| disease threats to the endangered iberian lynx (lynx pardinus). | the iberian lynx, (lynx pardinus), is the most endangered felid in the world. to determine whether sympatric carnivores are reservoirs of pathogens posing a disease risk for the lynx, evidence of exposure to 17 viral, bacterial and protozoan agents was investigated in 176 carnivores comprising 26 free-living lynx, 53 domestic cats, 28 dogs, 33 red foxes (vulpes vulpes), 24 egyptian mongooses (herpestes ichneumon), 10 common genets (genetta genetta) and 2 eurasian badgers (meles meles) in the are ... | 2009 | 18555712 |
| spectrum of parvovirus b19 infection: analysis of an outbreak of 43 cases in cadiz, spain. | in the spring of 1993, an epidemic of infection with human parvovirus b19 occurred in cadiz, spain. evaluation of the 43 patients in whom this diagnosis was confirmed revealed four groups of predominant manifestations: (1) hematologic manifestations in six cases (13.9%), including four of aplastic crisis and two of pancytopenia; (2) dermatologic manifestations in 23 cases (53.4%), including 10 of erythema infectiosum and one of erythema multiforme ampullosum; (3) arthralgias/arthritis in nine ca ... | 1995 | 8749627 |