The enigmatic eosinophil: investigation of the biological role of eosinophils in parasitic helminth infection.

abstract：:Genomic DNA fragments from males of Psychodopygus wellcomei were isolated and shown to be useful as sensitive diagnostic probes for positively separating individuals of this species from those of Ps. complexus. These two members of the Ps. squamiventris series are found sympatrically in foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ready PD,Lainson R,Shaw JJ,Souza AA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND The main strategy to control human malaria still relies on specific drug treatment, limited now by Plasmodium falciparum-resistant parasites, including that against artemisinin derivatives. Despite the large number of active compounds described in the literature, few of them reached full development against...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Penna-Coutinho J,Aguiar AC,Krettli\/ AU

更新日期：2018-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-four marsupials, 77 rodents and 161 ticks were captured in an Atlantic Forest Reserve in Cotia county, State of São Paulo, where human cases of Lyme disease (LD) simile were reported. Twenty-one borrelia-like spirochete isolates were recovered from the mammals' blood and rodent livers or spleens, and triturated ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abel IS,Marzagão G,Yoshinari NH,Schumaker TT

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the eosinophil's effector functions clearly can contribute to the pathogenesis of allergic diseases, the evolutionary benefit to having eosinophils as a distinct class of leukocyte is not clear, especially if one must reconsider the nominally beneficial role of eosinophils in parasite host defense, Eosinophils a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Weller PF,Lim K

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ketoconazole, an azole antifungic drug which is already in the market has also been demonstrated to be active against Trypanosoma cruzi experimental infections. In this paper we confirmed the drug effect and investigated its range of activity against different T. cruzi strains naturally resistant or susceptible to bot...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Brener Z,Cançado JR,Galvão LM,da Luz ZM,Filardi Lde S,Pereira ME,Santos LM,Cançado CB

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin II (AII), a product of rennin-angiotensin system, exerts an important role on the function of immune system cells. In this study, the effect of AII on the phagocytic activity of mouse peritoneal macrophages was assessed. Mice peritoneal macrophages were cultured for 48 h and the influence of different conc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Belline P,da Melo PS,Haun M,Palhares FB,Boer PA,Gontijo JA,Figueiredo JF

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sample consists of 226 skulls from the Atacameño cemetery of Coyo Oriente (639-910 AD), associated with the Tiwanaku period. The authors analyzed signs of acute trauma typically associated with violence, and the results were 12% of men and 9.9% of women displaying any type of lesion related to violence. In males, ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lessa A,de Souza SM

更新日期：2006-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipteran polytene chromosomes provide an excellent model for understanding in species complexes, as well as for structural and functional cytogenetics. The status of species in the Culex pipiens complex is controversial and the use of polytene chromosomes for cytogenetic analysis in the subfamily Culicinae has been di...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Campos J,Andrade CF,Recco-Pimentel SM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qualitative bacteriological analysis was carried out in two sewage treatment plants in the city of Rio de Janeiro during the period 1984-1985. Specific points of the plants were selected for the collection of affluent and effluent samples. The study involved the isolation and the identification of 540 cultures of Esch...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ribeiro Dias JC,Vicente AC,Hofer E

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The direct agglutination test (DAT) based on a freeze-dried antigen and the rK39 dipstick test were evaluated for the sero-diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis (VL). The sensitivity and specificity of both tests were determined using sera from confirmed VL patients (n = 21), healthy controls (n = 19) and from patients ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Schallig HD,Canto-Cavalheiro M,da Silva ES

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In laboratory trials an aqueous solution of Piquerol A from Piqueria trinervia, collected in several regions of Mexico, showed a molluscicide action on the adults of eight different pulmonates snails species: Fossaria (Fossaria) humilis, F. (Bakerilymnaea) sp., Pseudosuccinea columella and Stagnicola attenuata from Me...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cruz-Reyes A,Chavarin C,Campos Arias MP,Taboada J,Jimenez M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in 832 pregnant women in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, was determined and 75.1% (625) and 2.0% (17) were anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM positive, respectively. Out of the 17 IgM positive pregnant women, only one had low avidity IgG corresponding to the acute phase of the infection. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ribeiro AC,Mutis MS,Fernandes O

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi acute infections often go unperceived, but one third of chronically infected individuals die of Chagas disease, showing diverse manifestations affecting the heart, intestines, and nervous systems. A common denominator of pathology in Chagas disease is the minimal rejection unit, whereby parasite-free...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Teixeira AR,Nascimento RJ,Sturm NR

