Surveillance of coronavirus in wild mammals seized and rescued by the National Forest and Wildlife Service of Peru.

Coronaviruses are common around the world and infect a wide variety of animals, including domestic and wild ones. They are characterized by causing respiratory, enteric, hepatic, and neurological diseases of varying severity, from asymptomatic to severe. Wild animals play a crucial role in this group of viruses since they can act as hosts or reservoirs for pathogenic species of humans and domestic animals.

Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii, risk factors and knowledge about toxoplasmosis in undergraduate students from Lima, Peru.

Toxoplasma gondii is the causative agent of toxoplasmosis, a zoonotic disease of worldwide distribution. The aim of this study was to assess the seroprevalence of T. gondii in undergraduate students from Lima, Peru, and to identify the risk factors linked to the infection.

Molecular diagnosis of amoebiasis.

Amoebiasis is an intestinal parasitosis caused by the protozoan Entamoeba histolytica that represents the third leading cause of mortality due to parasitosis. It is a prevalent disease in tropical climate regions with poor or absent sanitary services. Microscopy and antigen detection techniques are routinely used to diagnose amoebiasis because of their low cost and ease of application.

α-Gal immunization positively impacts Trypanosoma cruzi colonization of heart tissue in a mouse model.

Chagas disease, caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, is considered endemic in more than 20 countries but lacks both an approved vaccine and limited treatment for its chronic stage. Chronic infection is most harmful to human health because of long-term parasitic infection of the heart. Here we show that immunization with a virus-like particle vaccine displaying a high density of the immunogenic α-Gal trisaccharide (Qβ-αGal) induced several beneficial effects concerning acute and chronic T.