Search Our Scientific Publications & Authors

Heliyon 2020 Jun 7;6(6):e04171. Epub 2020 Jun 7.

Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

is a genus of eucoccidian parasites, which globally infects humans and various animals. In addition to economic losses in livestock industries, the parasite is a zoonosis that infects humans through contaminated beef and pork with the parasite sarcocysts. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess contamination in beef and industrial raw beef burger samples from butcheries and retail stores in Tehran, Iran. Read More

Lett Appl Microbiol 2020 May 30. Epub 2020 May 30.

Zoology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Sarcocystosis is a parasitic disease caused by an intracellular protozoan parasite Sarcocystis belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa. These parasites have a requisite two-host life cycle. Recently, there are many Sarcocystis species that identified morphologically. Read More

Comp Med 2020 Jun 8;70(3):300-301. Epub 2020 May 8.

Department of Toxicology, Calvert Laboratories, Scott Township, Pennsylvania.

Sarcocystosis, presumably caused by , was diagnosed in 2 purpose-bred, SPF Dutch belted laboratory rabbits from a class A breeder. The rabbits were purchased by a research facility and conventionally housed individually in stainless-steel suspended caging. At necropsy and tissue harvest, gross lesions were not observed in the muscles. Read More

Acta Parasitol 2020 Apr 15. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

Ferdows Paramedical School, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran.

Purpose: Sarcocystis is a zoonotic parasitic pathogen which endangers the safety of meat and meat products. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to evaluate the prevalence rate and status of Sarcocystis spp. in ruminants as important food sources in Iran. Read More

Aust Vet J 2020 Apr 6. Epub 2020 Apr 6.

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, South Australia, 5371, Australia.

Objective: Successful disease management requires effective surveillance. Slaughterhouse inspections provide opportunities to efficiently collect regular disease data from many animals across large areas. Toxoplasma is a cat-borne parasite that causes reproduction failure in sheep, although it is not visually detectable at slaughterhouses. Read More

Food Waterborne Parasitol 2020 Mar 21;18:e00074. Epub 2020 Feb 21.

University of Turin, Department of Veterinary Science, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy.

spp. are protozoan parasites which can infect a wide range of vertebrates, including humans; the latter can act as definitive hosts for two cattle spp.: and . Read More

Korean J Parasitol 2020 Feb 29;58(1):1-5. Epub 2020 Feb 29.

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Sarcocystosis was diagnosed worldwide by serodiagnostic tests utilising the whole parasite, for which the protozoa were maintained in vitro are more costly. In this study, antigenicity of Sarcocystis falcatula recombinant protein (rSfSAG4) was investigated towards the local communities of Pangkor and Tioman Islands and its seroprevalence was surveyed in these islands. A total of 348 human sera were tested using rSfSAG4 by Western blot and ELISA. Read More

Iran J Parasitol 2019 Oct-Dec;14(4):623-630

Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Background: The genus consists of intracellular coccidian protozoan parasites with the ability to invade muscle tissue and mature into sarcocysts, causing the zoonotic disease sarcocystosis. These parasites have an obligatory two-host life cycle, which correlates with prey-predator relationship. The distribution and prevalence of in reptiles remains unclear, despite several previous reports. Read More

Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2020 Mar;36(1):205-222

United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Building 1001, Beltsville, MD 20705-2350, USA.

Neospora caninum, Toxoplasma gondii, and Sarcocystis spp. are related Apicomplexan parasites that have 2 hosts in their life cycles. The definitive hosts excrete unsporulated (Neospora caninum, T gondii) or sporulated (Sarcocystis spp. Read More

Acta Parasitol 2020 Jun 24;65(2):354-360. Epub 2020 Jan 24.

Witold Stefański Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warszawa, Poland.

Purpose: Sarcocystis spp. are protozoan parasites of livestock which also infect birds, lower vertebrates and mammals, including man. Wild and domestic ruminants such as red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, cattle, sheep and goats may act as intermediate hosts for many Sarcocystis species, some of which are significant pathogens causing sarcocystosis in livestock and humans. Read More

Parasitol Res 2020 Apr 11;119(4):1363-1370. Epub 2020 Jan 11.

Nature Research Centre, Institute of Ecology, Akademijos 2, LT-08412, Vilnius, Lithuania.

The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) has been identified as an intermediate host for six known Sarcocystis species, S. capreolicanis, S. entzerothi, S. Read More

Parasit Vectors 2020 Jan 6;13(1). Epub 2020 Jan 6.

