Humoral immune response to the anti-malaria vaccine SPf66 in the Colombian Atrato River region.

abstract：:The extent of genomic variability of clones of Schistosoma mansoni obtained from field isolates was compared with that of strains that have been laboratory maintained. Analysis was undertaken using randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) generated with three primers. Phenograms showing the similarity among the clo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto PM,Brito CF,Passos LK,Tendler M,Simpson AJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, until 2004, the immunization policy against diphtheria involved childhood vaccination with no official routine booster dose administered after 15 years of age. This study assessed functional antibody levels against diphtheria among blood donors. A total of 140 blood samples were collected, and diphtheria an...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pimenta FP,Damasco PV,Cerbino Neto J,Lopes GS,Hirata R Jr,Milagres LG,Mattos-Guaraldi AL

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease widespread in resource-poor urban and rural communities in Brazil. Inhabitants of an urban slum in Northeast Brazil were examined for the presence of tungiasis lesions and followed-up twice a week for a period of three weeks. Each time the number, stages, and topographic localizat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Feldmeier H,Kehr JD,Poggensee G,Heukelbach J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In schistosomiasis, the host/parasite interaction remains not completely understood. Many questions related to the susceptibility of snails to infection by respective trematode still remain unanswered. The control of schistosomiasis requires a good understanding of the host/parasite association. In this work, the susc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abdel-Hamid AH,Rawi SM,Arafa AF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is essential for all organisms and its availability can control the growth of microorganisms; therefore, we examined the role of iron metabolism in multibacillary (MB) leprosy, focusing on the involvement of hepcidin. Erythrograms, iron metabolism parameters, pro-inflammatory cytokines and urinary hepcidin levels...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Souza VN,Malaspina TS,Campanelli AP,Ghidella C,Ura S,Dalpino D,do Nascimento DC,Latini AC

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in North America in 1999, there have been several reports of WNV activity in Central and South American countries. To detect WNV in Brazil, we performed a serological survey of horses from different regions of Brazil using recombinant peptides from domain III of WNV. Positi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva JR,Medeiros LC,Reis VP,Chavez JH,Munhoz TD,Borges GP,Soares OA,Campos CH,Machado RZ,Baldani CD,Silva ML,Faria JL,Silva EE,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty eight patients with localized cutaneous leishmaniasis from an area with Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis transmission had cultures performed with a modified Marzochís vacuum aspiratory puncture technique to establish sensitivity and contamination rate with this new method. Overall sensitivity of three aspirates...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Romero GA,Sampaio RN,Macedo Vde O,Marsden PD

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemolymph of Panstrongylus megistus showed a natural lectin activity for a wide range of vertebrate erythrocytes. Agglutination was observed against all vertebrate erythrocytes tested (human ABO, duck, rabbit, mouse, sheep, chicken and cow). Cow erythrocytes showed the lowest titre. Concerning human erythrocytes,...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gomes YM,Furtado AF,De Carvalho AB

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The four dominant outer membrane proteins (46, 38, 33 and 28 kDa) were detected by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in a semi-purified preparation of vesicle membranes of a Neisseria meningitidis (N44/89, B:4:P1.15:P5.5,7) strain isolated in Brazil. The N-terminal amino acid sequenc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： De Simone SG,Soares SA,Souza AL,Danelli MG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present filaria-nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which is based on amplification of first internal transcribed spacer rDNA to distinguish three parasitic filarial species (Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans) that can be found in the Amazon Region. Nested PCR-based identifications...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Tang TH,López-Vélez R,Lanza M,Shelley AJ,Rubio JM,Luz SL

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increasing evidence suggests that human papillomavirus (HPV) intratype variants (specific lineages and sublineages) are associated with pathogenesis and progression from HPV infection to persistence and the development of cervical cancer. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to verify the prevalence of HPV infection...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Oliveira GR,Vieira VC,Ávila EC,Finger-Jardim F,Caldeira TD,Gatti FA,Gonçalves CV,Oliveira SG,da Hora VP,Soares MA,de Martinez AM

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical and laboratory evidence is reviewed which shows that there is a great deal of variation in the susceptibility of Schistosoma mansoni to oxamniquine. This variation occurs both among endemic regions and within endemic regions in Brazil and Kenya. It is genetically controlled. It is suggested that the parasite ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kinoti GK

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined whether the antidermatophytic activity of essential oils (EOs) can be used as an indicator for the discovery of active natural products against Leishmania amazonensis. The aerial parts of seven plants were hydrodistilled. Using broth microdilution techniques, the obtained EOs were tested against th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Houël E,Gonzalez G,Bessière JM,Odonne G,Eparvier V,Deharo E,Stien D

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ribosome association factor (AF) was isolated from the yeast Sacchharomyces cerevisiae. Partial amino acid sequence of AF was determined from its fragment of 25 kDa isolated by treating AF with 2-(2-nitrophenylsulfenyl)-3-methyl-3'-Bromoindolenine (BNPS-skatole). This sequence has a 86% identity to the product of th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Correia H,Medina R,Hernández A,Bustamante E,Chakraburtty K,Herrera F

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The schistosomal parasite plays a critical role in the development of malignant lesions in different organs. The pathogenesis of cancer is currently under intense investigation to identify reliable prognostic indices for disease detection. The objective of this paper is to evaluate certain biochemical parameters as di...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Hamed MA,Ahmed SA,Khaled HM

