Diagnosis of New World leishmaniasis: specific detection of species of the Leishmania braziliensis complex by amplification of kinetoplast DNA.

abstract：:Plasmodium vivax merozoite surface protein 1 (PvMSP-1) is a leading malaria vaccine candidate. This protein is processed to give rise to various sized fragments during merozoite maturation. Here, we describe the analysis of genetic diversity in the 42 kDa C-terminal part of this protein among 33 Indian P. vivax isolat...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Thakur A,Alam MT,Sharma YD

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common infectious agent causing eosinophilic meningitis and is present in Taiwan, Thailand and the Pacific islands. Clinical symptoms vary within different endemic regions, and their severity is probably dependent on the number of ingested parasites and the diversity among strai...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lee JD,Chung LY,Wang LC,Lin RJ,Wang JJ,Tu HP,Wu ZD,Yen CM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased insecticides resistance by vectors and the ecological harm imposed by insecticides to beneficial organisms drawback mosquitoes chemical control efforts. Biological control would reduce insecticides tolerance and yet biodiversity friend. The predatory and non-predatory effects of Gambusia affinis and Cara...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chobu M,Nkwengulila G,Mahande AM,Mwang'onde BJ,Kweka EJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of schistosomiasis due to S. japonicum is focally high in the lake regions of China, and reinfection after treatment with praziquantel is frequent. In this study, the total reinfection rate among 740 treated persons was 12.9%. Factors associated with reinfection were age and sex, water contact and the d...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Wu Z,Bu K,Yuan L,Yang G,Zhu J,Liu Q

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African horse sickness- and bluetongue virus are orbiviruses transmitted by Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to horses and to ruminants, respectively. Since the last epizootic outbreak of African horse sickness in 2007 in Senegal, extensive investigations have been undertaken to improve our knowledg...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Fall M,Fall AG,Seck MT,Bouyer J,Diarra M,Lancelot R,Gimonneau G,Garros C,Bakhoum MT,Faye O,Baldet T,Balenghien T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferases (GSTs) are believed to be a major detoxification system in helminths. We describe the expression and functional analysis of EgGST, a cytosolic GST from Echinococcus granulosus, related to the Mu-class of mammalian enzymes. EgGST was produced as an enzymatically active dimeric protein (rEgGST),...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Harispe L,García G,Arbildi P,Pascovich L,Chalar C,Zaha A,Fernandez C,Fernandez V

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Population replacement/elimination strategies based on mass-release of sterile or otherwise genetically modified (male) mosquitoes are being considered in order to expand the malaria vector control arsenal on the way to eradication. A challenge in this context, is to produce male mosquitoes that will be able to compet...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Yahouédo GA,Djogbénou L,Saïzonou J,Assogba BS,Makoutodé M,Gilles JR,Maïga H,Mouline K,Soukou BK,Simard F

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared age-related seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection with history of vector control interventions and social and ecological changes in three historically endemic departments of Cordoba province, Argentina, covering an area of 42,600 km(2) of the Gran Chaco region. Using a cross sectional design, blood...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Moreno ML,Moretti E,Basso B,Céspedes MF,Catalá SS,Gorla DE

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, benzimidazoles are used as chemotherapeutic agents and as a complement to surgery and PAIR in the treatment of cystic echinococcosis (CE). They are generally applied at high doses causing side effects and, 50% of cases do not respond favorably to such chemotherapy. The use of essential oils obtained by dist...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Fabbri J,Maggiore MA,Pensel PE,Denegri GM,Gende LB,Elissondo MC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper summarizes the evolution of a biomedical field research station in Tanzania, established by a European institute, into a national health research and resource centre. The Swiss Tropical Institute Field Laboratory was founded in Ifakara in the Kilombero District in southeastern Tanzania in 1957. It has evolve...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Tanner M,Kitua A,Degrémont AA

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presentation of the World Health Organization (WHO)'s roadmap for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in January 2012 raised optimism that many NTDs can indeed be eliminated. To make this happen, the endemic, often low-income countries with still heavy NTD burdens must substantially strengthen their health systems....

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bergquist R,Yang GJ,Knopp S,Utzinger J,Tanner M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles annularis is one of the major vectors of malaria in Odisha, India. The present study was undertaken to determine the vectorial capacity and assess the genetic diversity of An. annularis collected from different endemic regions of Odisha. Mosquitoes were collected from thirteen endemic districts using standar...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Das B,Patra AP,Das M,Mahapatra N,Tripathy H,Kar SK,Hazra RK

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the main cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. Humans are accidental hosts, becoming infected due to ingestion of raw intermediate (snails and slugs) or paratenic hosts. Once ingested, the larvae migrate towards the brain where they die, causing the disease. To develop better mollusk c...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mendes TMF,Carrilho E,Galinaro CA,Cabral FJ,Allegretti SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cercarial infections in freshwater snails collected from the Chai Nat province of Central Thailand. Moreover, we aimed to develop a duplex PCR technique, using the ITS2 and candidate MT-ND1 gene, to determine the dissemination of H. taichui and H. pumilio, respectively...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Dunghungzin C,Chontananarth T

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria kills more than a million people a year, causes malady in about three hundred million people and poses risk to approximately 40% of the world's population living in malarious countries. This disease is re-emerging mainly due to the development of drug-resistant parasites and insecticide-resistant mosquitoes. T...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Tsuboi T,Takeo S,Arumugam TU,Otsuki H,Torii M

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal classification of the cosmopolitan and medically important genus Culex is thoroughly reviewed and updated to reflect the multitude of taxonomic changes and concepts which have been published since the classification was last compiled by Edwards in 1932. Both formal and informal taxa are included. The clas...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Harbach RE