Nature Research Centre, Akademijos Str. 2, Vilnius, 08412, Lithuania.

Background: Birds of the family Laridae have not been intensively examined for infections with Sarcocystis spp. To date, sarcocysts of two species, S. lari and S. Read More

Parasitol Res 2020 Feb 4;119(2):675-682. Epub 2020 Jan 4.

Setor de Patologia Veterinária, Departamento de Patologia Clínica, Faculdade de Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9090, Bairro Agronomia, Porto Alegre, RS, 91540-000, Brazil.

Sarcocystis neurona is the main agent associated with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). Apart from horses, S. neurona has been occasionally described causing neurologic disease in several other terrestrial animals as well as mortality in marine mammals. Read More

J Avian Med Surg 2019 Sep;33(3):314-320

Transbound Emerg Dis 2019 Dec 27. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Instituto de Patobiología Veterinaria, CICVyA, INTA-Castelar, Hurlingham, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Meat of the South American camelids (SACs) llama and alpaca is an important source of animal protein and income for rural families in the Andes, and a product with significant growth potential for local and international markets. However, infestation with macroscopic cysts of the coccidian protozoon Sarcocystis aucheniae, a parasitosis known as SAC sarcocystosis, significantly hampers its commercialization. There are no validated methods to diagnose the presence of S. Read More

Turkiye Parazitol Derg 2019 Dec;43(4):182-186

University of Zabol Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pathobiology, Zabol, Iran

Objective: Sarcocystosis is an important zoonotic protozoal disease with worldwide distribution and wide range of hosts. The aim of the present study was to determine the intensity of spp. infection and to show histopathological features of their cystic lesions in slaughtered cattle of Zabol- Iran. Read More

Vet Q 2019 12;39(1):168-173

The Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA.

Vet Pathol 2020 03 5;57(2):272-280. Epub 2019 Dec 5.

Department of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Production, Unit of Pathology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

Sarcocystosis is a protozoal disease affecting a wide range of animals. The aims of this study were to characterize the following in sheep: (1) the muscle pathology in infection, (2) the inflammatory infiltrate and its relationship to severity of infection, and (3) immune markers expressed by parasitized muscle fibers and parasitic cysts. Skeletal muscle samples from 78 sheep slaughtered in southern Italy were snap frozen and analyzed by histopathology, immunohistochemistry, and immunofluorescence. Read More

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2019 12 7;18:100327. Epub 2019 Aug 7.

Department of Infectious Diseases, Hokkaido Institute of Public Health, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0819, Japan.

Diaphragm samples from 65 hunted sika deer (Cervus nippon yesoensis) from Hokkaido, Japan were examined for the presence of sarcocysts based on histological sections. Morphologically, the detected sarcocysts grouped into three types: (Type 1) 108.0-305. Read More

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2019 12 21;18:100333. Epub 2019 Aug 21.

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hawassa University, P.O.Box 05, Hawassa, Ethiopia.

Sarcocystosis is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Sarcocystis spp. which are Apicomplexan parasites requiring intermediate and definitive hosts to complete their life cycle. Although the parasite has worldwide distribution in man and many species of animals, the prevalence in most parts of Ethiopia is not clearly known. Read More

Biomed Res Int 2019 13;2019:4123154. Epub 2019 Oct 13.

Department of Animal Production and Veterinary Public Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Banat's University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine "King Michael I of Romania" Timişoara, Timişoara 300645, Romania.

Species of the genus are recognized as protozoan parasites infecting a wide range of animals, including humans. This study aimed to provide data on the occurrence, genetic characterization, and epidemiological significance of spp. in cattle destined for human consumption in Romania. Read More

Parasitol Res 2020 Jan 16;119(1):215-231. Epub 2019 Nov 16.

Department of Animal Health, Veterinary Faculty, Complutense University of Madrid, Avenida de Puerta de Hierro s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.

The major aim of the present study was to determine by molecular methods whether the wide and narrow types of macroscopic sarcocysts in Spanish sheep belonged to different species, that is, Sarcocystis gigantea and Sarcocystis medusiformis, respectively. Additionally, we wanted to identify and characterize molecularly the species forming microscopic sarcocysts and determine the phylogenetic placement of all species found. Portions of the oesophagus, diaphragm and hind legs containing macroscopic sarcocysts were collected from slaughtered culled ewes at an abattoir in the Province of Madrid, Central Spain, but both macroscopic and microscopic sarcocysts were isolated for molecular examination. Read More

Parasitol Res 2019 Dec 14;118(12):3491-3496. Epub 2019 Nov 14.

