{"title":"[Spirocamallanus hilarii (Nematoda, Camallanidae) fresh water fishes parasite from the dam of Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina].","authors":"G Ramallo","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spirocamallanus hilarii (Nematoda, Camallanidae) is cited parasitizing five fresh water fish species: Salminus maxillosus Leporinus obtusidens, Hoplias malabaricus malabaricus, Oligosarcus jenynsii and Pimelodus albicans, captured in Termas de Río Hondo pond, province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Morphologic and morphometric parasitological studies were done. The specimens described were drawned and photographed. In addition, the following parasitic infection indexes were calculated: Prevalence 26.5%, Mean 6.6 and Maximum Intensity 27.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"67-70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559291","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R A Devera, G N Punos, V J Velásquez, J A Catanese, R G Meneses
{"title":"[Prevalence of Blastocystis hominis infection in schoolchildren from Bolivar City, Venezuela].","authors":"R A Devera, G N Punos, V J Velásquez, J A Catanese, R G Meneses","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Blastocystis hominis is found in about 25% of feces in normal asymptomatic people. Its pathogenic role is still discussed. A prospective study was performed to determine the prevalence of B. hominis infection in schoolchildren from Bolivar City. We evaluated 446 children, between five and fourteen years old, both sexes, using direct examination of feces and Willis Method. They were also evaluated clinically. Results showed that B. hominis had a prevalence of 16.8%. We did not find a statistically significant association between sex (P > 0.05) or age and infection with B. hominis (x2 = 1.94 g.l = 4). In 39 schoolchildren (52.0%) we identified other parasites along with B. hominis, the most frequent was Trichuris trichiura as helminth and Giardia lamblia as protozoan. We observed B. hominis alone in 36 cases (48.0%). There was a spectrum of clinical symptoms in 41 (54.7%) of all children evaluated. Diarrhea was the most frequently clinical manifestation observed. Other studies are necessary to determine clinical relevance of B. hominis in school population in Bolivar City.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"77-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Suárez Hernández, M Díaz González, J Bustelo Aguila, A Sánchez Sibello, I Vidal García
{"title":"[Cryptosporidiosis in children with acute diarrhea from Ciego de Avila province, Cuba].","authors":"M Suárez Hernández, M Díaz González, J Bustelo Aguila, A Sánchez Sibello, I Vidal García","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An epidemiological and clinical study of criptosporidiosis in children from Ciego de Avila province was carried out from 1987 to 1994. During this period 14,895 children with acute diarrhea were studied. Cryptosporidium sp. oocysts were found in the feces of 1,256 (8.4%) of them. Isolated cases prevailed over outbreaks, being the incidence rate proportional in both urban and rural areas. Seventy nine point seven per cent of infected children were less one year old, predominating the age group 6-11 months old. No influence of seasons on the occurrence of the parasitose was observed. The most frequently detected symptoms and signs were diarrhea, vomits and loss of weight. The main epidemiological factors were: 81.0% of ill children drank water directly from the aqueduct, 12.8% lived in overcrowded conditions, 11.0% had animals and 10.7% attended nursery schools.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"50-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559287","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Pediculosis capitis, a permanent and renewed problem].","authors":"H Schenonel, M Lobos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pediculosis capitis is still a world-wide public health problem. Pediculus humanus capitis, the agent, is a permanent and specific human blood-sucking ectoparasite extended throughout the world. By the end of sixties and begin of seventies an important increase of prevalence of this parasitose was observed in many countries and lice infestation throughout the world was estimated to run into hundreds of millions. Decline of personal hygiene, increased promiscuity and long hairstyle, particularly in adolescents and young people seemed to mark the beginning of this new situation. At present pediculosis capitis not only affects low socio-economic groups, but middle and high level groups. Several observations have shown a clear relationship between long hair and pediculosis capitis. Prevention of pediculosis capitis is supported by community health education, stressing the personal hygiene, the use of reasonable short hair and frequent washing of head.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"73-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M C Contreras, S Gallo, P Salinas, E Rugiero, L Sandoval, H Schenone