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Triatominae, female fecundity and fertility may be affected by age, adult nutritional status (i.e., blood meal source and amount of blood ingested) and number of matings. Triatoma infestans (Klug) is the main vector of Chagas disease in southern South America and considering that reproductive success is intimately ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nattero J,Leonhard G,Rodríguez CS,Crocco L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of treatment with diethylcarbamazine (DEC) on immune responses to parasite antigens in humans infected with Brugia malayi. In vitro lymphocyte proliferative responses to microfilarial antigens increased in patients who became amicrofilaremic after treatment with DEC. No changes in reactivity were...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Piessens WF,Ratiwayanto S,Piessens PW,Tuti S,McGreevy PB,Darwis F,Palmieri JR,Koiman I,Dennis DT

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical step for Trichinella spiralis infection is that muscle larvae (ML) are activated to intestinal infective larvae (IIL) and invade intestinal epithelium to further develop. The IIL is its first invasive stage, surface proteins are directly exposed to host environment and are crucial for larval invasion and ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Liu RD,Cui J,Liu XL,Jiang P,Sun GG,Zhang X,Long SR,Wang L,Wang ZQ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis, a disease that occurs worldwide, especially in tropical regions, is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira and affects mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. Boa constrictor snakes are commonly found in Atlantic rainforest fragments in peri‑urban areas, which indicates a greater possibility of the conta...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Rodamilans GM,Fonseca MS,Paz LN,Fernandez CC,Biondi I,Lira-da-Silva RM,Meyer R,Pinna MH,Portela RD

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of live Brugia malayi parasites and a Sephadex G-200 fraction of the adult parasite extract (BmAFII) on the progression of Leishmania donovani infection was studied. Inbred hamsters were first infected with B. malayi infective 3rd stage larvae (L3), adult worms or microfilariae (mf), and then with L. don...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Murthy PK,Dixit S,Gaur RL,Kumar R,Sahoo MK,Shakya N,Joseph SK,Palne S,Gupta S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastospores or conidia (formulated or not) of entomopathogenic fungi were assessed against Aedes aegypti larvae. Larvae (L2) were exposed to 105, 106, 107, and 108 propagules mL-1 water suspension. Mineral oil at 0.1%, 0.5%, or 1.0% (v/v) was employed to observe the effect on larval survival. The 0.1% mineral oil did...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： de Oliveira Barbosa Bitencourt R,Reis Dos Santos Mallet J,Mesquita E,Silva Gôlo P,Fiorotti J,Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt V,Guedes Pontes E,da Costa Angelo I

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African animal trypanosomosis, transmitted cyclically by tsetse flies or mechanically by other biting flies, causes serious health problems in livestock. Although tsetse infestations have been observed in Blue Nile State in Sudan, tsetse was eradicated in West Kordofan in 1962, and no further studies have been carried...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mossaad E,Ismail AA,Ibrahim AM,Musinguzi P,Angara TEE,Xuan X,Inoue N,Suganuma K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue incidence has grown dramatically around the world in recent years. Vector control is the only method to reduce dengue incidence due to the lack of a vaccine available. By understanding the factors contributed to the vector densities such as environmental and sociological factors, dengue prevention and...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Adnan RA,Ramli MF,Othman HF,Asha'ri ZH,Ismail SNS,Samsudin S

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the pattern of infection of Glossina pallidipes with Trypanosoma vivax and T. congolense at a site in the Coast region of eastern Tanzania, studied between November 1993 and December 1994. Of the 2315 flies dissected 114 (4.9%) were T. congolense positive, 77 (3.3%) were T. vivax positive and 2 (0.1%) were T...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Msangi AR,Whitaker CJ,Lehane MJ

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Giardiasis is a major problem in León, Nicaragua, yet despite this no data are available regarding the prevalence of different Giardia genotypes in this area. To address this question, a molecular analysis of Giardia isolates from humans and dogs living in the same area in León, Nicaragua was performed. Giardia isolat...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lebbad M,Ankarklev J,Tellez A,Leiva B,Andersson JO,Svärd S

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Onchocerca volvulus is a human pathogenic filarial nematode causing chronic onchocerciasis, a disease characterized by chronic skin and eye lesions. Despite attempts to control this infection from many perspectives, it still remains a threat to public health because of adverse effects of available drugs and recent rep...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ajonina-Ekoti I,Ndjonka D,Tanyi MK,Wilbertz M,Younis AE,Boursou D,Kurosinski MA,Eberle R,Lüersen K,Perbandt M,Breloer M,Brattig NW,Liebau E

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fish borne trematodes are an important cause of morbidity in Kazakhstan. The number of human cases of opisthorchiidosis (infection with parasites of the family opisthorchiidae) reached a peak of 2521 recorded cases (17 cases per 100,000) in 2002 with a gradual decline to 1225 cases (7.4 cases per 100,000) in 2011. Mos...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Sultanov A,Abdybekova A,Abdibaeva A,Shapiyeva Z,Yeshmuratov T,Torgerson PR

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cameroon lacks the capacity for routine Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) diagnosis, thus, the prevalence of Cameroonian exposure to this microbe is unknown. It is known that Pneumocystis infecting different mammalian host species represent diverse phylogenetic backgrounds and are now designated as separate species. The hi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nkinin SW,Daly KR,Walzer PD,Ndzi ES,Asonganyi T,Respaldiza N,Medrano FJ,Kaneshiro ES

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two high-throughput assays for the identification of members of the Anopheles gambiae sensu lato species complex have recently been reported. These methods, are based on TaqMan single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) genotyping that enables rapid scoring of mosquito DNA samples in real-time PCR reactions. Unfortunately, ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bass C,Williamson MS,Field LM

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00