College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, China.

In this study, 36.8% (28/76) of tissue samples collected from domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) contained sarcocysts, as determined by light microscopy. The organisms were identified as Sarcocystis miescheriana and Sarcocystis suihominis based on their morphological and molecular characteristics. Read More

Dis Aquat Organ 2019 Nov;136(3):235-241

Laboratório de Patologia Comparada de Animais Selvagens, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-270, Brazil.

The protozoans Toxoplasma gondii and Sarcocystis spp. (Sarcocystidae: Apicomplexa) affect a wide variety of vertebrates. Both have been reported to infect pinnipeds, with impacts on health ranging from inapparent to fulminant disease and death. Read More

Vet Parasitol 2019 Dec 19;276:108962. Epub 2019 Oct 19.

Departamento de Anatomia, Patologia e Clínicas, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Escola de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Avenida Adhemar de Barros, 500, Ondina, Salvador 40170-110, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address:

Sarcocystis neurona is the major cause of the equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) in the Americas and has opossums of the genus Didelphis as definitive hosts. Most isolates of Sarcocystis sp. shed by opossums in Brazil differ genetically from the known species of Sarcocystis. Read More

J Parasitol 2019 10;105(5):813-815

SALUVET, Animal Health Department, Complutense University of Madrid, Avenida Complutense s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain.

Members of the genus are frequently found infecting members of the family Cervidae. Although species are generally host specific for their intermediate hosts, species in cervids appear to be less host specific. Here, we report fallow deer () as a new host for , originally described from the red deer (). Read More

Vet Rec 2020 Feb 9;186(6):186. Epub 2019 Oct 9.

Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK

Background: Reports from UK hunters of 'rice grains' in muscles of shot wildfowl (Anatidae) coincided temporally with the finding of sarcocystosis in a number of ducks found as part of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust long-term general surveillance of found dead waterbirds. has also been relatively recently confirmed in wildfowl in north-eastern Europe.

Methods: This study uses four approaches to investigate UK wildfowl sarcocystosis: first, through a hunter questionnaire that captured historical case data; secondly, through an online reporting system; thirdly, DNA sequencing to characterise UK cases; and fourthly, histological myopathy assessment of infected pectoral muscle. Read More

Acta Vet Hung 2019 09;67(3):401-406

Department of Parasitology and Zoology, University of Veterinary Medicine, István u. 2, H-1078 Budapest, Hungary.

Reports of -like protozoa ('rice breast disease') from anseriform birds had been rare in Europe until the last two decades, when was identified in northern Europe and the UK. However, despite the economic losses resulting from infection, no recent accounts are available on its presence (which can be suspected) in most parts of central, western, southern and eastern Europe. Between 2014 and 2019, twelve mallards () were observed to have rice breast disease in Hungary, and the last one of these 12 cases allowed molecular identification of , as reported here. Read More

Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 2019 Dec 30;10:132-137. Epub 2019 Aug 30.

Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal (VPS), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia da Universidade de São Paulo, Av. Prof. Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva, 87, Cidade Universitária, São Paulo, SP, 05508 270, Brazil.

Most reported isolates of spp. derived from Brazilian opossums ( sp.) have genetic characteristics distinct from the known species of , but behave similarly as , as they are infective to budgerigars. Read More

J Adv Vet Anim Res 2018 Dec 7;5(4):381-387. Epub 2018 Nov 7.

Associate Professor of Parasitology, Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medical Science, Zabol Medical University, Zabol, Iran.

Objective: spp. are common parasites and in terms of economics and pathogenicity in domestic animals is important. The purpose of this work was to define the rate of contamination of slaughtered carcasses of cattle to Sarcocystis using digestive and histopathological methods in southeast Iran. Read More

Int J Parasitol 2019 10 7;49(11):859-866. Epub 2019 Aug 7.

Centre for Zoonoses and Environmental Microbiology, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Electronic address:

The reported prevalence of Sarcocystis infection in cattle in Europe ranges between 66 and 94%. Although in the Netherlands a prevalence of 100% was reported in 1993, this study aimed to develop a method for sensitive and specific molecular detection and species identification of Sarcocystis spp., in order to provide more recent data on the prevalence and identification of these protozoa in cattle meat intended for human consumption in the Netherlands. Read More

Rev Bras Parasitol Vet 2019 Jul 29;28(3):499-503. Epub 2019 Jul 29.

