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Lagochilascaris minor: Susceptibility and Resistance to Experimental Infection in Mice Is Independent of H-2a Haplotype and Correlates with the Immune Response in Immunized Animals [PDF]

Journal of Parasitology Research, 2010
Recently, we demonstrated that C57BL/6 mice are more susceptible to experimental lagochilascariosis than BALB/c mice. To investigate the pattern of infection and the role of the genetic background on susceptibility to infection, we studied experimental ...
Mônica Spadafora-Ferreira, Luciana Caetano Fernandes, Irmtraut Araci Hoffman Pfrimer, Cássia Regina Pichiteli, Denise Vilarinho Tambourgi, Ruy de Souza Lino-Junior, Mara Silvia Carvalhaes   +6 more
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Lagochilascaris minor IN A PATIENT FROM THE COLOMBIAN AMAZON: A CASE REPORT [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 1998
A chronic infection (10 years) by Lagochilascaris minor is described in a woman from the amazon region of Colombia. This is the third case of infection by this parasite that has been described so far in Colombia, and only the first one in a person coming
Ligia I. MONCADA, Carlos A. ALVAREZ, Carlos CASTELLANOS, Elvia CACERES, Santiago NICHOLLS, Augusto CORREDOR   +5 more
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Unusual case of lagochilascariasis with breast involvement: the first case report in pregnancy [PDF]

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, 2020
Lagochilascariasis is a neglected neotropical helminthiasis, responsible for human infections through the ingestion of raw or undercooked meat from wild animals infected by larvae encysted in their tissues. It is characterized by a chronic evolution with
João Guilherme Pontes de Lima Assy, Helena Rangel Esper, Mariana Margarita Martinez Quiroga, Alisson dos Santos Brandão, Renato do Carmo Said, Olívia Campos Pinheiro, Adriana Paulino da Silva Ribeiro, Maria Cristina Carvalho do Espírito Santo, Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França   +8 more
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First record of Lagochilascaris minor (Nematoda: Ascarididae) in Leopardus geoffroyi (Carnivora: Felidae) in Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2019
Lagochilascariasis is a parasitic disease caused by nematodes of the genus Lagochilascaris. These parasites occur in the neotropical region and their definitive hosts are wild animals, domestic dogs and felids and, accidentally, humans.
Maira Aparecida Christello Trindade, Márcia Raquel Pegoraro de Macedo, César Jaeger Drehmer, Gertrud Muller   +3 more
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Lagochilascaris minor: antibody production in experimentally infected mice Lagochilascaris minor: produção de anticorpos em camundongos experimentalmente infectados

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
Lagochilascaris minor is the causative agent of lagochilascariosis, a disease that affects the neck region and causes festering abscesses, with eggs, adult parasites and L3/L4 larvae within the purulent exudates.
Mariana Félix de Souza Prudente, Adriana de Moraes Costa Crespo, Mara Silvia Carvalhaes   +2 more
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Lagochilascaris minor: Specific antibodies are related with resistance to experimental infection in A/J strain of mice [PDF]

Helminthologia, 2011
Lagochilascaris minor is the causative agent of lagochilascariosis, a disease that affects the neck region and causes festering abscesses, with eggs, adult parasites and L3/L4 larvae within the purulent exudates. Today, mice are considered to be intermediate hosts for the parasite.
Prudente M., Freitas J., Ribeiro E., Carvalhaes M.   +3 more
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Experimental lagochilascariosis in X-chromosome-linked immunodeficient mice Lagochilascariose experimental em camundongos com imunodeficiência ligada ao cromossomo X [PDF]

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2009
Lagochilascaris minor is the etiological agent of lagochilascariosis, a disease that affects the neck region and causes exudative abscesses, with eggs, adult parasites and L3/L4 larvae in the purulent exudates.
Jaqueline Aparecida Gleice de Freitas, Mariana Félix de Souza Prudente, Mara Silvia Carvalhaes   +2 more
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Scanning Electron Microscopy of Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909 (Nematoda: Ascarididae) [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1998
Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909 is a parasitic nematode with its biological cycle still unknown, even though it was found in humans, domestic and silvatic animals. Adult worms, collected by surgical drainage from a human patient from the State of Pará,
Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi, Habib Fraiha Neto, Delir Corrêa Gomes   +2 more
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Helminths of zoonotic importance in Tayassuidae and Suidae in Brazilian Midwest: risks for human and domestic animal health [PDF]

Parasitology
Common peccaries (Tayassu pecari), wild boars (Sus scrofa) and collared peccaries (Dicotyles tajacu) are species that have gained attention in Brazil because of their close relationship with human beings, their influence on the environment and the ...
Lizandra Fernandes-Silva, Guilherme Oliveira Maia, Bruna Samara Alves-Ribeiro, Zara Mariana Assis-Silva, Georgia Emilly Soares da Costa, João Victor de Oliveira Araújo Alves, Victoria Luiza de Barros Silva, Ellen Amanda Zago, Iago de Sá Moraes, Henrique Trevizoli Ferraz, Marco Antônio de Oliveira Viu, Ísis Assis Braga, Klaus Casaro Saturnino, Richard Campos Pacheco, Edson Moleta Colodel, Thiago Santos Cardoso, Arnaldo Maldonado Junior, Dirceu Guilherme de Souza Ramos   +17 more
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Lagochilascariasis: A Neglected Zoonosis in the Brazilian Amazon Biome and the Role of Wildlife in Its Epidemiological Chain Amidst Anthropization [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Lagochilascariasis is a neglected zoonotic helminthiasis, caused by Lagochilascaris minor, characterized by a complex and not well understood transmission cycle.
Felipe Masiero Salvarani, Karoline Petrini Pinheiro da Cruz, Flavio Roberto Chaves da Silva, Cíntia Daudt   +3 more
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