Brief results of the work of the interdepartmental expedition to study goiter and Urov disease

F. P. Sergievsky

doi:10.17816/kazmj81131

Brief results of the work of the interdepartmental expedition to study goiter and Urov disease

Kazan medical journal ◽

10.17816/kazmj81131 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 32 (8-9) ◽

pp. 650-651

Author(s):

F. P. Sergievsky

Keyword(s):

Endemic Focus

In August of this year, the Urovsky endemic focus was visited by an interdepartmental government expedition of 34 scientific workers in groups: clinical, veterinary-zootechnical, hydrological, sanitary-hygienic. The results of the work revealed at the final conference are as follows

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The Effect of Onchocerciasis Elimination on Onchocerciasis-Associated Epilepsy in a Hyper-Endemic Focus of Western Uganda

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.3393719 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Nolbert Gumisiriza ◽

C. Kaiser ◽

G. Asaba ◽

H. Onen ◽

F. Mubiru ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Endemic Focus ◽

Western Uganda

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Serological evidence for Babesia canis infection of horses and an endemic focus of B. caballi in Hungary

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica ◽

10.1556/avet.55.2007.4.8 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 55 (4) ◽

pp. 491-500 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

S. Hornok ◽

Renate Edelhofer ◽

G. Földvári ◽

Anja Joachim ◽

R. Farkas

Keyword(s):

Competitive Elisa ◽

Babesia Canis ◽

Age Group ◽

Serological Evidence ◽

Babesia Caballi ◽

Seropositivity Rate ◽

Blood Samples ◽

Endemic Focus ◽

Medium Level ◽

Level 1

In order to evaluate the seroconversion of horses to Babesia caballi and B. canis in Hungary, blood samples were collected from 371 animals on 23 different locations of the country. The presence of antibodies to B. caballi was screened with a competitive ELISA. All 29 positive samples came from one region (the Hortobágy). The prevalence of infection did not show correlation with sexes, and reached 100% in the age group of 2–5 years. Babesia canis -specific antibodies were demonstrated by IFAT in 6.74% of animals kept in 7 regions. The titres were low or medium level (1:40 to 1:160), indicating that the horses had previously been exposed to this piroplasm, but their infection must have been limited. The highest seropositivity rate was observed in the age group of 3–4 years, and males (stallions and geldings) were significantly more frequently infected than females. However, neither B. caballi nor B. canis could be identified in the peripheral blood samples of infected horses by PCR. Since most of the B. caballi -positive horses remained negative in the B. canis IFAT, whereas seroconversion solely to B. canis was detected in several regions of the country, serological cross-reaction between the two species can be discounted. This is the first serological evidence of horses being naturally infected with B. canis , supporting the view that piroplasms are less host specific than previously thought.

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Human African trypanosomiasis in endemic focus of Abraka, Nigeria

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine ◽

10.1016/s1995-7645(10)60107-1 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 3 (6) ◽

pp. 448-450 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Onyebiguwa Patrick Goddey Nmorsi ◽

Clement Isaac ◽

Igho Benjamin Igbinosa ◽

Duncan Ogheneocovo Umukoro ◽

Dafe Palmer Aitaikuru

Keyword(s):

Human African Trypanosomiasis ◽

African Trypanosomiasis ◽

Endemic Focus

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Ecology of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a restricted focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northern Venezuela: II. Species composition in relation to habitat, catching method and hour of catching

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz ◽

10.1590/s0074-02761987000100020 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 82 (1) ◽

pp. 125-131 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

M. Dora Feliciangeli

Keyword(s):

Species Composition ◽

Cutaneous Leishmaniasis ◽

Term Study ◽

Endemic Focus ◽

Phlebotomine Sandflies ◽

The Common ◽

Catching Methods

The ecology of phlebotomine sandflies in an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northern Venezuela (San Esteban, Carabobo State) was investigated through a year-term study. Three different habitats: viz. a house, a pridomestic area and a sylvatic area, were covered and the species composition, the abundance and occurrence of each species were analyzed in relation to the habitats, catching methods and hour of catching. L. panamensis, L. gomezi and L. ovallesi are the species which bite man, although almost exclusively at night. All of them hide by day and are common in the sylvatic area. Moreover, L. panamensis and L. gomezi successfully approach the house and seem to settle in the peridomestic area. L. shannoni and L. olmeca bicolor also approach and accidentally bite man. L. trinidadensis, L. atroclavata and L. cayennensis are the common non-antrhopophilic species in the area.

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Association of Borrelia afzelii with rodents in Europe

Parasitology ◽

10.1017/s0031182002002548 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 126 (1) ◽

pp. 11-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 152

Author(s):

K. HANINCOVÁ ◽

S. M. SCHÄFER ◽

S. ETTI ◽

H.-S. SEWELL ◽

V. TARAGELOVÁ ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Borrelia Burgdorferi ◽

Lyme Borreliosis ◽

Tick Infestation ◽

Zoonotic Transmission ◽

Host Association ◽

Borrelia Afzelii ◽

Hard Ticks ◽

Bank Voles ◽

Endemic Focus ◽

Questing Ticks

Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) is maintained in nature by complex zoonotic transmission cycles, involving a large variety of vertebrates as hosts and hard ticks of the genus Ixodes as vectors. Recent studies suggest that the genospecies of B. burgdorferi s.l. and sometimes their subtypes are propagated by different spectra of hosts, mainly birds and rodents. In order to test the concept of host-association, we analysed the relationships between Borrelia genospecies, rodent hosts and I. ricinus ticks in an endemic focus of Lyme borreliosis in western Slovakia. Rodents and questing ticks were collected at a forested lowland locality near Bratislava. Tick infestation levels on rodents were determined, and spirochaete infections in ticks and in ear punch biopsies were analysed by PCR followed by genotyping. Mice were more heavily infested with ticks than bank voles, and a higher proportion of mice was infected with spirochaetes than voles. However, the infectivity of voles was much higher than that of mice. The vast majority of infections detected in the skin and in ticks feeding on the rodents represented B. afzelii. In contrast, more than half of all infections in questing ticks collected in the same region of Slovakia were identified as B. valaisiana and B. garinii. In conclusion, whilst the study reveals that mice and voles play different quantitative roles in the ecology of Lyme borreliosis, it demonstrates that B. afzelii is specifically maintained by European rodents, validating the concept of host-association of B. burgdorferi s.l.

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