The purpose of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of oral lesions in HIV-positive patients attending the Specialized Service for Infectious-contagious Diseases and Parasitoses of the Health Secretariat of the State of Pará (URE-DIPE/SESPA), in the city of Belém, PA, Brazil. A total of 79 HIV-positive patients (53 males and 26 females) were examined. Clinical and epidemiological evaluatio...

The influence of Enteromyxum spp. infections on the carbohydrate patterns of the digestive tract of gilthead sea bream (GSB) Sparus aurata L. and turbot (TB) Psetta maxima (L.) has been studied. Histochemical stainings to differentiate the types of mucins and lectin-binding assays to detect terminal carbohydrate residues were applied to histological sections of GSB and TB uninfected or infected...

A stool survey was carried out in 5 villages in the Toledo district of the Central American country of Belize. Eighty-two percent of a total population of 672 participated. The stools were examined by the formalin-ethyl-acetate concentration technique. Sixty-six percent of the population was found to have one or more intestinal parasites. The most common infection was hookworm (55%) followed by...

Objetivo: Analisar a ocorrência e os determinantes de anemia parasitose em moradores comunidades fluviais da região amazônica. Métodos: Entre 2016 2017 foram coletadas amostras biológicas dados socioeconômicos, alimentares sanitários 213 indivíduos residentes nas Maracujá Murucutum. Foram realizadas análises hematológicas contagem total eritrócitos, hemoglobina, hematócrito, VCM (Volume Corpusc...

Foram utilizadas alças intestinais de aves capturadas no Parque Zoobotânico (PZ), e depositadas catalogadas Laboratório Ornitopatologia, para identificação taxonômica dos espécimes parasitos encontrados, em fragmentos florestais. A partir da abertura destas intestinais, procedeu-se às coletas processamento material exames laboratoriais. Esse processo permitiu realizar um levantamento das princi...

Among the gastrointestinal parasitoses, fascioliasis is one of most common diseases in ruminants. Fasciola spp. recorded on five continents globe, more than 50 countries. The parasitizing trematode causes economic losses associated with a decrease milk yield, body weight, and culling affected carcasses organs. In this study, we aimed to quantify prevalence among ruminants (cattle, sheep goats) ...