Publications by authors named "Susana Castro-Seriche"

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  • Feline Leukemia Virus (FeLV) poses a serious health risk to domestic cats, particularly in Latin America, where it remains prevalent.
  • A study in Chile analyzed 182 domestic cats using PCR to assess FeLV infection, revealing a prevalence rate of 54.95%.
  • Significant findings included lower infection odds for cats in Concepcion and those sampled in 2022, while non-vaccinated cats showed increased infection risk, indicating socioeconomic factors may influence FeLV rates and underscoring the urgency for better vaccination and education efforts.
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is capable of entering into yeast, but the factors driving this endosymbiosis remain unknown. This work aimed to determine if temperatures outside the optimal range for increase its harboring within . strains were co-cultured with strains in Brucella broth supplemented with 5% fetal bovine serum and incubated at 4, 25, 37 or 40 °C.

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Listeria monocytogenes is a pathogen causing serious or mortal infections in human risk populations. Its infectivity is in part due to its ability to infect diverse eukaryotic cells. Since several bacteria can enter into yeast cells, including Candida albicans, the aims of this work were to evaluate if L.

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The aim of this study was to assess the association between the distance to the nearest feces, the type of substrate to be studied (feces, soil, grass), and whether a given area was licensed or not with the presence of helminth eggs in Concepción, Chile. A total of 256 samples taken from feces and either from soil or grass at 10 cm, 50 cm, and 100 cm from feces (including 16 public areas), were examined for the presence of parasites using the ZnSO4 technique. The association between variables with the presence of eggs was assessed with multifactorial logistic regressions.

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