Differential regulation of granuloma size and hepatic fibrosis in schistosome infections.

abstract：:Trypanosoma rangeli, a parasite generally considered non-pathogenic for man, is the second species of human trypanosome to be reported from the New World. The geographical distribution of T. rangeli often overlaps with that of T. cruzi, the same vertebrate and invertebrate hosts being infected. Their differentiation t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Guhl F,Vallejo GA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct smear examination using Ziehl-Neelsen staining for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis is inexpensive and easy to use, but has the major limitation of low sensitivity. Rapid molecular methods are becoming more widely available in centralized laboratories, but they depend on timely reporting of results and st...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Michelon CT,Rosso F,Schmid KB,Sperhacke RD,Oliveira MM,Kritski AL,Rezende L Jr,Costa ER,Ribeiro AW,Verza M,Cafrune PI,Silva MS,Kuhleis D,Zaha A,Rossetti ML

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facilitated and improved by advances in molecular biology, techniques for the immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis, including assays based on the detection of antigens circulating in the serum and/or excreted in the urine, have now reached the stage of multi-centre trials. There is a need to complement parasitological t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bergquist NR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given their medical and veterinary relevance, the members of the Pipiens Assemblage are a worldwide target of ecological research. The distribution of Culex pipiens s.s. and Cx. quinquefasciatus converge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where hybrids have been detected. Each member of the assemblage exhibits a distinct eco...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cardo MV,Rubio A,Junges M,Vezzani D,Carbajo AE

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The black flies of the genus Inaequalium present a Neotropical distribution, with Panama at the northern limit, and the Argentinian pampas at the southern, but do not occur in the Central Amazon. This study offers a cladistic analysis establishing a hypothesis of relationships between the species of Inaequalium. A tot...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Strieder MN,Py-Daniel V

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop, instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Campbell-Lendrum D,Dujardin JP,Martinez E,Feliciangeli MD,Perez JE,Silans LN,Desjeux P

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The invasion of the erythrocyte by Plasmodium falciparum depends on the ability of the merozoite to move through the membrane invagination. This ability is probably mediated by actin dependent motors. Using affinity columns with G-actin and F-actin we isolated actin binding proteins from the parasite. By immunoblottin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Forero C,Wasserman M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the morphological, histological and ultrastructural characteristics of Myxobolus oliveirai sp. nov., a parasite of the gill filaments in Brycon hilarii from the Brazilian Pantanal. Out of 216 B. hilariispecimens examined (126 wild and 90 cultivated), 38.1% of wild specimens (n = 48) were infected. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Milanin T,Eiras JC,Arana S,Maia AA,Alves AL,Silva MR,Carriero MM,Ceccarelli PS,Adriano EA

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of altitude and latitude on some structure sizes of Lutzomyia intermedia was noted; several structures of insects collected in higher localities were greater, according to Bergmann's rule. This influence was more remarkable in two localities of the State of Espírito Santo, probably due to greater differe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Marcondes CB,Lozovei AL,Falqueto A,Brazil RP,Galati E,Aguiar G,Souza N

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reports acuarioid nematodes recovered from avian hosts. A new species of the genus Schistorophus Railliet, 1916 is proposed based mainly on findings referring to ptilina, spicules and vagina. Ancyracanthopsis coronata (Molin, 1860) Chabaud & Petter, 1959 is referred again in Brazil since its proposit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto RM,Vicente JJ,Muniz-Pereira LC,Noronha D

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemisinin is the active antimalarial compound obtained from the leaves of Artemisia annua L. Artemisinin, and its semi-synthetic derivatives, are the main drugs used to treat multi-drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum (one of the human malaria parasite species). The in vitro susceptibility of P. falciparum K1 and 3d...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva LF,Magalhães PM,Costa MR,Alecrim Md,Chaves FC,Hidalgo Ade F,Pohlit AM,Vieira PP

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Dengue outbreaks have occurred in several regions in Brazil and cocirculating dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1), DENV-2, and DENV-3 have been frequently observed. Dual infection by DENV-2 and DENV-3 was identified by type-specific indirect immunofluorescence assay and confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain rea...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Araújo FM,Nogueira RM,de Araújo JM,Ramalho IL,Roriz ML,de Melo ME,Coelho IC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies it was shown that the recombinant molecule, r-Sm14, induces high levels of protection against Schistosoma mansoni infection in two outbred animal models and immune crossprotection against infection by Fasciola hepatica in Swiss outbred mice. r-Sm14 was derived from a living worm extract, called SE,...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Thaumaturgo N,Vilar MM,Diogo CM,Edelenyi R,Tendler M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Feline coprolites were examined for parasites with the aim of studying ancient infections that occurred in the Patagonian region during the Holocene period. Eggs compatible to Trichuris sp., Calodium sp., Eucoleus sp., Nematodirus sp., Oesophagostomum sp. (Nematoda), Monoecocestus sp. (Cestoda) and Eimeria macusaniens...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fugassa MH,Beltrame MO,Bayer MS,Sardella NH