{"title":"[Immunodiagnosis in 647 suspected clinical cases of toxoplasmosis].","authors":"M C Contreras, S Gallo, P Salinas, E Rugiero, L Sandoval, H Schenone","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Though Toxoplasma gondii can cause severe pathology in human, in most of the cases it produces only asymptomatic infection. So, it is important to dispose some methods capables to discriminate between acute and chronic infections. An indirect hemagglutination test (IHAT), dye test (DT) and complement fixation test (CFT) were performed in 647 sera from patients suspected of having toxoplasmosis infection. IHAT and DT titer > or = 4 and CFT > or = 5 were considered positive. Titers were classified as follows: low (4-16), median (64-512) and high (> or = 1000) for IHAT and DT. The pathologies for demanding these serological tests were: adenopathies (58), nephropathies (72), neuropathies (30), obstetrical problems (65), opthalmopathies (147), AIDS (237) and miscellaneous (37). Global positivity of 49.5% and 4.5% for IHAT/DT and CFT respectively were found. The positivity for the different groups were: adenopathies (48.3% and 13.8%), nephropathies (43.1% and 1.4%), neuropathies (26.7% and 3.3%), obstetrical problems (40.0% and 0.0%), ophthalmopathies (59.9% and 8.2%), AIDS (52.1% and 2.5%) and miscellaneous (40.5% and 2.7%) for IHAT/DT and CFT respectively. Low and median titers for IHAT/DT were found in 81.3% of cases. A high agreement in frequency of concordant and discordant titers of IHAT/DT and CFT, indicating a recent or acute infection was observed. This fact was more relevant in adenopathies, ophthalmopathies (uveitis) and AIDS groups.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"55-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Cercaria chaetotaxy of 2 Venezuelan strains of Schistosoma mansoni].","authors":"L A Pino, G Morales, L Matinella","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>By means of the silver impregnation of two lots of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae belonging to the strains: JR (32 cercariae) and C5 (45 cercariae), the number and pattern of disposition of the argentophillic papillae were determined with the following results: Average number of total dorsal papillae: 12.1 (JR strain) and 12.0 (C5 strain); the variation coefficients in this surface were less than 4% (JR strain) and bigger in JR than C5 strain. Average number of total ventral papillae: 12.15 (JR), 11.97 (C5); maximum value of the variation coefficient: 6.4% (JR), higher in JR than C5 strain. When the ventral surface was classified in four quadrants, the average number of papillae by quadrant was: quadrant A: 1.15 (JR) and 1.06 (C5): B: 1.06 (JR) and 1 (C5); C: 4.97 (JR) and 4.96 (C5); D: 5.03 (JR) and 4.98 (C5). The variation coefficients were higher in the A and B ventral quadrants, reaching maximum values of 31.9%, and 61.0% for the posterior quadrants C and D. When the ventral surface was divided in three equal parts for determining the position of the most variable papillae of this area, the greatest value of the variation coefficients obtained were for the 2nd thirds of the cercariae: 89.8% and 76.8% for C5 strain and 43.5% and 56.8% for JR strain. In relation to the total lateral papillae, the average numbers were: 17.0 (JR) and 16.6 (C5), with a maximum value of variation coefficient of (8.1% (C5). The average total number of papillae of the tail were: 25.6 (JR) and 26.1 (C5) for the ventral surface and 20.72 (JR) and 21.33 (C5) for the dorsal papillae. The comparison between the percents of the cercariae of two S. mansoni strains with more than 1 papillae on the anterior ventral quadrants A or B (94% JR and 34% C5), resulted with significant differences (P < 0.05).</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"61-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O Vázquez Tsuji, I Martínez Barbabosa, J Tay Zavala, A Ruiz Hernández, A Pérez Torres
