Geoprocessing and spatial analysis for identifying leptospirosis risk areas: a systematic review.

abstract：:Abdominal angiostrongyliasis is a parasitic disease caused by Angiostrongylus costaricensis, a metastrongylid nematode with wide geographic distribution, occurring from the United States to Argentina. In Brazil, the disease has been reported from the States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, Paraná, São Paulo, Fede...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pena GP,Andrade Filho J,de Assis SC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A finding of vertical transmission of the DEN 3 virus in male specimens of Aedes aegypti, collected in the 2009 fall-winter period, in Puerto Iguazú city, Misiones, Argentina, using the RT-PCR technique in a 15-specimen pool is reported. This result is analyzed within the context of the epidemiological situation of Ar...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Espinosa M,Giamperetti S,Abril M,Seijo A

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recognition profile of the tissue cysts antigens by IgG antibodies was studied during acute and chronic human toxoplasmic infection. Thus the IgG response against Toxoplasma gondii was investigated by immunoblotting in two patients accidentally infected with the RH strain as well as in group of naturally infected ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Villavedra M,Carol H,Nieto A

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium spp. and Cystoisospora belli are monoxenic protozoa that have been recognized as the causative agents of chronic diarrhea in immunocompromised individuals, especially HIV-infected subjects. The objective of this study was to evaluate the frequency of these intestinal protozoa in HIV-positive patients i...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Assis DC,Resende DV,Cabrine-Santos M,Correia D,Oliveira-Silva MB

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study of the "in vitro" susceptibility of 24 Cryptococcus strains to 5 antifungal drugs (amphotericin B, 5 fluorocytosine, miconazole, itraconazole and ketoconazole), was carried out. These strains were grouped according to species, varieties and isolation's origins. The minimum inhibitory concentration ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Bava AJ,Negroni R

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high mortality rates associated with candidemia episodes and the emergence of resistance to antifungal agents necessitate the monitoring of the susceptibility of fungal isolates to antifungal treatments. The new, recently approved, species-specific clinical breakpoints (SS-CBPs)(M27-S4) for evaluating susceptibili...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Santos ER,Dal Forno CF,Hernandez MG,Kubiça TF,Venturini TP,Chassot F,Santurio JM,Alves SH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of already published and unpublished seroepidemiological surveys for toxoplasmosis, carried out in Chile in 1982-1994, is reviewed, expanded and analyzed. The surveys included 76,317 apparently healthy individuals of different ages (0.57% of the country's total population), from 309 urban and rural-periurban ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Contreras M,Schenone H,Salinas P,Sandoval L,Rojas A,Villarroel F,Solis F

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several methods have been used for the preservation of fungi, all of them presenting advantages and disadvantages. The choice of the methods depends upon the laboratory availabilities, time of preservation, genetic stability of the cultures and other factors. In this work the results obtained through the utilization o...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Rodrigues EG,Lírio VS,Lacaz Cda S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An epidemiological survey with histoplasmin skin test was performed in 392 poultry farmers and 265 workers considered without occupational risk of exposition to Histoplasma capsulatum, etiologic agent of histoplasmosis. The results were positive in 28.8% and 13.2% in both groups respectively. Statistically, there was ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Suárez Hernández M,Fernández Andreu CM,Estrada Ortiz A,Cisneros Despaigne E

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of the protein-calorie malnutrition in BALB/c isogenic mice infected with Lacazia loboi, employing nutritional and histopathological parameters. Four groups were composed: G1: inoculated with restricted diet, G2: not inoculated with restricted diet, G3: inoculated with...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Barbosa AS,Diório SM,Pedrini SC,Nunes AJ,Belone Ade F,Silva SM,Sartori BG,Calvi SA,Vilani-Moreno FR,Pereira PC

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4-year study (1987-1990) covered the major clinical-epidemiological characteristics of pneumonia in children as diagnosed at the emergency service of the Children's Hospital, as well as etiologies, and factors involved in the most severe cases. Etiology was determined in 47.7% of the 541 pneumonia cases, involving...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Hortal M,Suarez A,Deleon C,Estevan M,Mogdasy MC,Russi JC,Contera M,Meny M

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared to previous years, seasonal influenza activity commenced early in São Paulo State, Brazil, Southern hemisphere during the 2016 year. In order to investigate the genetic pattern of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in the State of Sao Paulo a total of 479 respiratory samples, collected in January by Sentinel Surveillance...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Santos KC,Silva DB,Sasaki NA,Benega MA,Garten R,Paiva TM

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors reported one case of eumycotic mycetoma due to Madurella grisea (black grains) occurred on the right foot of the patient studied. The structure, microscopic morphology and therapeutic evolution are also studied and reported. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Belda Júnior W,Cucé LC,Dias MC,Lacaz Cda S

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The expression of iron regulated proteins (IRPs) in vitro has been obtained in the past by adding iron chelators to the culture after bacterial growth, in the presence of an organic iron source. We have investigated aspects concerning full expression of the meningococcal IRPs during normal growth, in defined condition...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Brandileone MC,Zanella RC,Vieira VS,Sacchi CT,Milagres LG,Frasch CE

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to better understand the biology of Centrocestus formosanus in a definitive host model, mice of Swiss and AKR/J strains were experimentally infected with 100 metacercariae of the parasite. Fourteen days post-infection, the rodents were killed and adult trematodes were recovered from the small intestine. The p...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mati VL,Pinto HA,Melo AL

