Publications by authors named "Virginia Magdas"
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- The study aimed to create two cost-effective rat models of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) using dextran sodium sulfate (DSS) and 2, 4, 6-trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid (TNBS) to better understand the diseases.
- Researchers assessed the impact of these compounds on oxidative stress, particularly looking at glutathione peroxidase (GPx) activity, and compared the resulting histological changes in the rats' colons.
- Both models produced characteristics similar to human conditions, showing that DSS and TNBS can be reliable for studying acute inflammation in IBD.
The influence of two temperatures on the development of Dermacentor marginatus evolutive cycle was studied. Tests performed under controlled laboratory conditions at 21 °C, 80 % RH and 27 °C, RH 80 %, on ten fully engorged female ticks collected from naturally infested goats, in Cluj County, Romania. Hatched larvae were fed on white mice and the nymphs and adults on guinea pigs.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFGranulocytic anaplasmosis is a common vector-borne disease of humans and animals with natural transmission cycle that involves tick vectors, among which Ixodes ricinus is the most important. The present paper reports the prevalence and geographical distribution of A. phagocytophilum in 10,438 questing Ixodes ricinus ticks collected at 113 locations from 40 counties of Romania.
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