| [participation of the dog in the cycle of transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the municipality of viana, state of espirito santo, brazil]. | in an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the viana municipality, espírito santo state, an investigation was performed on natural hosts of leishmania among domestic animals, trying to correlate the presence of infected animals with the occurrence of the disease in humans. within a three weeks period 186 dogs were examined and 32 (17.2%) were found infected. eleven new cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis were recorded during one year, among people living in the endemic area. a close relations ... | 1986 | 3586998 |
| effect of eliminating seropositive canines on the transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in brazil. | in brazil, where leishmania chagasi causes endemic american visceral leishmaniasis (avl), the spread and maintenance of human disease are attributed to canine reservoirs. however, despite measures directed toward the elimination of infected canines, the incidence of human disease continues to increase. to evaluate the role of infected canines in the acquisition of avl by humans, we undertook a controlled intervention study in three similar, but isolated, valleys of pancas, espírito santo, brazil ... | 1997 | 9402389 |
| prevalence of anti-toxocara antibodies in a random sample of inpatients at a children's hospital in vitória, espírito santo, brazil. | in the streets of vitória, in the state of espírito santo, brazil, are large number of stray dogs, many of which are infected with toxocara canis, suggesting a high risk for human infection. in order to investigate the prevalence of toxocara infection in children in espírito santo we studied the prevalence of anti-toxocara antibodies in 100 random inpatients over one year of age, at the children's hospital n.s. da glória, the reference children's hospital for the state. all the sera were collect ... | 1998 | 9876441 |
| hepatozoon canis infecting dogs in the state of espírito santo, southeastern brazil. | from may 2007 to march 2008, blood samples were collected from 92 healthy dogs living in 21 households (17 farms in rural area, and 4 homes in urban area) in 6 counties of the state of espírito santo, southeastern brazil. in addition, ticks were collected from these dogs. a mean of 4.4+/-3.0 dogs (range: 1-12) were sampled per household; 78 and 14 dogs were from rural and urban areas, respectively. polymerase chain reaction (pcr) designed to amplify fragments of the 18s rdna gene of babesia spp ... | 2009 | 19482427 |
| study of sand fly fauna in an endemic area of american cutaneous leishmaniasis and canine visceral leishmaniasis in the municipality of espírito santo do pinhal, são paulo, brazil. | canine american visceral leishmaniasis and american cutaneous leishmaniasis (acl) cases have been recorded in espírito santo do pinhal. the aim of this study was to gather knowledge of the sand fly community and its population ecology within the municipality. captures were made weekly over a period of 15 months in the urban, periurban and rural areas of the municipality, using automatic light traps. a total of 5,562 sand flies were collected, comprising 17 species. the most abundant species were ... | 2010 | 20428683 |
| molecular identification of rickettsia felis in ticks and fleas from an endemic area for brazilian spotted fever. | rickettsioses are arthropod-borne diseases caused by parasites from the order rickettsiales. the most prevalent rickettsial disease in brazil is brazilian spotted fever (bsf). this work intends the molecular detection of those agents in ectoparasites from an endemic area of bsf in the state of espírito santo. a total of 502 ectoparasites, among them amblyomma cajennense, amblyomma dubitatum (a. cooperi), riphicephalus sanguineus, anocentor nitens and ctenocephalides felis, was collected from dom ... | 2008 | 18425272 |
| [the occurrence of dioctophymosis in dogs from municipality of cachoeiro do itapemirim in the state of espírito santo, brazil, from may to december of 2004]. | dioctophyma renale is frequently observed in dogs from rural areas. from a total of 67 necropsies carried out from may to december of 2004, 56 were dogs, which came from the minicipality of cachoeiro do itapemirim, two animals parasited for d. renale. in one of these animals in a mass of epiplon a nematode female of 15 cm of length was found in ectopic position. the right kidney was atrophic and with the presence of 2 females (58 and 50 cm) and 2 males (21 cm each). in the second animal, the kid ... | 2006 | 16978477 |
| epidemiological and clinical features of leishmania (viannia) braziliensis american cutaneous and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis in the state of espírito santo, brazil. | between 1985 and 2000, epidemiological surveys of the american tegumentary leishmaniasis (atl) were carried out in several rural and urban communities in espírito santo, brazil. a total of 100 stocks of leishmania (comprising isolates from both human and canine hosts with atl) were identified by two methods of molecular characterization, using specific monoclonal antibodies and multilocus enzyme electrophoresis. parasite isolates from 19 municipalities were found to belong to the same zymodeme a ... | 2003 | 15049080 |
| brazilian spotted fever in espirito santo, brazil: description of a focus of infection in a new endemic region. | although brazilian spotted fever is known to occur in several adjacent states, infection with spotted fever group (sfg) rickettsiae has not previously been documented in the brazilian state of espirito santo. we report a cluster of two proven and four suspected cases of brazilian spotted fever in a small valley near colatina, espirito santo. four patients died without confirmatory serologic or pathologic studies. the two surviving patients had serologic and/or pathologic evidence of infection wi ... | 1993 | 8357085 |
| [a focus of american cutaneous leishmaniasis in the municipalities of viana and cariacica, state of espirito santo, brazil]. | | 1985 | 4089511 |
| leishmaniasis due to leishmania braziliensis in espírito santo state, brazil. further evidence on the role of dogs as a reservoir of infection for humans. | | 1991 | 1842452 |
| [results of montenegro's reaction in patients with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis, from espírito santo state]. | the authors analysed the results of montenegro test in 402 patients with mucocutaneous leishmaniasis from espírito santo state, where the leishmania braziliensis braziliensis has been isolated from humans cases and dogs. the test was positive in 371 cases (92.2%) before treatment. the montenegro test given during or after treatment changed the results in 17 of 20 negative cases. the remaining 3 cases and 9 which changed the results had positives biopsies. it was demonstrated again the efficiency ... | 1991 | 1668537 |
| survey for tick-borne zoonoses in the state of espirito santo, southeastern brazil. | blood samples collected from 201 humans, 92 dogs, and 27 horses in the state of espirito santo, brazil, were tested by polymerase chain reaction, indirect immunofluorescence assays, and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for tick-borne diseases (rickettsiosis, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, borreliosis, babesiosis). our results indicated that the surveyed counties are endemic for spotted fever group rickettsiosis because sera from 70 (34.8%) humans, 7 (7.6%) dogs, and 7 (25.9%) horses were ... | 2010 | 20595502 |
| cross-sectional and longitudinal epidemiologic surveys of human and canine leishmania infantum visceral infections in an endemic rural area of southeast brazil (pancas, espirito santo). | in an endemic rural area of southeast brazil, surveys confirmed that dogs serve as peridomestic reservoirs of leishmania infantum. it is likely that the lack of efficient control is because presently used diagnostic tests miss positive dogs. overall, 57% of the dogs had specific antibodies, but the canine infection was not uniformly fatal and many seropositive dogs remained asymptomatic or even spontaneously recovered. furthermore, 42% of the human residents became leishmanin-positive reactors a ... | 2009 | 19346375 |