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissemination of the giant African snail Achatina fulica in several countries has triggered a great number of studies on the mollusk, including those on zoonoses related to health in humans. The current research is a scientific survey on articles published in four databases, namely, PubMed, Bireme, Scielo and Lila...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pavanelli GC,Yamaguchi MU,Calaça EA,Oda FH

更新日期：2017-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Exoantigens (exo) from Leptomonas seymouri and Crithidia fasciculata were used in an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), showing 100% reactivity with sera from visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases, and no reactivity with American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) ones. Our results have indicated that these exoantige...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Kesper N,Teixeira MM,Lindoso JA,Barbieri CL,Umezawa ES

更新日期：2017-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of viable Bifidobacterium animalis was tested to induce resistance against Strongyloides venezuelensis infection in mice. Effects on parasite burden, worm length, egg output, and intestinal mucosal histology were evaluated. The oral administration of B. animalis, strain 04450B, starting 14 days befo...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Oliveira-Sequeira TC,David ÉB,Ribeiro C,Guimarães S,Masseno AP,Katagiri S,Sequeira JL

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Formalin-killed promastigotes (FKP) of Leishmania major, in combination with Montanide ISA 720 (MISA), BCG or alum were used in vaccination of an inbred murine model against cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL). Significant and specific increases in anti-FKP IgG responses were detected for both alum-FKP and BCG-FKP compared t...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mutiso JM,Macharia JC,Mutisya RM,Taracha E

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Coccidioidomycosis is an endemic infection with a relatively limited geographic distribution: Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and the southwest of the United States. In these countries, the endemic area is restricted to the semiarid desert like regions which are...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Martins Mdos A,de Araújo Eda M,Kuwakino MH,Heins-Vaccari EM,Del Negro GM,Vozza Júnior JA,Lacaz Cda S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three isolates over 5 years from a patient with persistent relapsing mucosal leishmaniasis due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis and 7 clones from one of these isolates were studied by zymodemes and serodemes analysis. Results showed evidences of clonal phenotypic variation. Eight isoenzymes markers demonstrated cl...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Cuba-Cuba CA,Evans D,Rosa Ade C,Marsden PD

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity and sensitivity of the enzyme immunoassay (EIA), presently used in South America areas where hydatidosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus is endemic, was compared to two alternative EIA. One of these uses an hydatid antigen of different preparation and the other vesicular fluid of Taenia crassiceps ci...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Coltorti E,Cammarieŕi G

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus and pathogenic free-living amoebae are causative agents of important health problems, especially for developing countries like Pakistan where the population has limited access to clean water supplies. Here, we evaluated the prevalence of rotavirus and free-living amoebae (Acanthamoeba spp., Balamuthia mandri...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Yousuf FA,Siddiqui R,Khan NA

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report clinical features and therapeutic response of 24 outpatients with acute Chagas' disease, and 3 in the initial chronic phase, referred to the Clinic for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of the FMUSP "Clínicas" Hospital between 1974 and 1987. The following transmission routes were involved: triatomin...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Shikanai-Yasuda MA,Lopes MH,Tolezano JE,Umezawa E,Amato Neto V,Barreto AC,Higaki Y,Moreira AA,Funayama G,Barone AA

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A clinical trial pilot study, double-blinded, randomized, and controlled with a placebo to assess the effectiveness of oral doxycycline (200 mg, single dose) in preventing leptospirosis after high exposure to potentially contaminated water was performed in São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Confirmed cases were defined as those w...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Gonsalez CR,Casseb J,Monteiro FG,Paula-Neto JB,Fernandez RB,Silva MV,Camargo ED,Mairinque JM,Tavares LC

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infrapopliteal mycotic aneurysm resulting from endocarditis is rare, with only a few reported cases. We describe the case of a 28-year-old male patient who was suffering with pain and edema in the right leg. The ultrasound revealed an aneurysm of the right tibioperoneal trunk and a deep vein thrombosis (DVT). The pati...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Belczak SQ,Sincos IR,Teivelis MP,de Oliveira CA,Fragoso H,Aun R

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study aims to detect the production of extended-spectrum beta-lactamases (ESBL) by enterobacteria isolated from samples of fresh shrimp and fish obtained from the retail trade of the city of Sobral, Ceará State, Brazil. All bacterial isolates were submitted to identification and antimicrobial susceptibilit...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Almeida MVA,Cangussú ÍM,Carvalho ALS,Brito ILP,Costa RA

更新日期：2017-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is an important factor contributing to morbidity and mortality in patients co-infected with HIV and HCV. In addition, liver biopsy is an important tool in the clinical management of these patients. Although liver biopsy is controversial, it is recommended for all patients. Data regard...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mendes-Correa MC,Widman A,Brussi ML,Guastini CF,Cavalheiro Nde P,Melo CE,Barone AA,Gianini RJ

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chronic infection (10 years) by Lagochilascaris minor is described in a woman from the amazon region of Colombia. This is the third case of infection by this parasite that has been described so far in Colombia, and only the first one in a person coming from the Colombian Amazon region. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Moncada LI,Alvarez CA,Castellanos C,Caceres E,Nicholls S,Corredor A

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the high circulation of migratory birds and the environmental and climatic conditions which favor the proliferation of arthropods, the Brazilian Pantanal is susceptible to circulation of arboviruses. However, the amount of data concerning arbovirus vectors in this area is scarce; therefore the aim of this s...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Pauvolid-Corrêa A,Tavares FN,Alencar J,Silva Jdos S,Murta M,Serra-Freire NM,Pellegrin AO,Gil-Santana H,Guimarães AE,Silva EE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00