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Vector-borne pathogens in dogs from Costa Rica: First molecular description of Babesia vogeli and Hepatozoon canis infections with a high prevalence of monocytic ehrlichiosis and the manifestations of co-infection
(2014)
Infection with canine vector-borne pathogens was evaluated in dogs from four different
regions of Costa Rica by PCR. Demographic data, clinical signs, packed cell volume values,
and the presence of tick infestation were ...
Detection of Dirofilaria immitis and other arthropod-borne filarioids by an HRM real-time qPCR, blood-concentrating techniques and a serological assay in dogs from Costa Rica
(2015)
Background: Canine filarioids are important nematodes transmitted to dogs by arthropods. Diagnosis of canine
filariosis is accomplished by the microscopic identification of microfilariae, serology or PCR for filarial-DNA. ...
Pathology and first report of natural eye infection with the trematode Philophthalmus gralli (Digenea, Philophthalmidae) in Tinamus major (Tinamiformes, Tinamidae), Costa Rica
(2013)
The eye-fluke Philophthalmus gralli (Philophthalmidae Looss, 1899) was found in six birds known as great
tinamous (Tinamusmajor) reared in awild animal shelter located in Alajuela, Costa Rica. The birds presented conjunctival ...
Focal Philophthalmus gralli infection possibly persists in Melanoides tuberculata over two years following the definitive hosts' removal
(2014)
Philophthalmosis is a zoonotic disease associated largely with the spread of the invasive freshwater snail
Melanoides tuberculata, serving as an intermediate host. Here we examined Philophthalmus gralli focal fenced
infection ...