Importance of worldwide asymptomatic carriers of Leishmania infantum (L. chagasi) in human.

abstract：:A study on the potential of houseflies (Musca domestica L.) to spread fungal spores in Gauteng Province, South Africa proved that houseflies are vectors for fungal spores. Therefore, there is a need to determine the toxigenic potentials and to identify the mycotoxins produced by fungal isolates derived from this study...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Phoku JZ,Barnard TG,Potgieter N,Dutton MF

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) or hydatid disease is known to be cosmopolitan in its global distribution, while alveolar echinococcosis (AE) is a much rarer though more pathogenic hepatic parasitic disease restricted to the northern hemisphere. Both forms of human echinococcosis are known to occur on the Tibetan Plateau, ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Li T,Chen X,Zhen R,Qiu J,Qiu D,Xiao N,Ito A,Wang H,Giraudoux P,Sako Y,Nakao M,Craig PS

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological and anatomical characters applied to determine species identity in the Bulinus africanus group species are insufficient to unambiguously discriminate between arbitrary species of given populations. In order to solve this problem, four snail populations from Kenya have been investigated morphologicall...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Raahauge P,Kristensen TK

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of Leishmania aethiopica parasites and their host cells was investigated in lesions of 7 patients suffering from diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (DCL) and in lesions of 4 patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL). The appearance of host cells and parasites varied considerably in both dis...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Schurr E,Wunderlich F,Tadesse G

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study was conducted to determine the prevalence of dengue in Trinidad. Two commercial rapid test kits, PanBio Dengue Duo IgM and IgG Rapid Strip Test and the Bio-Check Plus Dengue G/M Cassette Test (Brittney) were used. The immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (FOCUS Technologies, Califor...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Campbell CA,George A,Salas RA,Williams SA,Doon R,Chadee DD

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study for the first time an alternative definitive host model has been established for the complete development of Echinococcus granulosus in Meriones unguiculatus (Mongolian gerbils) up to shelled eggs production, as happened in the natural host. Animals treated with methylprednisolone acetate were ora...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Conchedda M,Gabriele F,Bortoletti G

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles balabacensis balabacensis and Anopheles minimus are the main malaria vectors in Thailand. In a cleared forested foothill area in the central part of the country A. minimus was the most prevalent anopheline species found, only 6 specimens of A. b. balabacensis being collected over a 3-year period. Cattle were...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ismail IA,Phinichpongse S,Boonrasri P

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two decades ago, a group of Chinese scientists discovered the antischistosomal properties of artemether, a derivative of the antimalarial drug artemisinin. However, it was only recently that the importance of this finding was recognized internationally, following a collaborative effort between Chinese, European and Af...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Xiao S,Tanner M,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J,Chollet J,Bergquist R,Chen M,Zheng J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Swine influenza is responsible for one of the most prevalent disease affecting the swine industry worldwide. Epidemiological surveys rarely focus on remote areas, because traditional farming systems characterized by locally consumed production and low pig densities are considered as having little influence on the emer...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Trevennec K,Grosbois V,Roger F,Ho TH,Berthouly-Salazar C,Chevalier V

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania donovani promastigote glycoconjugate ligands, studied in our laboratory, that interact with the internalization receptors on BALB/c macrophages: the 'fucose mannose ligand' (FML), the 'phosphate mannogalactan ligand' (PMGL), and the 'lipopeptidephosphoglycan' (LPPD), interfered also with interaction between...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Palatnik-de-Sousa CB,Dutra HS,Borojevic R

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a key role in host-parasite interactions. Previous studies have shown that parasites can release microRNA (miRNA) containing EVs, which can transfer their contents to host cells and regulate gene expression in recipient cells. However, a little is known about the secretion of EVs by t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nawaz M,Malik MI,Zhang H,Gebremedhin MB,Cao J,Zhou Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global demand for food is surging upward due to the expansion of human population. Hence food production and supply need to double with little or no waste to meet this demand. Food loss at any point in the farm to fork chain inhibits the stability of food security at household and national level. A retrospective (AR) ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Jaja IF,Mushonga B,Green E,Muchenje V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A randomized double-blind study was performed to compare the side effects of long-term chemoprophylaxis of malaria with Fansidar (1 tablet a week) with those of a 300-mg weekly chloroquine regimen. This study was designed as a field trial with Austrian industrial workers in Nigeria and included 173 volunteers, 86 taki...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Stemberger H,Leimer R,Wiedermann G

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The small mammal fauna of coffee plantations in SW Colombia was surveyed to determine which of the species present were infected with parasites of the Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis complex and might therefore act as reservoirs of human cutaneous leishmaniasis. Fifty animals of seven different species were captured...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Alexander B,Lozano C,Barker DC,McCann SH,Adler GH

