Publications by authors named "A Oceguera-Figueroa"
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- In the Reserva Ecológica del Pedregal in Mexico City, wild dogs and cats live among many native animals, like birds and reptiles.
- These pets can harm local wildlife and possibly spread diseases to both animals and humans, but there isn't much research on this.
- A study looked at the types of worms found in 36 cats and 7 dogs from 2018 to 2023, discovering several species that could cause health problems for both pets and people if stray animal populations aren’t controlled.
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- The study presents the fourth documented case of human ophthalmomyiasis in Mexico, caused by the larvae of Oestrus ovis, which were identified through morphological and molecular analyses.
- Five larval specimens were extracted from the patient's eye for identification, with one specimen's mitochondrial Cox1 sequence analyzed for phylogenetic insights.
- Results confirmed the larvae as O. ovis, revealing genetic connections to samples from Brazil and Iran, indicating a potential shift in environmental conditions that may facilitate the prevalence of this parasitic infestation in urban areas.
Species of Haemogregarina are blood parasites known to parasitise vertebrate hosts, including fishes (Haemogregarina sensu lato) and freshwater turtles (Haemogregarina sensu stricto). Their vectors, include gnathiid isopods and leeches, respectively. In turtles, Haemogregarina balli has the best-characterized life cycle in the genus.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlabelled: Similarly to other strict blood feeders, leeches from the genus (Hirudinida: Glossiphoniidae) have established a symbiotic association with bacteria harbored intracellularly in esophageal bacteriomes. Previous genome sequence analyses of these endosymbionts revealed co-divergence with their hosts, a strong genome reduction, and a simplified metabolism largely dedicated to the production of B vitamins, which are nutrients lacking from a blood diet. ' Providencia siddallii' has been identified as the obligate nutritional endosymbiont of a monophyletic clade of Mexican and South American spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLeech specimens of the genus Pontobdella (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) were found off the coast of the state of Oaxaca (Pacific) as well as in Veracruz and Tabasco (Gulf of Mexico), Mexico. Based on the specimens collected in Oaxaca, a redescription of Pontobdella californiana is provided, with emphasis on the differences in the reproductive organs with the original description of the species. In addition, leech cocoons assigned to P.
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