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of intracellular free polyamine (putrescine and spermidine) pools in multiple resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics was investigated among in vitro selected kanamycin-resistant Escherichia coli J53 mutants expressing diminished oligopeptide-binding protein (OppA) levels and/or defective ornithine decarboxy...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Acosta MB,Ferreira RC,Ferreira LC,Costa SO

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A virus antigenic characterization methodology using an indirect method of antibody detection ELISA with virus-infected cultured cells as antigen and a micro virus neutralisation test using EIA (NT-EIA) as an aid to reading were used for antigenic characterization of Jatobal (BeAn 423380). Jatobal virus was characteri...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Figueiredo LT,Da Rosa AP

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certifying the absence of Chagas disease transmission by native vectors lacks scientific grounds and weakens long-term control-surveillance systems to the detriment of people living under risk conditions. Instead, a regular "certification of good practice" (including vector control-surveillance, case detection/patient...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abad-Franch F,Diotaiuti L,Gurgel-Gonçalves R,Gürtler RE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar, is recognised as a serious emerging public health problem in India. In this study, environmental parameters, such as land surface temperature (LST) and renormalised difference vegetation indices (RDVI), were used to delineate the association between environmental variables and Phl...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kesari S,Bhunia GS,Chatterjee N,Kumar V,Mandal R,Das P

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila, a mollusc intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil, was sequenced and characterised. The genome size found for B. tenagophila was 13,722 bp and contained 13 messenger RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs (tRNA) and two ribosomal RNAs (rRNA). In addition to sequencing, the mit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Jannotti-Passos LK,Ruiz JC,Caldeira RL,Murta SM,Coelho PM,Carvalho OS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preparations of simian rotavirus SA11 maintained in different laboratories were compared with each other by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of genomic RNA. Differences in the migration of genome segments 4, 5 and 7 allowed the classification of eight virus preparations into four electrophoretic types. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pereira HG,Gouvea VS,Fialho AM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The triatomine bug Triatoma infestans probably originated in Bolivia and dispersed passively over wide areas of South America, where it is the principal vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. In the region of its probable origin this species shows colonization in two different ecotopes, so that it may be encountered in sylvatic...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pires HH,Barbosa SE,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the currently known distribution of genera and species of the tribe Triatomini Jeannel, 1919, maps and diagrams were prepared, showing the geographical area occupied by the species and their respective dispersion in grades of latitude and altitude. Two genera are not treated: Panstrongylus Berg, 1879, already pub...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Galvão C,Jurberg J,Carcavallo RU,Segura CA,Galíndez Girón I,Curto de Casas SI

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of the major problems facing the Amazon - human migration from the other areas and uncontrolled deforestation - constitute the greatest risk for the establishment of endemic Chagas disease in this part of Brazil. At least 18 species of triatomines had been found in the Brazilian Amazon, 10 of them infected with Tr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coura JR,Junqueira AC,Boia MN,Fernandes O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical pathways involved in nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) biosynthesis converge at the enzymatic step catalysed by nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase (NMNAT, EC: 2.7.7.1). The majority of NMNATs are assembled into homo-oligomeric states that comprise 2-6 subunits. Recently, the NMNAT of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Contreras-Rodríguez LE,Marin-Mogollon CY,Sánchez-Mejía LM,Ramírez-Hernández MH

更新日期：2018-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A shift from large to small average sizes was observed in Triatoma infestans and Rhodnius domesticus between field and domestic (or laboratory) conditions of life. It was more pronounced in the female specimens, leading to a subsequent reduction of sexual size dimorphism. This feature is discussed in terms of genetic ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dujardin J,Steinden M,Chavez T,Machane M,Schofield C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More sensitive methodologies are necessary to improve strongyloidiasis diagnosis. This study compared the sensitivities of the McMaster modified technique and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, both performed in faecal samples. Lewis rats were subcutaneously infected with 4,000, 400 or 40 infective third-stage la...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Marra NM,Chiuso-Minicucci F,Machado GC,Zorzella-Pezavento SF,França TG,Ishikawa LL,Amarante AF,Sartori A,Amarante MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni infections are associated with a strong Th2 cytokine response. Treatment of mice with IL-12 or anti-IL-2 or anti-IL-4 before i.v. injection of eggs increased IFN-gamma production and downregulated Th2 responses and pulmonary granuloma size. Conversely, anti-IFN-gamma antibody treatment increased Th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cheever AW,Jankovic D,Yap GS,Kullberg MC,Sher A,Wynn TA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Spain faces the challenge of selecting, piecing together, and conveying in the clearest possible way, the main lessons learnt over the course of the last seven years in the world of medical care for Chagas disease. More than two thousand children under the age of 14 have be...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Villa L,Morote S,Bernal O,Bulla D,Albajar-Vinas P

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the larval dispersal associated with larval predation in experimental populations of Chrysomya albiceps and Cochliomyia macellaria. Frequency distribution of sampling units (G test) in the substrate was used to evaluate variation in larval dispersal. An experimental acrylic channel (1 x 0...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Andrade JB,Rocha FA,Rodrigues P,Rosa GS,Faria Ldel B,Von Zuben CJ,Rossi MN,Godoy WA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00