Laboratório de Patologia Comparada de Animais Selvagens - LAPCOM, Departamento de Patologia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil.

A juvenile subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) found dead in Santa Catarina state, southern Brazil, presented with disseminated verminous pneumonia due to Parafilaroides sp. A concomitant infection with two different gammaherpesviruses was identified by PCR in different tissues; one of them possibly a novel species (tentatively named Otariid herpesvirus 7). Sarcocystis sp. Read More

Parasitol Res 2019 Sep 11;118(9):2689-2694. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

Institute of Life Sciences and Technology, Daugavpils University, Parādes Street 1A, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia.

Rodents have been widely studied as intermediate hosts of Sarcocystis; however, only a few reports on these parasites in the black rat (Rattus rattus) are known. Having examined 13 black rats captured in Latvia, sarcocysts were found in skeletal muscles of two mammals and were described as Sarcocystis ratti n. sp. Read More

Infez Med 2019 Jun;27(2):168-174

School of Medicine, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia.

Opportunistic parasites are still important agents causing morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, particularly those living with HIV/AIDS. Few studies in Mexico have attempted to determine the prevalence of opportunistic intestinal parasites causing diarrhea in immunocompromised patients. A study was conducted to determine the intestinal parasites in HIV-positive and HIV-negative immunocompromised patients with diarrhea admitted to a tertiary care hospital in Monterrey, Mexico, from 2014 to 2015. Read More

Rev Bras Parasitol Vet 2019 Jun 6;28(2):298-302. Epub 2019 Jun 6.

Laboratório de Doenças Infectocontagiosas dos Animais, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE, Recife, PE, Brasil.

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of infection by Sarcocystis neurona in horses and identify potential risk factors. Were analyzed 427 samples from 36 farms in 21 municipalities in the Alagoas State, Brazil. Presence of anti-S. Read More

Acta Parasitol 2019 Sep 11;64(3):501-513. Epub 2019 Jun 11.

Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, KafrElsheikh University, Kafr El Sheikh, Egypt.

Background: In spite of the global economic significance of sheep production, little is known about the prevalence of various Sarcocystis spp. infecting the domestic sheep (Ovis aries) in Egypt.

Materials And Methods: Muscle samples were collected from 175 sheep (> 2 years) slaughtered at El-Mahalla El-Kubra abattoir, Gharbia governorate, Egypt. Read More

J Vet Diagn Invest 2019 Jul 10;31(4):656-660. Epub 2019 Jun 10.

Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), La Estanzuela, Colonia, Uruguay (Aráoz, Silveira, Banchero, Riet-Correa, Giannitti).

spp. are causative agents of bovine eosinophilic myositis and/or myocarditis, which are chronic subclinical myopathies that are occasionally responsible for condemnation at slaughterhouses. is a protozoan parasite of worldwide distribution transmitted by canids, most commonly associated with subclinical infection in cattle. Read More

Intern Med 2019 Sep 22;58(18):2727-2730. Epub 2019 May 22.

National Institute of Health Science, Japan.

Along with the increase in consumption of raw animal meat, the prevalence of food poisoning is increasing. A 67-year-old Japanese man had eaten raw venison 4 hours prior to the beginning of vomiting. Many white cysts were discovered in the venison, with numerous bradyzoites being detected after the cysts were punctured. Read More

Animals (Basel) 2019 May 21;9(5). Epub 2019 May 21.

Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.

Sarcocystosis is induced by species of , which is an intracellular protozoan parasite in the phylum Apicomplexa. The diversity and importance of species in sheep and goats in Saudi Arabia are poorly understood. In this study, the tongue, esophagus, heart, diaphragm, and skeletal muscles were collected from 230 sheep and 84 goats, and the tissues were examined for the presence of species by macroscopic examination and light microscopy. Read More

J Water Health 2019 Jun;17(3):416-427

Environmental Health Research Centre, Institute for Medical Research (IMR), Ministry of Health Malaysia, Jalan Pahang, 50588 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia E-mail:

The Tioman Island of Malaysia experienced acute muscular sarcocystosis outbreaks from 2011 to 2014. So far, a previous study based on the 18S rRNA gene sequencing has reported S. singaporensis, S. Read More

Front Vet Sci 2019 24;6:127. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Roseworthy, SA, Australia.

