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Association of Trypanosoma vivax in extracellular sites with central nervous system lesions and changes in cerebrospinal fluid in experimentally infected goats

Overview of attention for article published in Veterinary Research, May 2011
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Title
Association of Trypanosoma vivax in extracellular sites with central nervous system lesions and changes in cerebrospinal fluid in experimentally infected goats
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Veterinary Research, May 2011
DOI 10.1186/1297-9716-42-63
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Jael S Batista, Carla MF Rodrigues, Herakles A García, Francisco SB Bezerra, Robério G Olinda, Marta MG Teixeira, Benito Soto-Blanco

Abstract

Changes in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and anatomical and histopathological central nervous system (CNS) lesions were evaluated, and the presence of Trypanosoma vivax in CNS tissues was investigated through PCR. Twelve adult male goats were divided into three groups (G): G1, infected with T. vivax and evaluated during the acute phase; G2, infected goats evaluated during the chronic phase; and G3, consisting of non-infected goats. Each goat from G1 and G2 was infected with 1.25 × 10(5) trypomastigotes. Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis and investigation of T. vivax was performed at the 15th day post-infection (dpi) in G1 goats and on the fifth day after the manifestation of nervous system infection signs in G2 goats. All goats were necropsied, and CNS fragments from G1 and G2 goats were evaluated by PCR for the determination of T. vivax. Hyperthermia, anemia and parasitemia were observed from the fifth dpi for G1 and G2, with the highest parasitemia peak between the seventh and 21st dpi. Nervous system infection signs were observed in three G2 goats between the 30th and 35th dpi. CSF analysis revealed the presence of T. vivax for G2. Meningitis and meningoencephalitis were diagnosed in G2. PCR were positive for T. vivax in all the samples tested. In conclusion, T. vivax may reach the nervous tissue resulting in immune response from the host, which is the cause of progressive clinical and pathological manifestations of the CNS in experimentally infected goats.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
France 2 4%
Unknown 55 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 12%
Professor > Associate Professor 6 11%
Student > Bachelor 6 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 9%
Other 14 25%
Unknown 13 23%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 30%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 9 16%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 8 14%
Psychology 1 2%
Medicine and Dentistry 1 2%
Other 1 2%
Unknown 20 35%
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#7,356,343
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#341
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#39,329
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#4
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