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| Dreer,Márcia Küster de Paula; Gonçalves,Daniela Dib; Caetano,Isabel Cristina da Silva; Gerônimo,Edson; Menegas,Paulo Henrique; Bergo,Danilo; Lopes-Mori,Fabiana Maria Ruiz; Benitez,Aline; Freitas,Julio Cesar de; Evers,Fernanda; Navarro,Italmar Teodorico; Martins,Lisiane de Almeida. |
| Background : Leptospirosis, toxoplasmosis and brucellosis are diseases with worldwide distribution. Among stray dogs, these zoonoses are facilitated by direct contact with other animal species, by the habit of scavenging garbage and hunting in search of food, drinking standing water, smelling other animals' urine, licking female genitalia and the sexual act itself. The objective of this study was to detect antibodies anti-Toxoplasma gondii, anti-Leptospira spp., anti-Brucella canis and anti-Brucella abortus in stray dogs housed in shelters at Umuarama city, Paraná, Brazil. In order to detect toxoplasmosis, indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) was performed, agglutination microscopic (MAT) test for leptospirosis and agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Leptospira spp; Brucella abortus; Brucella canis; Toxoplasma gondii; Zoonosis. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-91992013000100313 |
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| Lopes-Mori,Fabiana Maria Ruiz; Mitsuka-Breganó,Regina; Bittencourt,Laura Helena França de Barros; Dias,Renata Cristina Ferreira; Gonçalves,Daniela Dib; Capobiango,Jaqueline Dario; Reiche,Edna Maria Vissoci; Morimoto,Helena Kaminami; Freire,Roberta Lemos; Navarro,Italmar Teodorico. |
| The aim of the present study was to verify the association between seropositivity for IgG anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies and social, economic and environmental variables of pregnant women attending the public health centers of Paraná, Brazil. From January 2007 to July 2010, 2226 pregnant women were interviewed and detection of anti-T. gondii specific IgG and IgM antibodies was performed by chemiluminescence test. Seropositivity for anti-T. gondii IgG was observed in 1151 (51.7%) pregnant women, 29 of which (1.3%) presented IgM reagent with IgG of high avidity. The variables associated with the presence of IgG were residency in the rural area, more than one pregnancy, less than or equal to eight years schooling, low per capita income, age group, raw or... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Seroepidemiology; Prevalence; Toxoplasmosis; Pregnancy. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702013000400004 |
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| Gonçalves,Daniela Dib; Benitez,Aline; Lopes-Mori,Fabiana Maria Ruiz; Alves,Lucimara Aparecida; Freire,Roberta Lemos; Navarro,Italmar Teodorico; Santana,Maria Aparecida Zanella; Santos,Luís Roberto Alves dos; Carreira,Teresa; Vieira,Maria Luísa; Freitas,Julio Cesar de. |
| The aim of this study was to conduct a serological survey for Lyme diseases, brucellosis, leptospirosis and toxoplasmosis and identify the risk variables related to these zoonoses in humans living in the rural area of Jataizinho, state of Parana, Brazil. A total of 63 rural properties were surveyed. Additionally, 207 serum samples collected from these rural area inhabitants were tested for indirect immunofluorescence (IFI) and western blots (WB) were performed to detect Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato); a tamponated acidified antigen test (AAT) and 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) were used to detect antibodies of Brucella abortus; the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) was carried out to detect antibodies anti-Leptospira spp. and IFI was used to find... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Lyme disease; Leptospirosis; Brucellosis; Toxoplasmosis; Human; Antibody. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000100018 |
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| Gonçalves,Daniela Dib; Carreira,Teresa; Nunes,Mónica; Benitez,Aline; Lopes-Mori,Fabiana Maria Ruiz; Vidotto,Odilon; Freitas,Julio Cesar de; Vieira,Maria Luísa. |
| The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of DNA of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) in ticks that feed on horses used for animal traction in rural Jataizinho, Parana, Brazil. Between February and June 2008, a total of 224 ticks was collected of which 75% were identified as Dermacentor nitens and 25% as Amblyomma cajenense. To amplify B. burgdorferi s.l. DNA, the intergenic space region (ISR) between the 5S (rrf) 23S (rrl) rRNA genes was used as targets for nested-PCR. Two ticks of the D. nitens species were positive for B. burgdorferi s.l. Both species showed a fragment of 184 bp, but the sequencing revealed 99.9% homology with the B. burgdorferi sensu stricto (s.s.) strain B31. These results showed, for the first time, the presence of... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Ticks; Dermacentor nitens; Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato; Equine; Rural area. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000300035 |
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