Detection of Borrelia persica Infection in Ornithodoros Tholo¬Zani Using PCR Targeting RRS Gene and Xenodiagnosis [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2011 Background: Relapsing fever caused by Borrelia persica, is an acute tick-borne disease which is transmitted by soft ticks of Ornithodoros tholozani to human.Methods: Value of PCR and xenodiagnosis for detection of B. persica in O.
F Mohtarami +6 more
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Trypanosoma cruzi strain TcI is associated with chronic Chagas disease in the Brazilian Amazon
Parasites & Vectors, 2014 Background Chagas disease in the Amazon region is considered an emerging anthropozoonosis with a predominance of the discrete typing units (DTUs) TcI and TcIV.
Rosa Amélia Gonçalves Santana +12 more
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Preparatory Work for the Future Development of Scientific Opinions on Animal Health [PDF]
, 2015 This final report summarizes the results of two reviews and a scoping study related to Canine leishmaniosis (CanL). Three objectives were addressed in this project.
Dzikamunhenga, Rungano +6 more
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Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in rhesus macaques following antibiotic treatment of disseminated infection. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 The persistence of symptoms in Lyme disease patients following antibiotic therapy, and their causes, continue to be a matter of intense controversy. The studies presented here explore antibiotic efficacy using nonhuman primates.
Monica E Embers +13 more
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Tissue Cytokine Responses in Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis [PDF]
, 2001 To elucidate the local tissue cytokine response of dogs infected with Leishmania chagasi, cytokine mRNA levels were measured in bone marrow aspirates from 27 naturally infected dogs from Brazil and were compared with those from 5 uninfected control ...
Courtenay, O. +6 more
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Ophthalmic Parasitosis: A Review Article [PDF]
, 2012 Ocular parasitosis in human is more prevalent in geographical areas where environmental factors and poor sanitary conditions favor the parasitism between man and animals. Lesions in the eye can be due to damage directly caused by the infectious pathogen,
Ahmed Saliem +2 more
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Specific humoral depression in chronic patients infected by Trypanosoma cruzi [PDF]
, 1984 Realizamos um estudo comparativo entre o xenodiagnóstico e os testes sorológicos para a doença de Chagas. Cento e cincoenta pacientes de algumas áreas endêmicas foram estudados.
Antezana, G. +6 more
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Azlocillin can be the potential drug candidate against drug-tolerant Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto JLB31. [PDF]
, 2020 Lyme disease is one of most common vector-borne diseases, reporting more than 300,000 cases annually in the United States. Treating Lyme disease during its initial stages with traditional tetracycline antibiotics is effective. However, 10-20% of patients
Ahmed, Mohamed Sohail +7 more
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Heterogeneities in the Ecoepidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Rural Communities of the Argentinean Chaco [PDF]
, 2014 We conducted a cross-sectional survey of Trypanosoma cruzi infection of Triatoma infestans as well as dogs and cats in 327 households from a well-defined rural area in northeastern Argentina to test whether the household distribution of infection ...
Alvarado Otegui, Julián Antonio +8 more
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Antigenic Conservation of an Immunodominant Invariable Region of the VlsE Lipoprotein among European Pathogenic Genospecies of Borrelia burgdorferi SL [PDF]
, 2017 Lyme disease is caused by genetically divergent spirochetes, including 3 pathogenic genospecies: Borrelia burgdorferi sensu stricto, B. garinii, and B. afzelii. Serodiagnosisis complicated by this genetic diversity. A synthetic peptide (C6), based on the
Aberer, Elisabeth +9 more
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