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine the presence of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and neutralization antibodies against Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in wild pigs on an offshore island in Singapore. Blood samples were collected from 28 wild pigs on the island. All the sera tested with HI assay and plaque reducti...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： See E,Tan HC,Wang D,Ooi EE,Lee MA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing concern on the application of synthetic mosquito repellents in the recent years has instigated the identification and development of better alternatives to control different mosquito-borne diseases. In view of above, present investigation evaluates the repellent activity of ethyl anthranilate (EA), a non-toxic...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Islam J,Zaman K,Tyagi V,Duarah S,Dhiman S,Chattopadhyay P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opisthorchis viverrini infection is associated with several hepatobiliary diseases, but few reports have described extrahepatic lesions in opisthorchiasis. We therefore sequentially investigated histological changes of the gall bladder and extrahepatic bile duct in hamsters infected with 25 (group 1), 50 (group 2) and...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Sripa B,Kaewkes S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus were reported to be significant as vectors of dengue fever. In Taiwan, the latter is distributed throughout the island while the former appears only south of the Tropic of Cancer; i.e., 23.5°N. In the past decade, there were five outbreaks with over 1000 cases of dengue fever in Taiw...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Yang CF,Hou JN,Chen TH,Chen WJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:A schistosomiasis control project was undertaken from 1994 to 1998 in Guruve District, Zimbabwe, based on the active involvement of local communities in the growing and application of the molluscicidal plant Phytolacca dodecandra as a supplement to other control measures such as chemotherapy and health education. The ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ndekha A,Hansen EH,Mølgaard P,Woelk G,Furu P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several approaches have been developed for diagnosis of Theileria equi infection in horses and donkeys but all of them have limitations in practice. Due to numerous strengths including easy operation, cheapness and high sensitivity and specificity, LAMP has been already extensively used for surveillance of a number of...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Xie J,Liu G,Tian Z,Luo J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence and associated risk factors for Giardia duodenalis in canine and human populations in Temple communities of Bangkok, Thailand were determined by evaluating three common diagnostic methods utilised to detect Giardia, namely zinc sulphate flotation and microscopy, an immunofluoresence antibody test and ne...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Traub RJ,Inpankaew T,Reid SA,Sutthikornchai C,Sukthana Y,Robertson ID,Thompson RC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerical alterations of circulating lymphocytes were investigated in 37 Brazilian patients with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria and in a group of 15 healthy controls. The number of CD4+ T helper/inducer cells was significantly lower in patients than controls, whereas absolute numbers of CD8+ suppressor/cy...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kremsner PG,Feldmeier H,Zotter GM,Jansen-Rosseck R,Graninger W,Rocha RM,Bienzle U

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smears of suspected patients infected with zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) were stained and examined under a light microscopic observation. DNA of parasites within human ulcers was extracted directly from their smears. Nested PCR was used to amplify a fragment containing the internal transcribed spacers of the ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bordbar A,Parvizi P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the natural infection of phlebotomine sand flies by Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum was conducted in an area of visceral leishmaniasis in São Vicente Férrer, located in the northern part of the Atlantic rain forest region in the State of Pernambuco, Brazil. In a previous study, Migonemyia migonei have been...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： de Carvalho MR,Valença HF,da Silva FJ,de Pita-Pereira D,de Araújo Pereira T,Britto C,Brazil RP,Brandão Filho SP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferases (GSTs) perform several catalytic and non-catalytic roles in the defense against toxicities of electrophile compounds and oxidative stress, and therefore are involved in stress-response and cell detoxification. Previously, we have provided evidence indicating that EgGST2 and EgGST3, two phyloge...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lopez-Gonzalez V,La-Rocca S,Arbildi P,Fernandez V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni, being transmitted by some freshwater Biomphalaria snails, is a major causative agent of human schistosomiasis. In the absence of effective vaccine and alternative drug designs to fight against the disease, and with the limitations of molluscicide application, developing more efficient strategies t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Famakinde DO

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In areas of low-to-moderate risk of malaria transmission, the World Health Organization recommends parasitic confirmation before treatment. Such areas have usually low budget for health care and malaria diagnosis is mostly based on clinical assumption. Algorithms have been developed to improve health care ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Périssé AR,Strickland GT

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluid mechanics of the flow of blood through the labrum of Glossina is described in uninfected and trypanosome infected flies. The flow is characterised by the Reynolds number, and a frequency parameter for the pulsating flow and non-newtonian viscosity effects are considered. The effects of colonies of trypanosom...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Livesey JL,Molyneux DH,Jenni L

更新日期：1980-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the leading brain disorders in developing countries is represented by epilepsy. It is estimated that 80% of people suffering from epilepsy around the world, reside in developing world such as Africa. Many perinatal and postnatal causes are brain-stressers in people suffering from malnutrition and low economical...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Diop AG,de Boer HM,Mandlhate C,Prilipko L,Meinardi H

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00