Publications by authors named "Keila Priscilla Sakamoto"
Article Synopsis
- Visceral leishmaniasis can cause variable clinical symptoms in humans and dogs, and may lead to neurological disorders in infected dogs, which prompted a study comparing lymphocyte populations in the brains of dogs infected with different pathogens.
- Inflammatory lesions characterized by the accumulation of CD3+ T lymphocytes were found in various brain regions across all infected groups, while CD79α+ B lymphocytes were present in low quantities with no significant differences among the groups.
- The study concludes that L. chagasi infection alone can lead to lymphocyte influx in the brain, and co-infections with T. gondii and N. caninum do not worsen brain lesions or inflammation, highlighting the brain as a potentially affected organ in visceral leishmaniasis
Objective: To evaluate and to validate the accuracy of the Perkins handheld applanation tonometer in the measurement of IOP in dogs and cats.
Animals: Twenty eyes from 10 dogs and 10 cats immediately after sacrifice were used for the postmortem study and 20 eyes from 10 clinically normal and anesthetized dogs and cats were used for the in vivo study. Both eyes of 20 conscious dogs and cats were also evaluated.