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental infections by Trypanosoma (Megatrypanum) minasense were performed in primates - Saimiri sciureus and Callithrix penicillata - with the objective of searching for morphological variations of the blood trypomastigotes with respect to hosts and time of infection. We carried out morphological and morphometric...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ziccardi M,Lourenco-de-Oliveira R

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological survey for toxocariasis, among 180 schoolchildren of the public schools of Sorocaba City, state of São Paulo, Brazil, was carried out from August 2000 to July 2001. ELISA test was performed using excretory and secretory antigens for the detection of IgG anti-Toxocara antibodies. Information regar...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coelho LM,Silva MV,Dini CY,Giacon Neto AA,Novo NF,Silveira EP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the development of new tools to gather field information about vector ecological parameters has increased. This report evaluated the BG-Sentinel Trap (BGS-Trap), a promising new attempt to improve collection of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti. The efficacy of the BGS-Trap was compared with the CDC ba...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Maciel-de-Freitas R,Eiras AE,Lourenço-de-Oliveira R

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a list of 131 Mallophaga type specimens deposited in the Werneck Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. It includes 69 holotypes, 62 allotypes, 683 paratypes, 1 syntype and 2 neoparatypes, distributed among 6 families and 35 genera. The types are listed with their respect...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cardozo-de-Almeida M,Linardi PM,Costa J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work was to characterize, and compare different morphological types of hemocytes of Rhodnius prolixus, Rhodnius robustus, Rhodnius neglectus, Triatoma infestans, Panstrongylus megistus, and Dipetalogaster maximus. This information provides the basis for studying the cellular immune systems of the...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Azambuja P,Garcia ES,Ratcliffe NA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue parasitism, inflammatory process (histologic methods) and sympathetic denervation (glyoxylic acid-induced histofluorescence for demonstration of catecholamines) were studied in the heart (atrium and ventricle) and the submandibular gland of rats infected with the Y strain of Trypanosoma cruzi. In the heart para...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Machado CR,Ribeiro AL

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dunhami Causey in Colombia (Department of Amazonas) is confirmed for the first time through direct comparison of mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) barcodes and nuclear rDNA second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences with topotypic specimens of An. dunhami from Tefé, ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ruiz F,Linton YM,Ponsonby DJ,Conn JE,Herrera M,Quiñones ML,Vélez ID,Wilkerson RC

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many helminth infected hosts the number of eosinophils increases dramatically, often without any concurrent increases in the number of other leukocytes, so that eosinophils become the dominant cell type. Many experimental investigations have shown that the eosinophilia is induced by interleukin-5 (IL-5) but its fun...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ovington KS,Behm CA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the diff...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ajayi OO,Duhlinska DD,Agwale SM,Njoku M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From May to August 1999, we evaluated 401 patients from a pediatric hospital of Havana City. One group was composed of 113 patients with diarrhea admitted to the Gastroenterology ward and a second consisted of 288 patients without diarrhea, admitted for other reasons, and hospitalized within the same time period. Thre...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Núñez FA,González OM,González I,Escobedo AA,Cordoví RA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four diamines and three amino alcohols derived from 1-decanol, 1-dodecanol and 1,2-dodecanediol were evaluated in an in vitro assay against a mixture of trypomastigote and intracellular amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Two of these compounds (6 and 7) showed better activity against both proliferative stages of T...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sales Júnior PA,Rezende Júnior CO,Le Hyaric M,Almeida MV,Romanha AJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Host lipids have been implicated in the pathogenesis of Toxoplasma gondii infection. To determine if Toxoplasma infection influences the lipid status in the normal host, we assessed serum lipids of Swiss-Webster mice during infection with the BGD-1 strain (type-2) at a series of time points. Mice were bled at days zer...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Milovanović I,Vujanić M,Klun I,Bobić B,Nikolić A,Ivović V,Trbovich AM,Djurković-Djaković O

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objectives of this work were to determine the prevalence of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, and Anaplasma marginale detecting antibodies in cattle raised in the semi-arid region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, through indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and to compare the performances of indirect e...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barros SL,Madruga CR,Araújo FR,Menk CF,de Almeida MA,Melo EP,Kessler RH

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current drug options for the treatment of chronic Chagas disease have not been sufficient and high hopes have been placed on the use of genomic data from the human parasite Trypanosoma cruzi to identify new drug targets and develop appropriate treatments for both acute and chronic Chagas disease. However, the lack...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Alves-Ferreira M,Guimarães AC,Capriles PV,Dardenne LE,Degrave WM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometrics of Brazilian strains (BH, SJ and CMO) of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae were obtained with a computerized image analyzer (IMAGE PRO PLUS, MEDIA CYBERNETICS), considering the following characters: body area, tail, furcae, oral and ventral suckers and distance between them. For statistical analysis, the var...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Machado-Silva JR,da Silva CH,Pereira MJ,de Oliveira RM,Pinto RM,Gomes DC

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00