Publications by authors named "B Cervena"

Article Synopsis
  • Non-human primates (NHPs) are facing population declines due to various threats, including diseases caused by parasites, bacteria, and viruses.
  • Strongylid nematodes are common parasitic infections in NHPs, but their diversity is hard to study due to mixed infections not being distinguishable by traditional methods.
  • This study used advanced metagenomics techniques to analyze strongylid infections in NHPs from Malaysia and Japan, finding that the communities in Asian NHPs may be less diverse than those in African NHPs, providing key data for monitoring NHP health.
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Parasitic diseases and mitigation of their effects play an important role in the health management of grazing livestock worldwide, with gastrointestinal strongylid nematodes being of prominent importance. These helminths typically occur in complex communities, often composed of species from numerous strongylid genera. Detecting the full diversity of strongylid species in non-invasively collected faecal samples is nearly impossible using conventional methods.

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Cestodes of the family Anoplocephalidae parasitize a wide range of usually herbivorous hosts including e.g. rodents, ungulates, primates, elephants and hyraxes.

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Primates are an important source of infectious disease in humans. Strongyloidiasis affects an estimated 600 million people worldwide, with a global distribution and hotspots of infection in tropical and subtropical regions. Recently added to the list of neglected tropical diseases, global attention has been demanded in the drive for its control.

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Background: Ixodes ricinus is an important vector of several pathogens, primarily in Europe. Recently, Ixodes inopinatus was described from Spain, Portugal, and North Africa and then reported from several European countries. In this study, a multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed to distinguish I.

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