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First report of Lophomonas infection in a patient with AML‐2 from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran

Respirology Case Reports, 2022
Immunocompromised patients are frequently more susceptible to pathogens such as protozoa. For the first time, we report a case of pulmonary lophomoniasis in a known case of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML‐2) from Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf, southern Iran ...
Ali Sharifpour, Hossein Zarrinfar, Mahdi Fakhar, Zakaria Zakariaei, Mostafa Soleymani, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi, Maryam Nakhaei   +6 more
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Epidemiological distribution of MRI‐based presumptive imaging diagnoses in a large general population of cats with suspected epileptic seizures

Veterinary Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Background The reported prevalence of feline idiopathic epilepsy (IE) and presumptive imaging diagnoses based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) varies depending on factors such as differences between primary care versus referral study populations.
Anna Knebel, Sebastian Meller, Julien Labruyère, Holger A. Volk   +3 more
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Cavitary pulmonary lesions following emerging lophomoniasis: A novel perspective

Respirology Case Reports, 2022
In this article, we report a patient referred to the clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital in Sari, Mazandaran, northern Iran, with a 3‐month complaint of chronic cough and weight loss. According to the chest computed tomography scan, a cavity was detected in
Amirmasoud Taheri, Mahdi Fakhar, Ali Sharifpour, Elham Sadat Banimostafavi   +3 more
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Association between congenital toxoplasmosis and preterm birth, low birthweight and small for gestational age birth.

, 2005
OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between congenital toxoplasmosis and preterm birth, low birthweight and small for gestational age birth. DESIGN: Multicentre prospective cohort study.
PETERSEN E, K. Freeman, Salt, A, FREEMAN K, Oakley, L, A. Pollak, Freeman, K, Semprini, AE, A.E. Semprini, Pollak, A, SEMPRINI AE, European Multicentre Study on Congenital Toxoplasmosis, POLLAK A, L. Oakley, W. Buffolano, Gilbert, R, E. Petersen, OAKLEY L, SALT A, Petersen, E, BUFFOLANO, WILMA, R. Gilbert, Buffolano, W, A. Salt, GILBERT RE   +24 more
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Unraveling the impact of dog‐friendly spaces on urban–wildland pumas and other wildlife

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
As the most widespread large carnivore on the planet, domestic dogs Canis lupus familiaris can pose a major threat to wildlife, even within protected areas (PAs). Growing human presence in PAs, coupled with increasing pet dog ownership underscores the urgency to understand the influence of dogs on wildlife activity and health.
Alys Granados, Zara McDonald, Katie McPherson, David Stoner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Extinction Debt Paid Off: The Demise of the European Polecat (Mustela putorius) in NE Iberia

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We studied a vanishing polecat population for a decade, until its ultimate demise, using camera trap and roadkill data, landscape descriptors and dietary and toxicological analyses.Polecat favoured farmland and avoided forests and water bodies occupied by the invasive American mink.
Salvador Salvador, Roger Puig‐Gironès, Xavier Llopart, Santiago Palazón, Miguel Clavero   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental Protocol to Toxoplasma gondii Detection in Fresh Goat Milk

Journal of Parasitology Research
Toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic parasite with global distribution capable of infecting homeothermic animals. Transmission of protozoan to humans includes ingestion of water and raw food contaminated with sporulated oocysts, ingestion of raw or ...
Igor Falco Arruda, Patricia Riddell Millar, Mário Felipe Alvarez Balaro, Thamires Francisco Bonifácio, Raissa Cristina Ferreira Ramos, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira   +5 more
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Infection control in the brain and the eye

Acta Ophthalmologica, EarlyView.
Abstract The Central Nervous System (CNS), comprising the brain and the eye, is considered to have a ‘privileged’ mechanism for dealing with immunological challenge (immune privilege, IP). CNS IP has been revealed through experiments using foreign protein antigens and cell and tissue alloantigens (grafts), but evidence for a role for IP in modulating ...
John V. Forrester, Paul G. McMenamin, Samantha J. Dando   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multicenter performance evaluation of the “quanty TOXO (RH region)” kit (Clonit) for molecular diagnosis of toxoplasmosis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
The diagnosis of congenital toxoplasmosis or disseminated toxoplasmosis in immunocompromised patients nowadays relies on molecular tools, in particular real-time PCR.
Céline Nourrisson, Emmanuelle Varlet, Juliette Guitard, Hélène Guegan, Cécile Nabet, Jean Menotti, Hervé Pelloux, Marie-Pierre Brenier-Pinchart, Yvon Sterkers   +8 more
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Association between congenital toxoplasmosis and parent-reported developmental outcomes, concerns, and impairments, in 3 year old children

, 2005
Background Information is lacking on the effects of congenital toxoplasmosis on development, behavior, and impairment in later childhood, as well as on parental concerns and anxiety.
MALM G, SCHMIDT D, Schmidt Dorthe, Freeman Katherine, Ferret Nicole, FREEMAN K, Salt Alison, Buffolano Wilma, FERRET N, TAN HK, SALT A, EUROPEAN MULTICENTRE STUDY ON CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS, BUFFOLANO, WILMA, Malm Gunilla, PRUSA A, Gilbert Ruth E, Tan Hooi, GILBERT RE, Prusa Andrea   +18 more
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