| diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis on sheep farms in the south of argentina: areas with a control program. | in 2000 guarnera et al. proposed using elisa in canine faeces collected from the ground to detect dogs infected with echinococcus granulosus, thus determining sheep farms with active transmission. the objective was to evaluate the prevalence of e. granulosus infection in sheep farms of the patagonia. sheep farms were randomly selected in the provinces of río negro, chubut, neuquén, santa cruz and tierra del fuego (areas with control programs) and la pampa (comparison area). from one to three sam ... | 2004 | 15725535 |
| epidemiological surveillance of cystic echinococcosis in rural population of tierra del fuego, argentina, 1997-2006. | cystic echinococcosis (ce) is the most prevalent zoonosis in tierra del fuego. in 1997, ulrasonography (us) was selected as the method of choice for the development of population surveys for epidemiological surveillance and early diagnosis in rural population. the aim of this work was to present the results of the epidemiological surveillance of ce by means of us in rural population of tierra del fuego, argentina between 1997 and 2006. the ultrasonographic diagnostic was realized once a year. th ... | 2009 | 18996221 |
| epidemiological surveillance of ovine hydatidosis in tierra del fuego, patagonia argentina, 1997-1999. | cystic echinococcosis is the most prevalent zoonosis in tierra del fuego province, argentina, with important economic, productive and public health consequences. the present work was performed to determine the ovine prevalence in tierra del fuego, argentina, as well as to evaluate the quality of diagnostic systems in slaughterhouses. moreover, genetic analyses to characterize the strain of echinococcus granulosus involved in the region were done. the first actions to perform a diagnosis of the e ... | 2006 | 16504405 |
| epidemiological studies on intestinal helminth parasites of the patagonian grey fox (pseudalopex griseus) in tierra del fuego, patagonia argentina. | the present work was performed to study the intestinal helminths of the patagonian grey fox (pseudalopex griseus) and to obtain information about its possible role in the sylvatic life cycle of echinococcu granulosus in tierra del fuego, patagonia argentina. eighty-one foxes were captured and subject to post-mortem analysis. thirty-one foxes (38.3%) harboured helminths. a total of six helminth species were recovered. only one adult of e. granulosus was found in the studied samples. the current s ... | 2006 | 16414190 |