We evaluated the performance of Western blot (WB) analysis using commercially available antigen strips and compared the results with those of indirect hemagglutination (IHA) and indirect immunofluorescence (IFAT) for the serodiagnosis of human schistosomiasis. The antigen preparation was a crude extract of Schistosoma mansoni. The WB profile characteristics of schistosomiasis were characterized...

Leptospirosis is a worldwide zoonosis caused by Leptospira interrogans. This study was conducted toevaluate serologic and bacteriologic findings of leptospirosis in clinically-suspected cows. 380 sera and 33urine samples were collected from 6 industrial dairy farms in Tehran suburb, from December 2004 to June2005. The prevalence of disease was determined by microscopic agglutination test (MAT),...

background: encephalitozoon cuniculi infects a wide range of homoeothermic animals, including man. complications due to this microsporidian have been reported only in immunocompromised patients. reports on e. cuniculi in immunocompetent humans are lacking, most probably, because it is not linked to any clinical manifestations in such hosts. the present work was carried out with the aim of study...

A modified infection and maintenance procedure for the cyclical transmission of T. (T.) brucei in Glossina m. morsitans is described which produced high mature infection rates in the flies. Freshly extruded metacyclic forms and bloodstream forms were serologically typed, using the indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT) and the neutralization infectivity test (NIT). Metacyclic forms of a cert...

BACKGROUND Chagas disease is an anthropozoonosis caused by Trypanosoma cruzi. Two drugs are currently used for the etiological treatment of the disease: Nifurtimox (Lampit) and Benznidazole. This study presents a quasi-experimental trial (non-control group) of sixty-two patients who were treated for Chagas disease with Nifurtimox (Lampit), and were then followed for 30 months post-treatment. Th...

BACKGROUND Bovine besnoitiosis is an emerging protozoan disease in cattle. Neither vaccines nor chemotherapeutic drugs are currently available for prevention and treatment of Besnoitia besnoiti infections. Therefore the implementation of appropriate disease management strategies is of utmost importance. The aim of this longitudinal study was to complement current knowledge on the chronology of ...

Abstract Between December 2016 and April 2017, a spate of abortions occurred in closed dairy herd from the central eastern region Paraná, Brazil, which 75 cows aborted. To identify its cause, organ fragments were collected an aborted fetus for histopathology, blood samples stillborn, 4 fetuses, 9 farm dogs indirect fluorescent antibody technique (IFAT). These tests found multifocal non-suppurat...