| acquisition of toxoplasma infection by children in a developing country. | the prevalence of toxoplasma infection was studied in 850 healthy children (550 newborn infants and 300 children aged 6 months to 14 years) from a population of low socioeconomic status in santiago, chile. antibodies were detected in 49% of the serum samples in children at birth and in 0% at 6 months, 2% at 1 year, 10% at 2 years, 22% at 4 years, and 32% at 6 years of age, and in 48% of the children aged 7-14 years. in order to determine the rate of infection and associated epidemiological facto ... | 1973 | 4613498 |
| [intestinal parasites in dogs and cats with gastrointestinal symptoms in santiago, chile]. | there is an increasing importance of pet-transmitted infections, some of those are considered emerging infections. | 2006 | 16554927 |
| surveillance system for infectious diseases of pets, santiago, chile. | pet diseases may pose risks to human health but are rarely included in surveillance systems. a pilot surveillance system of pet infectious diseases in santiago, chile, found that 4 canine and 3 feline diseases accounted for 90.1% and 98.4% of notifications, respectively. data also suggested association between poverty and pet diseases. | 2009 | 19861073 |
| [environmental contamination with toxocara sp. eggs in public squares and parks from santiago, chile, 1999]. | most of cases of visceral larva migrans syndrome are caused by toxocara canis larvae. man acquires the infection by accidental ingestion of ripe eggs of the helminth. in order to find out the frequency of the presence of toxocara sp. eggs in dog fecal specimens from public places of santiago city in 1999 july-september a study was carried out in 84 squares and 12 parks from 32 counties. three fecal samples were collected in each of these places, making a total of 288. each sample was processed a ... | 2000 | 11338980 |
| [epizootic outbreaks of trichinosis in 2 pig farms from the metropolitan region of chile]. | in chile swine trichinosis has presented a progressive decreasing in the last two decades of xx century. t. spiralis pig infection descended from an average of 0.683 per 1000 in 1980-1984 to 0.315 in 1985-1989 and to 0.115 in 1990-1996. in the particular case of metropolitan region this decreasing has been more marked: from an average of 0.058 per 1000 in 1990-1994 to 0.003 in 1995-1999. between the end of june 1999 and middle january 2000 in metropolitan region abattoirs t. spiralis was detecte ... | 1999 | 10883501 |
| helminthiasis and toxoplasmosis among exotic mammals at the santiago national zoo. | parasitologic evaluations of 112 fecal specimens from 292 mammals from the santiago national zoo (36 specimens were pooled specimens from greater than or equal to 2 animals) indicated that 51 mammals had protozoa or helminths in their feces. most of the parasites in the herbivorous species were trichurids and strongylids, whereas most of the parasites in the carnivorous species were ascarids. coccidia spp and giardia spp were the most frequently detected protozoans in the mammals evaluated. of 1 ... | 1986 | 3505930 |