Zoonoses

Krauss, H; Weber, A.; Appel, M. J. G.; Enders, B.; Isenberg, Henry D.; Schiefer, Hans Gerd; Slenczka, Werner; Graevenitz, Alexander von; Zahner, Horst

doi:10.1128/9781555817787

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“…The other common source of transmission is oral-anal sexual contact (158,167). In addition, there is a suggestion of zoonotic transmission, but this is not clear (21,22,113). Experimental infections with E. histolytica have been produced in some animals such as dogs, cats, rats, monkeys, and other laboratory animals.…”

Section: Life Cycle and Biologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Laboratory Diagnosis of Amebiasis

2003

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The detection of Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amebiasis, is an important goal of the clinical microbiology laboratory. To assess the scope of E. histolytica infection, it is necessary to utilize accurate diagnostic tools. As more is discovered about the molecular and cell biology of E. histolytica, there is great potential for further understanding the pathogenesis of amebiasis. Molecular biology-based diagnosis may become the technique of choice in the future because establishment of these protozoa in culture is still not a routine clinical laboratory process. In all cases, combination of serologic tests with detection of the parasite (by antigen detection or PCR) offers the best approach to diagnosis, while PCR techniques remain impractical in many developing country settings. The detection of amebic markers in serum in patients with amebic colitis and liver abscess appears promising but is still only a research tool. On the other hand, stool antigen detection tests offer a practical, sensitive, and specific way for the clinical laboratory to detect intestinal E. histolytica. All the current tests suffer from the fact that the antigens detected are denatured by fixation of the stool specimen, limiting testing to fresh or frozen samples

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Section: Life Cycle and Biologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Laboratory Diagnosis of Amebiasis

2003

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“…Rabies is acute fatal encephalitis that affects all mammals and is a worldwide zoonotic disease caused by rabies virus [2]. The disease is one of the longest known infectious diseases in human history [3].…”

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Assessment of Basic Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community on Rabies and Retrospective Survey in and around Ambo Town, West Shoa Zone of Ethiopia

Dabuma¹,

Kabeta²,

Mengist³

2017

J Med Microb Diagn

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“…Seventy percent of human CHIKV infections result in a sudden onset of disease with high fever, severe arthralgia 1,2 myalgia, nausea, vomiting, headaches, rash, nasal discharge, photophobia, and lymphadenopathy. 3 The disease can cause severe morbidity and, during the epidemics in La Réunion in 2005, deaths were also associated with CHIKV infection. 4,5 This virus was first described in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) during a 1952-1953 epidemic of dengue-like illness.…”

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Vector Competence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes vittatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Senegal and Cape Verde Archipelago for West African Lineages of Chikungunya Virus

Diagne

Faye

Guerbois

et al. 2014

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Abstract. To assess the risk of emergence of chikungunya virus (CHIKV) in West Africa, vector competence of wildtype, urban, and non-urban Aedes aegypti and Ae. vittatus from Senegal and Cape Verde for CHIKV was investigated. Mosquitoes were fed orally with CHIKV isolates from mosquitoes (ArD30237), bats (CS13-288), and humans (HD180738). After 5, 10, and 15 days of incubation following an infectious blood meal, presence of CHIKV RNA was determined in bodies, legs/wings, and saliva using real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Aedes vittatus showed high susceptibility (50-100%) and early dissemination and transmission of all CHIKV strains tested. Aedes aegypti exhibited infection rates ranging from 0% to 50%. Aedes aegypti from Cape Verde and Kedougou, but not those from Dakar, showed the potential to transmit CHIKV in saliva. Analysis of biology and competence showed relatively high infective survival rates for Ae. vittatus and Ae. aegypti from Cape Verde, suggesting their efficient vector capacity in West Africa.

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Zoonoses

Cited by 113 publications

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Laboratory Diagnosis of Amebiasis

Laboratory Diagnosis of Amebiasis

Assessment of Basic Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Community on Rabies and Retrospective Survey in and around Ambo Town, West Shoa Zone of Ethiopia

Vector Competence of Aedes aegypti and Aedes vittatus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Senegal and Cape Verde Archipelago for West African Lineages of Chikungunya Virus

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