| hepatozoon canis infection in slovakia: imported or autochthonous? | tissue samples from nine red foxes (four samples of striated muscle tissue and five samples of heart tissue) that originated from the michalovce district (slovakia), an area with endemic occurrence of canine babesiosis were examined by pcr method using primers amplifying a fragment of the 18s rrna spanning the v4 region of babesia and theileria. an unexpected determination of 450 bp dna fragment of hepatozoon canis was found in four samples. partial sequences of the 18s rrna gene from the h. can ... | 2007 | 17627439 |
| study of the content of heavy metals related to environmental load in urban areas in slovakia. | it is natural for the man to take care of his environment so the negative influences of intensification of industrial and agricultural production and the entire process of pollution are kept at minimum or eliminated as early as possible. however, they must first be identified. | 2002 | 12518994 |
| elisa comparison of three whole-cell antigens of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in serological study of dogs from area of kosice, eastern slovakia. | three antigens of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (b. burgdorferi sensu stricto--slovak strain ir 105, b. garini - slovak strain k 24 and b. burgdorferi sensu stricto--american strain b 31) were compared by elisa on a group of dogs from urban agglomeration of kosice, eastern slovakia. of 256 serum samples from dogs examined for the presence of anti-borrelia igg antibodies, 128 (50%) were positive with ir 105 antigen, 107 (41.7%) with k 24 and 74 (28.9%) with b 31. the seroprevalence between stra ... | 1998 | 9852559 |
| [igg antibodies to borrelia in dogs in the area of kosice]. | an elisa investigation showed that 26.9% of dogs in kosice region were positive for anti-borrelia igg antibodies. a significantly higher seroprevalence was detected only in hunting dogs (40.0%) compared with service dogs (11.8%; p < 0.05). an analysis of seroprevalence by age showed a significant difference only between dogs in the categories 1-3 years (37.8%) and under 1 year of age (8.3%; p < 0.05). in other age groups no significant differences in seroprevalence were observed. no significant ... | 1996 | 8686135 |