| [search of amantadine-resistance in influenza a strains isolated in santiago, chile, 2001-2002]. | amantadine has been used for prevention and treatment of influenza a infection. it blocks the proton through the m2 ion channel. drug-resistant viruses appear quickly when this therapy is used. single amino acids changes in the h2 protein can confer resistance, being the most frequent one in position 31. different methods to detect resistant strains have been described. the objectives were to determine the existence of amantadine resistance of influenza a strains isolated in a virologic laborato ... | 2005 | 15891794 |
| 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 |
| [seroepidemiological evidence of human exposure to anaplasma sp in santiago, chile]. | to find more evidence of human exposure to anaplasma sp in chile, we studied 108 contacts of dogs with canine ehrlichiosis (ce) (risk group) and 61 persons without tick or ce cases contact (control group). a survey including risk factors and history of diseases compatible with ehrlichiosis/ anaplasmosis was applied to the risk group. serum igg anti-anaplasma sp antibodies were determined in both groups. | 2008 | 18949148 |
| [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 |
| [dermatophyte infection and colonization in dogs from south santiago, chile]. | our main aim was to determine the dermatophyte infection and colonization prevalence in canines from south santiago, chile. we studied 241 dogs, 121 of them presented cutaneous lesions suggestive of dermatophytosis and the other 120 were free from lesions and were considered clinically healthy. dermatophytes were isolated from the lesions of 48.8% of animals with cutaneous diseases and from 5% of healthy dogs. microsporum canis was the principal species isolated with a frequency of 98.3% from de ... | 2003 | 15456352 |
| flea species from dogs in three cities of chile. | the purpose of this study was to establish the pattern of flea infestation in dogs in the cities of santiago (33 degrees latitude south, 70 degrees longitude west), concepción (36 degrees latitude south, 73 degrees longitude west) and osorno (40 degrees latitude south, 73 degrees longitude west), located in different parts of chile. the only species of fleas found on dogs from the three cities were ctenocephalides felis felis (41.8%), ctenocephalides canis (39.4%) and pulex irritans (18.8%). alt ... | 2002 | 11934466 |
| [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 |
| [trichinosis in dogs from santiago, chile (author's transl)]. | | 1974 | 4472568 |