Browsing by Subject "parasites"
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Chronic hepatosplenic schistosomiasis mansoni: magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance angiography findings
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2007-03-01)Purpose: To evaluate the hepatosplenic manifestations and the portal venous system in patients with chronic infection by Schistosoma mansoni.Material and Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was performed in 28 ...
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Importance of CD8 T cell-mediated immune response during intracellular parasitic infections and its implications for the development of effective vaccines
(Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2003-12-01)Obligatory intracellular parasites such as Plasmodium sp, Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii and Leishmania sp are responsible for the infection of hundreds of millions of individuals every year. These parasites can ...
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Mites in clinical stool specimens: potential misidentification as helminth eggs
(Elsevier B.V., 2007-11-01)We report the finding of unexpected microscopic oval structures in clinical stool samples processed by AFIP/Medicina Laboratorial, a laboratory performing routine clinical analysis in São Paulo, Brazil. Surprisingly, these ...
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Observations on non-random distribution of spores of Henneguya spp. (Cnidaria: Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) within plasmodia
(Folia Parasitologica, 2017)Species of the cnidarian genus Henneguya Thelohan, 1892 (Myxosporea: Myxobolidae) are histozoic parasites commonly found in freshwater and, more rarely, in marine fish. The development of these parasites in fish tissues ...
