Trypanosoma cruzi stocks isolated from acute Chagas disease patients lead to lethal murine infection.

abstract：:In French Guiana, American cutaneous leishmaniasis is localized in the skin. The host response appears to be effective since few extra- or intracellular organisms can be found in tissue lesions, and we never observed any cutaneous dissemination or visceral involvement. However, this response is not fully effective sin...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Ridel PR,Esterre P,Dedet JP,Pradinaud R,Santoro F,Capron A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence and progression of coagulation abnormalities were studied in 52 patients with acute falciparum malaria. The patients were prospectively divided into 3 groups; severe (parasitaemia greater than or equal to 5% or vital organ dysfunction), 12 patients; moderate (parasitaemia 1%- less than 5% without complic...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Pukrittayakamee S,White NJ,Clemens R,Chittamas S,Karges HE,Desakorn V,Looareesuwan S,Bunnag D

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fibroblast-like cell line derived from the mountain vole Microtus montanus was effective in promoting an increase in the multiplication rate of new and established isolates of Plasmodium falciparum. An increase in multiplication rate was also achieved in the absence of M. montanus cells when cultures of P. falciparu...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Trenholme KR,McMonagle FA,Phillips RS

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defaecation timing of the Triatominae vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi directly affects the transmission probability of Chagas disease to mammal hosts. Experimental studies with fifth instar nymphs of Triatoma infestans showed that defaecation time was negatively affected by blood meal size and positively affected by star...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Trumper EV,Gorla DE

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemics of cholera have been frequent in southern Africa since the reintroduction of the disease to the continent in 1970. In late 1992, following a severe drought and an influx of refugees from Mozambique, cholera reappeared in Zimbabwe for the first time since 1985 and rapidly spread through the rural areas of the...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Bradley M,Shakespeare R,Ruwende A,Woolhouse ME,Mason E,Munatsi A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new microplate assay for the determination of activity in vitro against Giardia intestinalis has been developed in which viability is measured by soluble formazan production from a tetrazolium reagent. Metabolic reduction of the latter gives rise to a coloured product which may be determined directly by optical dens...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Wright CW,Melwani SI,Phillipson JD,Warhurst DC

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This year-long study investigated the epidemiology of acute filarial episodes due to Wuchereria bancrofti in 2 rural villages in south India. The annual incidence of 96.5 episodes/1000 population was significantly higher in males (108.5) than females (84.1) an strongly age dependent. First occurrence of acute disease ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Ramaiah KD,Ramu K,Kumar KN,Guyatt H

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis was detected in 4 of 117 feral dogs, none of which presented any evidence of visceral involvement, in the Al-Hassa area of Saudi Arabia where neither Leishmania infantum nor L. tropica are transmitted. The parasites isolated from 3 of the animals were identified by biochemical techniques as L. ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Elbihari S,Cheema AH,el-Hassan AM

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ochratoxin A (OA) is a naturally occurring mycotoxin with nephrotoxic properties that can contaminate plant food products. OA concentrations were assessed in commonly consumed food items in the North Central Province of Sri Lanka, where chronic kidney disease is diagnosed at epidemic proportions. Ninety-eight randomly...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Wanigasuriya KP,Peiris H,Ileperuma N,Peiris-John RJ,Wickremasinghe R

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Roots of Pseudocedrela kotschyi are commonly used as chewing sticks in West Africa. This study examined the effects of the plant extract on the in-vitro growth of Plasmodium falciparum. Ring-stage synchronised cultures of the malaria parasite were exposed to 30 and 60 microg/ml of P. kotschyi extract for 51 h. Aliquot...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Kassim OO,Loyevsky M,Amonoo H,Lashley L,Ako-Nai KA,Gordeuk VR

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report two cases of people from different states in India who developed polyneuropathy following intake of mefloquine for treatment of malaria. To the best of our knowledge this has not been reported before. ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Jha S,Kumar R,Kumar R

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Codon usage bias is a feature of living organisms. The origin of this bias might be explained not only by external factors but also by the nature of the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) itself. We have developed a point mutation simulation program of coding sequences, in which nucleotide replacement follows th...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Zimic MJ,Guerra D,Arévalo J

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of neurological manifestations of infection with Burkholderia pseudomallei have been described including cerebral abscesses, which are a well-recognized form of neurological melioidosis. The optimal antibiotic therapy for this condition has not been defined; however, combinations of intravenous antibiotics a...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Chadwick DR,Ang B,Sitoh YY,Lee CC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vector potential of Culicoides variipennis for Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) was investigated. Insects from a colony maintained at the Animal Virus Research Institute, Pirbright, were fed through a membrane on a mixture of mouse blood and RVFV (virus concentration of blood meal 7 X 95 log10 MLD50ml). Engorged ins...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Jennings M,Platt GS,Bowen ET

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis (LF) caused by Wuchereria bancrofti is widely prevalent in tropical and subtropical countries. Night blood film examination is most commonly used for diagnosis of filariasis but is cumbersome and labour intensive. In order to develop an indirect ELISA-based immunodiagnostic test, the importance of...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Singh A,Kamal S,Rathaur S

