Background. Toxocariasis is an important zoonotic infection, especially in tropical areas. One of the significant challenges serodiagnosis human toxocariasis cross-reaction Toxocara antigens with other parasites due to their relatively similar glycan structures. Removing structure from excretory-secretory (TES) may increase efficacy these diagnosis toxocariasis. The current study aimed assess d...

Os animais silvestres hospedam uma ampla gama de parasitas que são agentes doenças primárias ou oportunistas. O estudo da parasitologia é essencial, pois esses hospedeiros e reservatórios, influenciando o ecossistema ambiente natural doméstico. De agosto 2007 a 2012, sete felinos selvagens adultos foram encontrados mortos em rodovias federais estaduais. Entre eles, havia três Puma concolor (doi...

Bu çalışmada Toxocara cati ile doğal enfekte kedilerde fenbendazol (50 mg/kg), pyrantel pamoate (20 mg/kg) ve praziquantel (5 kombinasyonunun etkinliğinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Çalışmaya dahil edilecek kedilerin belirlenebilmesi amacıyla kliniğe getirilen enfeksiyondan şüphelenilen hayvanlardan alınan dışkılar önce doymuş tuzlu su flotasyon yöntemiyle incelenmiştir. Daha sonra T. yönünden...

One of the neglected soil and/or food-borne diseases with international public health importance is toxocariasis. Human cases are being increasingly reported from Asian, African, Oceania, European and the American countries. Hence, human toxocariasis (HT) is now considered as a major zoonosis with global and regional importance. In Iran, human and animal toxocariasis is an endemic disease with ...

Human toxocariasis is categorized as a neglected parasitic disease by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The more prevalent in children than adults because are frequently exposed to eggs of T. canis cati which etiological agents human during playing outside. aim this study was research presence helminth species playgrounds Sivas using microscopic molecular techniques. For purpose, 8...

A total of 6257 helminths of 19 taxa were recovered from the digestive tract and lungs of 67 bobcats in Illinois. Infections caused by Alaria mustelae, Diphyllobothrium latum, and Macracanthorhynchus ingens are reported for the first time in bobcats. From all the taxa recovered, only three species occurred in high prevalence and caused intense infections: Taenia rileyi, Alaria marcianae, and To...

INTRODUCTION The present study was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of Trichuris spp. and other intestinal parasitic infections in owned cats on St. Kitts. METHODOLOGY The feces of 41 non-feral cats (23 indoor only; 18 indoor/outdoor) were examined for the presence of Trichuris spp. eggs. RESULTS Nine (22%) of the cats were positive for Trichuris spp. Prevalence of trichuriasis in indoo...