Cat-borne parasites and their associated diseases have substantial impacts on human, livestock, and wildlife health worldwide. Despite this, large and detailed datasets that allow researchers to study broad-scale trends in the ecology of cat-borne diseases are either difficult to obtain or non-existent. One condition that is easily detected at slaughter is macroscopic sarcocystosis, a cat-borne parasitosis of sheep (). Read More

J Parasitol 2019 04;105(2):371-378

1   Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061.

is a ubiquitous parasite in the eastern United States, which is the principal causative agent in the neurologic disorder equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM). While much is known about this protozoa's life cycle in its natural host, the opossum (), little is known of how it acts in the aberrant equine host, which displays a high incidence of exposure with a relatively low rate of morbidity. For this study, we employed the popular interferon gamma knockout mouse model to determine the potential for recrudescence of infection after treatment with the anticoccidial drug diclazuril. Read More

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2019 04 14;16:100283. Epub 2019 Mar 14.

Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Valenzano, Italy.

Among the protozoa of the genus Sarcocystis (Apicomplexa; Sarcocystidae), Sarcocystis bertrami (syn. Sarcocystis fayeri) is an obligate intracellular parasite of donkeys and horses with worldwide distribution. Here, we report the detection of S. Read More

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2018 08 7;13:193-197. Epub 2018 Jul 7.

Parasitology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

In order to explain the exact role of sarcocystosis, principally Sarcocystis tenella, in losses of the Egyptian sheep industry, a precise confirmation about the existence of different Sarcocystis species infecting that economically important animal is needed. Therefore, this work aimed to molecularly identify, as well as illustrate the genetic variability within isolates of Sarcocystis spp. infecting sheep from Egypt. Read More

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2018 12 5;14:94-98. Epub 2018 Sep 5.

Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, prédio 44, sala 5149, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Camobi, Santa Maria, RS 97105-900, Brazil.

Sarcocystis spp. are ubiquitous protozoan parasites that can form cysts in striated muscle and CNS of cattle. Cattle hearts are commonly infected by microscopic sarcocysts. Read More

Parasitol Res 2019 Jun 18;118(6):1975-1979. Epub 2019 Apr 18.

Department of Food Safety and Infection Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, P.O. Box 369 Sentrum, 0102, Oslo, Norway.

Several surveys of Sarcocystis infection in sika deer in Japan have shown a high prevalence, but the identification has been unclear because molecular data have been lacking or have been limited to 18S ribosomal RNA gene sequences. Thus, in our previous study based on such sequences, some Sarcocystis isolates from sika deer were not clearly separated from other species in the phylogenetic analysis. In the present study, we therefore characterized sarcocyst isolates from sika deer (Cervus nippon centralis) at the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (cox1). Read More

PLoS One 2019 15;14(4):e0215241. Epub 2019 Apr 15.

Clinic for Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians and Fish, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Giessen, Germany.

The apicomplexan parasite Sarcocystis calchasi (Coccidia: Eimeriorina: Sarcocystidae) is the causative agent of Pigeon Protozoal Encephalitis (PPE) and infects birds of the orders Columbiformes, Piciformes and Psittaciformes. Accipiter hawks (Aves: Accipitriformes) are the definitive hosts of this parasite. Infections of S. Read More

Vet Pathol 2019 07 14;56(4):619-629. Epub 2019 Apr 14.

3 The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, CA, USA.

A myositis syndrome has been recognized for more than a decade in California sea lions (CSLs; ) but a detailed description of the lesions and potential causes of this condition is lacking. The tissues of 136 stranded CSLs with rhabdomyositis were examined. Rhabdomyositis was considered incidental in 67% (91/136) of the CSLs, and a factor contributing to the animal stranding (significant rhabdomyositis) in 33% (45/136). Read More

Am J Case Rep 2019 Apr 11;20:499-502. Epub 2019 Apr 11.

Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.

BACKGROUND Acute muscular sarcocystosis (AMS) is one of a spectrum of diseases caused by the Sarcocystis parasite which infects humans in regions where it is endemic. Infections present with non-specific signs and symptoms and have been known to occur in clusters. CASE REPORT A 51-year-old Vietnamese male presented to Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore with 3 weeks of fever, urticarial rash, non-productive cough, and lower back pain. Read More

Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 2019 01 3;15:100256. Epub 2018 Dec 3.

Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias (Ladopar), Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Av. Roraima 1000, prédio 44, sala 5139, 97105-900 Santa Maria, RS, Brazil.

The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence of sarcocysts in sheep slaughtered in the Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Heart and esophagus samples from 130 sheep were subjected to macroscopic and microscopic examination, followed by molecular analysis. Ten sheep (7. Read More