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aedes albopictus was found in six of the 10 departments of Haiti and in 14 of the 35 communes surveyed. The survey found the larvae of Ae. albopictus in 13 different types of containers. Used tires and tins were by far the most common breeding sites used by this mosquito species. At the breeding sites, Ae. albopictus ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fernández Mdel C,Jean YS,Callaba CA,López LS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high level of protection elicited in rodents and primates by the radiation-attenuated schistosome vaccine gives hope that a human vaccine relying on equivalent mechanisms is feasible. In humans, a vaccine would be undoubtedly administered to previously or currently infected individuals. We have therefore used the ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coulson PS,Kariuki TM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study was conducted in Manaus, Brazil, to monitor changes of adult Aedes aegypti (L.) abundance. The objectives were to compare mosquito collections of two trap types, to characterise temporal changes of the mosquito population, to investigate the influence of meteorological variables on mosquito collec...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Degener CM,Ázara TM,Roque RA,Codeço CT,Nobre AA,Ohly JJ,Geier M,Eiras ÁE

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:The schistosomicidal properties of Nigella sativa seeds were tested in vitro against Schistosoma mansoni miracidia, cercariae, and adult worms. Results indicate its strong biocidal effects against all stages of the parasite and also showed an inhibitory effect on egg-laying of adult female worms. In the present work w...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mohamed AM,Metwally NM,Mahmoud SS

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, a jar of embalming rejects was studied in search for helminth parasite eggs. This kind of jar was used to put discarded material by Egyptian embalmers during mummification process. Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia saginata eggs were found in the linen and strip fragment contents of the jar, dated of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Harter S,Le Bailly M,Janot F,Bouchet F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The susceptibility of Anopheles aquasalis (F3 generation) and An. darlingi (F1 generation) to Plasmodium vivax circumsporozoite protein phenotypes from a limited number of blood samples of malaria patients in Belém, state of Pará, Brazil, was examined A polymerase chain reaction was used to determine the P. vivax phen...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： da Silva AN,Santos CC,Lacerda RN,Machado RL,Póvoa MM

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney trematode Paratanaisia bragai is reported for the first time parasitizing the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus L., 1758) and the pathological alterations associated to the parasitism are referred on the basis of 50 specimens of this bird from backyard flocks in 11 counties of the state of Rio de Ja...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gomes DC,Menezes RC,Tortelly R,Pinto RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pseudogene, designated as "ps(5.8S+ITS-2)", paralogous to the 5.8S gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-2 of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA), has been recently found in many triatomine species distributed throughout North America, Central America and northern South America. Among characteristics used as crite...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Zuriaga MA,Mas-Coma S,Bargues MD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiological features of rotavirus A (RVA) infection differ between children from developing and developed countries which could result in differences in vaccine efficacy around the world. To evaluate the impact of Rotarix™ on RVA prevalence, we monitored RVA genotypes circulating in Goiânia by monitoring virus...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Borges AM,Dias e Souza M,Fiaccadori FS,Cardoso Dd

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Goats from the Venezuelan northern arid zones were found infested by the following nematodes: Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, Cooperia curticei, Oesophagostomum columbianum, Skrjabinema ovis y Trichuris globulosa. The Shannon-Weaver index of diversity values oscillated between 0.045 and ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Morales G,Pino LA,Aldana E,Perdomo L,Molina E

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heteroxenic and monoxenic trypanosomatids were screened for the presence of actin using a mouse polyclonal antibody produced against the entire sequence of the Trypanosoma cruzi actin gene, encoding a 41.9 kDa protein. Western blot analysis showed that this antibody reacted with a polypeptide of approximately 42 kDa i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Souza LC,Pinho RE,Lima CV,Fragoso SP,Soares MJ

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, South America has suffered the burden of continuous high impact outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Aedes aegypti is the main mosquito vector of these arboviruses and its control is the only solution to reduce transmission. OBJECTIVES:In order to improve vector control it is essentia...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Salgueiro P,Restrepo-Zabaleta J,Costa M,Galardo AKR,Pinto J,Gaborit P,Guidez A,Martins AJ,Dusfour I

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted in the hemodialysis population of the state of Tocantins, Brazil, aiming to assess the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, to analyze associated risk factors, and also to investigate these viruses genotypes distribution. During January and March 2001, al...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Souza KP,Luz JA,Teles SA,Carneiro MA,Oliveira LA,Gomes AS,Dias MA,Gomes SA,Yoshida CF,Martins RM

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the rpoB locus confer conformational changes leading to defective binding of rifampin (RIF) to rpoB and consequently resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) was established as a rapid screening test for the detection of mutatio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Isfahani BN,Tavakoli A,Salehi M,Tazhibi M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Didymocystis wedli a parasite from the gills of Thunnus albacares from the coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro, is described by use of light and scanning electron microscopy. This is the first report of this species in Brazil and South America. New data are presented on the surface topography as demonstrated by scann...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kohn A,Santos A,Baptista-Farias MF

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent article in the Reader's Opinion, advantages and disadvantages of the certification processes of interrupted Chagas disease transmission (American trypanosomiasis) by native vector were discussed. Such concept, accepted by those authors for the case of endemic situations with introduced vectors, has been bu...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Salvatella R,Irabedra P,Castellanos LG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00