{"title":"[Vegetables for human consumption as probable source of Toxocara sp. infection in man].","authors":"O Vázquez Tsuji, I Martínez Barbabosa, J Tay Zavala, A Ruiz Hernández, A Pérez Torres","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Although Toxocara canis life cycle is known, other possible mechanisms dynamically involved in its transmission to man are still ignored. The object of the present investigation was to search the occurrence of Toxocara sp. eggs in vegetables which humans consume. Five hundred and thirty six vegetables from a supply distribution center in Mexico City (Distrito Federal) were examined. Those included 212 carrots, 76 potatoes, 31 radishes, 22 mushrooms, 27 lettuces, 20 sweet potatoes and 66 bundles of spinaches, 32 bundles of salt-worts, 29 bundles of coriander, and 21 bundles of purslane. Each unit or bundle was washed with 50 ml of sterilized water, allowing sedimentation at room temperature for 8 hours. Five ml of sediment were centrifugated at 3,000 r.p.m. for 5 minutes. Sediment was examined in lugol stained fresh plates through light microscopy, which turned to be Toxocara sp. eggs were found only in two vegetables: 1.9% of carrots and 6.5% of radishes. Toxocara sp. eggs were: 66.7% recently emitted and 33.3% embryonated. Other parasite elements were: Ascaris lumbricoides eggs 1.9% in carrots, 2.6% in potatoes, 9.1% in mushrooms, 6.9% in corianders, 20.0% in sweet potatoes and 6.1% in spinachs. Entamoeba histolytica cyts were found in 0.9% of carrots. Soil contamination with Toxocara sp. eggs from parasitized dogs or cats, or with either sewage systems or contaminated water where vegetables for human consumption are grown, play a role as a transmission mechanism must be deeperly studied since 33.3% of Toxocara sp. eggs found contained larvae, potentially infective to man.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"47-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I Fernández, E Torrejón, L Rubilar, H Schuffeneger, V Madrid
{"title":"[Frequency of human trichinosis in Concepción and Arauco, Chile: study in autopsied persons at the Concepción Medico-Legal Service. June 1996-March 1997].","authors":"I Fernández, E Torrejón, L Rubilar, H Schuffeneger, V Madrid","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The frequency of trichinosis was determined in 300 dead persons, residents in the provinces of Concepción and Arauco, and requiring necropsy at the Servicio Medico Legal of Concepción. Diaphragm muscle samples were taken from June 1996 to March 1997. The diagnosis was made by trichinoscopy and artificial digestion techniques. Five samples (1.67%) were positive. There was not differences between sexes. Positive cases were found mainly among 30 to 49 years old people belonging to middle-lower class. Both diagnostic techniques showed different sensitivity as a consequence of the parasitic load and on the contrary, the artificial digestion was less sensitive when the cyts were fully calcified.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"81-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M I Ortiz de Rott, A M Santa Cruz, E Héctor Resoagli
{"title":"[Acuariosis in Numida meleagris (Aves: Numididae)].","authors":"M I Ortiz de Rott, A M Santa Cruz, E Héctor Resoagli","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A case of gastric nematodiasis is described in a gineafowl (Numida meleagris) from the Municipal Zoo, Presidencia Roque Saenz Peña (Chaco) Argentina. Nematodes obtained from the glandular stomach were observed in optic microscopy. According to their morphometric characteristics and location in the definitive host, were identified as belonging to the family Acuariidae, subfamily Acuariinae, species Dispharynx nasuta Rudolphi, 1819.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"70-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Contribution to the morphological description of Tylodelphys barilochensis and Tylodelphys crubensis (Trematoda, Diplostomidae) encephalon parasites of Galaxias maculatus (Teleostei, Galaxiidae)].","authors":"V Flores","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Taxonomic characteristics, for species identification, of metacercarie of T. barilochensis and T. crubensis found in the encephalon of the fish Galaxias maculatus, not included in the original descriptions, particularly those concerning to the excretory system, are described.</p>","PeriodicalId":75607,"journal":{"name":"Boletin chileno de parasitologia","volume":"52 3-4","pages":"84-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20559271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}