogs naturally infected with Leishmania chagasi. The eyes of 25 dogs with a positive parasitological and serological exam for L. chagasi were submitted to routine ophthalmic examination.
Fábio Luiz da Cunha Brito, José Luiz Laus, Wagner Luiz Tafuri, Maria Marta Figueiredo, Valdemiro Amaro Silva Júnior, Frederico Celso Lyra Maia, Leucio Câmara Alves   +6 more
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Evaluation of knowledge, attitude and practices towards loiasis in the rural community of Sindara, in central African Gabon.

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
BackgroundMore than 20 million people are infected with L. loa, and around 40 million live in high or intermediate-risk areas in West- and Central Africa.
Teite Rebecca Hildebrandt, Saskia Dede Davi, Anita Lumeka Kabwende, Lilian Rene Endamne, Esther Mehmel, Maximilian Rakotonirinalalao, Ayodele Alabi, Rella Zoleko Manego, Peter G Kremsner, Bertrand Lell, Ayôla Akim Adegnika, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Johannes Mischlinger, Selidji Todagbe Agnandji, Michael Ramharter   +14 more
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Additional tables and figures from Parasite spillover rather than niche expansion explains infection of host brain by diplostomid eye flukes

This file includes two tables with the primers used in the quadruple-indexed target-specific metabarcoding. A separate table with the taxonomic assignation of the ASVs. The outputs of the corrected Akaike ‘s Information Criterion for all models and additional models with alternatives data distribution.
Diaz-Suarez, Alfonso, Kisand, Veljo, Kahar, Siim, Gross, Riho, Vasemägi, Anti, Noreikiene, Kristina   +5 more
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Use of FAMACHA (R) Eye-Colour-Chart in the context of breeding for parasite resistance in lambs exposed to an artificial Haemonchus contortus infection.

, 2018
The control of gastro-intestinal nematodes in sheep has almost entirely been based on the use of anthelmintics and pasture management. Therefore anthelmintic resistance escalated in the past. One way of reducing this problem may be the limitation of anthelmintic treatment to those animals with clinical symptoms only.
Gauly, Matthias, Schackert, M., Erhardt, Georg   +2 more
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Ophthalmomyiasis Externa in an Atypical Region. [PDF]

Case Rep Ophthalmol Med
Snyder A, Warne M, Deistler K, Law J, Bohnak C, Wladis E.   +5 more
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Review of Ross G. Forman’s “A Parasite For Sore Eyes: Rereading Infection Metaphors in Bram Stoker’s Dracula.” [PDF]

Journal of Literature and Science, 2017
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