Zoonotic leishmaniosis due to Leishmania infantum is a vector-borne disease endemic in southern Europe and dogs are the main reservoir for this infection. Seasonal variations antibody titers species areas where phlebotomine vectors have seasonal patterns of activity important epidemiological, preventive clinical studies related with canine leishmaniosis. It has been suggested that cats, rabbits...

Bartonella spp. bacteria are responsible for bartonellosis in humans and animals which rodents the main natural reservoirs. Common symptoms include fever, chills, weakness, headache. This study aimed to determine prevalence of infection shrews genus Crocidura Kigoma Morogoro regions Tanzania. Blood culture conventional PCR targeting a portion gltA gene were used screen confirm presence Among 10...

Domestic reinfestations by triatomine bugs were monitored after application of deltamethrin and apparent elimination of Triatoma infestans in Amama and other nearby rural villages, north-west Argentina, from 1992 to 1996. The five methods used were sensor boxes, sheets of pink typing-paper, timed manual catches by a skilled three-person team aided by a flushing-out agent, collections by house-d...

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) is a morphometric tool used to measure developmental instability in organisms which have been exposed stress or other adverse conditions. Phenotypic variability response stressors are the result of interactions between genomes and environment, acting noisy system. Most bilateral symmetry with repetition structures different positions orientations; asymmetrical variati...