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The harmful effects of malaria are most pronounced during first pregnancies and chemoprophylaxis is most effective when given at this time. However, restriction of chemoprophylaxis to first pregnancies might lead to enhanced susceptibility to malaria during second pregnancies. We have investigated this possibility by ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Greenwood AM,Menendez C,Alonso PL,Jaffar S,Langerock P,Lulat S,Todd J,M'Boge B,Francis N,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies delineating bacterial causes of fever in rural Asia indicate a major role for several previously under-recognized pathogens, including Rickettsia and Leptospira. The use of blood culture for the first time to investigate patients with febrile illness in rural Asia has also revealed some unexpected findi...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Peacock SJ,Newton PN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal survey--parasitological, clinical, immunological and entomological--of onchocerciasis is being conducted in Gbaiima village in Sierra Leone. The estimated Annual Transmission Potential (ATP) is 5863. More than 80% of the annual transmission occurs between October and December. Four species of the Simuli...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： McMahon JE,Davies JB,White MD,Goddard JM,Beech-Garwood PA,Kirkwood BR

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of early markers that predict the response to anti-tuberculosis treatment would facilitate evaluation of new drugs and improve patient management. This study aimed to determine whether selected acute phase proteins and micronutrients measured at the time of diagnosis and during the first weeks of tr...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Almeida ML,Barbieri MA,Gurgel RQ,Abdurrahman ST,Baba UA,Hart CA,Shenkin A,Silva AM,de Souza L,Cuevas LE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica trophozoites isolated in Robinson's medium from faeces containing cysts, transported from India, have been tested in vitro against the drugs furazolidone, iodochlorhydroxyquin, and both drugs combined as Dependal. Results show the levels at which drug action is significant and that interaction be...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Sargeaunt PG,Lumsden WH

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the impact of fish farming operated at household level on nutritional status among children 6-59 months of age, a cross-sectional study was conducted in Zomba district, Malawi. Anthropometric measurements of 66 children in each type of household (fish-farming and non-fish-farming households) and structured...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Aiga H,Matsuoka S,Kuroiwa C,Yamamoto S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the successful eradication of Brucella abortus infection in cattle, human brucellosis in England and Wales has become an uncommon imported disease. Culture of the organism presents a major laboratory hazard, and difficulties in identification may occur using a biochemical test-strip method. An overview of re...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Luzzi GA,Brindle R,Sockett PN,Solera J,Klenerman P,Warrell DA

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Residents of a slum community of Dhaka city, Bangladesh were tested by serological and faecal examination for evidence of Strongyloides stercoralis infection. In stool specimens from a total of 147 participants Strongyloides larvae were found in 34 (23.1%) by Harada-Mori culture, 15 (10.2%) by agar plate culture (APC)...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Sultana Y,Gilbert GL,Ahmed BN,Lee R

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of a convenient diagnostic method for onchocerciasis has motivated attempts to develop better detection techniques. Preliminary results indicate that a dot blot assay of the total immunoglobulin G (IgG) response to an easily available and simply prepared Tris buffer soluble fraction (TSF) of whole female worm...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Lavebratt C,Dalhammar G,Adamafio NA,Nykänen-Dejerud U,Mingarini K,Ingemarsson K,Opoku N,Akuffo HO

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate Mycobacterium vaccae immunotherapy in the treatment of human tuberculosis and to assess longer-term outcomes following treatment for tuberculosis patients, a double-blind placebo-controlled Phase-2 clinical trial was set up in the Mseleni and Manguzi health wards in north-eastern KwaZulu, South Africa. ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Mayo RE,Stanford JL

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports of parasitic disease prevalence in the Dominican Republic. The most recent study was that by Mackie et al. (1951). Examination of purged specimens from individuals employed by two sugar plantations demonstrated generally high prevalences of a number of helminths and protozoans. We report here the...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Collins RF,Edwards LD

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based on a highly repeated deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequence (188 bp; SspI repeat) was tested for the detection of Wuchereria bancrofti DNA in blood and urine samples collected during the day from individuals in Coque, Recife, Brazil, an endemic area for W. b...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Lucena WA,Dhalia R,Abath FG,Nicolas L,Regis LN,Furtado AF

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 25 cases of pellagra and 10 healthy controls, the blood pyruvic acid levels in the fasting stage and after 60 and 90 minutes of glucose load were estimated by the technique of Friedmann & Haugen (1943). The blood pyruvic acid levels after 60 and 90 minutes of glucose load were significantly higher in pellagrins as ...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Bedi HK,Bomb BS,Agarwal MP,Bhatnagar LK

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The impact of concomitant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection on the antibody response of onchocerciasis patients to Onchocerca volvulus antigens (OvAg) was studied by Western blotting and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies in sera from 45 HIV-sero-positive O. volvulu...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Tawill SA,Gallin M,Erttmann KD,Kipp W,Bamuhiiga J,Büttner DW

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nematode Strongyloides stercoralis has a very particular autoinfection life-cycle which leads to chronic infections remaining undetected for decades. However, hyperinfection can occur in patients receiving immunotherapy resulting in high mortality rates. The main objective of this study was to assess the...

journal_title：Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

authors： Valerio L,Roure S,Fernández-Rivas G,Basile L,Martínez-Cuevas O,Ballesteros ÁL,Ramos X,Sabrià M,North Metropolitan Working Group on Imported Diseases.

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00