| homogeneity of trypanosoma evansi isolates from domestic and sylvatic mammals from the pantanal of mato grosso. | 'mal de cadeiras' is a disease which causes great mortality in horses in the pantanal matogrossense region, brazil. the agent of this disease is trypanosoma evansi, a kinetoplastid flagellate which belongs to the trypanosomatidae family, classified into the salivarian section. transmission occurs mechanically by haematophagous diptera, mainly by stomoxys sp. and tabanus sp. and vampire bats. outbreaks of mal de cadeiras in horses result in economic losses, thus limiting their use in cattle raisi ... | 2000 | 11034443 |
| modulating variables of trypanosoma cruzi and trypanosoma evansi transmission in free-ranging coati (nasua nasua) from the brazilian pantanal region. | abstract this is a long-term follow-up of infection by trypanosoma cruzi (tc) and trypanosoma evansi (te) in the free-ranging coatis (procyonidae: nasua nasua) from pantanal region (mato grosso do sul, brazil). we evaluated tc and te infection by immunofluorescence assay, hemoculture (hc), and microhematocrit centrifuge techniques (mhct). we also examined coatis health by quantifying hematological parameters including packed cell volume (pcv), white blood cell (wbc) count, and differential leuko ... | 2010 | 21142963 |
| environmentally associated ticks (acari: ixodidae) in campo grande, mato grosso do sul, brazil. | herein, we report tick species found on wild and domestic animals and in the environment during a one-year sampling period at the brazilian farming research company beef cattle unit (embrapa beef cattle), which is located within the urban area of campo grande, mato grosso do sul, brazil. from 55 wild hosts including six different species (nasua nasua, cebus spp., cerdocyon thous, myrmecophaga tridactyla, tamandua tetradactyla and dasyprocta aguti), 323 ticks were collected. amblyomma ovale ticks ... | 2013 | 24252958 |
| search for mycobacterium leprae in wild mammals. | leprosy is still a worldwide public health problem. brazil and india show the highest prevalence rates of the disease. natural infection of armadillos dasypus novemcinctus with mycobacterium leprae has been reported in some regions of the united states. identification of bacilli is difficult, particularly due to its inability to grow in vitro. the use of molecular tools represents a fast and sensitive alternative method for diagnosis of mycobacteriosis. in the present study, the diagnostic metho ... | 2010 | 20428654 |