[Fecal coliforms in sewage. II. Transfer of markers and the presence of plasmids].

abstract：:The first steps in leishmaniasis are critical in determining the evolution of the disease. Major advances have recently been done in understanding this crucial moment. Fundamental research in parasite-vector interaction, parasite biology, insect saliva, and vertebrate host response have shed new light and uncovered a ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Almeida MC,Vilhena V,Barral A,Barral-Netto M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no effective chemotherapy against diseases caused by Phytomonas sp., a plant trypanosomatid responsible for economic losses in major crops. We tested three triazolo-pyrimidine complexes [two with Pt(II), and another with Ru(III)] against promastigotes of Phytomonas sp. isolated from Euphorbia characias. The i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Magán R,Marín C,Salas JM,Barrera-Pérez M,Rosales MJ,Sánchez-Moreno M

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:The authors describe and compare the morphological and ultrastructural characteristics of eggs from the three most recent described species of the genus Rhodnius Stål, 1859, which have not previously been studied. These species are Rhodnius colombiensis (Mejia, Galvão & Jurberg 1999), Rhodnius milesi (Carcavallo, Roch...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Santos CM,Jurberg J,Galvão C,Rosa JA,Júnior WC,Barata JM,Obara MT

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author studied by the complement fixation test the influenza virus strains isolated in Rio de Janeiro during the 1973 epidemic. He prepared immunesera in hamsters by the inoculation of the allantoic fluid from infected chick embryos with each of the 7 isolated strains and the standard strains. The soluble antigens...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lacorte JG

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this transversal study, factors related to infection with and transmission of Schistosoma mansoni were explored. Based on stool examinations of two Kato-Katz smears of a single sample, the prevalences of schistosomiasis and geohelminths were established. In a multivariable analysis, sets of demographic, socio-econo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Enk MJ,Lima AC,Barros Hda S,Massara CL,Coelho PM,Schall VT

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A vaccination campaign against pandemic influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 was held in Brazil in March 2010, using two types of monovalent split virus vaccines: an AS03-adjuvanted vaccine and a non-adjuvanted vaccine. We compared the reactogenicity of the vaccines in health professionals from a Clinical Research Institute in Rio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cerbino-Neto J,Santos AT,Gouvea MI,Pedro RS,Ramos GV,Guaraldo L,Werneck GL

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A key is presented for the identification of the adults of 54 species of bloodsucking ceratopogonids, 51 of which are known inhabitants of Argentina, and Culicoides uruguayensis Ronderos, C. pifanoi Ortiz, and C. trilineatus Fox, which are known to occur in bordering Uruguay and Paraguay. Wing photographs are provided...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Spinelli GR,Ronderos MM,Díaz F,Marino PI

更新日期：2005-04-01 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 evolutionary relationships of sand flies and Leishmania are discussed in this report, which draws distinctions between co-association, co-evolution and co-speciation (or co-cladogenesis). Examples focus on Phlebotomus vectors of Le. infantum and Le. major in the Mediterranean subregion. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ready P

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute infection with Trypanosoma cruzi results in intense myocarditis, which progresses to a chronic, asymptomatic indeterminate form. The evolution toward this chronic cardiac form occurs in approximately 30% of all cases of T. cruzi infection. Suppression of delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) has been proposed as a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Thé TS,Portella RS,Guerreiro ML,Andrade SG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists have increasingly recognised that low methodological and analytical rigour combined with publish-or-perish incentives can make the published scientific literature unreliable. As a response to this, large-scale systematic replications of the literature have emerged as a way to assess the problem empirically....

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Neves K,Carneiro CF,Wasilewska-Sampaio AP,Abreu M,Valério-Gomes B,Tan PB,Amaral OB

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Human herpesvirus 2 (HHV-2) have DNA genome with a limited genetic variability and have been classified into two clades. OBJECTIVES To identify and characterise six HHV-2 isolates derived from Brazilian women. METHODS HHV-2 isolates were performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of 2250 pb of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lima LRP,Araújo NA,Guterres A,Pilotto JH,Niel C,Paula VS

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Catadiscus pomaceae sp. n. from the intestine of the prosobranch mollusc Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1801), is described. The host snail was collected from a lenitic biotope belonging to the Riachuelo basin (Corrientes province, Argentina) during 1985-1986. So far the species of the genus Catadiscus Cohn, 1904 have...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Hamann MI

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Ascorbate peroxidases (APX) are class I heme-containing enzymes that convert hydrogen peroxide into water molecules. The gene encoding APX has been characterized in 11 strains of Trypanosoma cruzi that are sensitive or resistant to benznidazole (BZ). Bioinformatic analysis revealed the presence of two complete copies ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nogueira FB,Rodrigues JF,Correa MM,Ruiz JC,Romanha AJ,Murta SM

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current paper was to study in the state of Sergipe the population distribution and interactions between two species of Biomphalaria, the snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni in the northeastern Brazil. Data collected in 1969 showed that B. straminea, with only one exception, was limited to the semi-dry ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Figueiredo CC

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sibling species of Biomphalaria, B. tenagophila and B. occidentalis were identified using isozyme patterns obtained by horizontal gel electrophoresis. Six diagnostic enzymatic loci were identified in digestive gland homogenates. The results enable us to distinguish the species, calculate the Nei's coefficient of g...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mascara D,Morgante JS

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence, associated risk factors, and predictors of cytological alteration outcomes in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women over an 18-month period. HPV was typed through L1 gene sequencing in cervical smears collected durin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Meyrelles AR,Siqueira JD,Santos PP,Hofer CB,Luiz RR,Seuánez HN,Almeida G,Soares MA,Soares EA,Machado ES

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent DM = IDDM) is a chronic disease characterized by specific destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in an absolute lack of insulin. Immune mechanisms, genetic susceptibility, and environmental factors are all implicated in the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes. This stud...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fidan I,Yüksel S,Kalkanci A,Imir T,Kustimur S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report on occurrence of Biomphalaria straminea in the district of São José de Almeida (municipality of Jaboticatubas) State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. The presence of B. glabrata and B. tenagophila had already been reported in this area. Such municipality is part of the metropolitan region of Belo Hori...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Massara CL,Carvalho Odos S,Caldeira RL,Jannotti-Passos LK,Schall VT

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular characterization of a novel reiterated family of transcribed oligo(A)-terminated, interspersed DNA elements in the genome of Trypanosoma cruzi. Steady-state level of transcripts of this sequence family appeared to be developmentally regulated, since only in the replicative forms the parasite sh...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Verbisck NV,dos Santos MR,Engman DM,Angel Chiurillo M,Ramirez JL,Araya JE,Mortara RA,da Silveira JF

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New alternative insecticides are necessary for the chemical control of head lice. In this study the fumigant knockdown time 50% (KT50) and repellency index (RI) of three aliphatic lactones was compared with two essential oils and DDVP, against permethrin-resistance Pediculus humanus capitis from Argentina. In the fumi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Toloza AC,Zygadlo J,Mougabure-Cueto G,Zerba E,Faillaci S,Picollo MI

更新日期：2006-02-01 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：: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：:CD8+ T cells have been implicated as critical effector cells in protection against the pre-erythrocytic stage of malaria in mice and humans following irradiated sporozoite immunization. Immunization experiments in animal models by several investigators have suggested different strategies for vaccination against malari...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira-Ferreira J,Daniel-Ribeiro C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of deltamethrin of the sandfly population in a focus of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Viana, Espírito Santo State is described. The phlebotomine population density was determined inside and outside houses during a one year period in a treated and untreated area. The results showed a significant reduct...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Falcão AL,Falcão AR,Pinto CT,Gontijo CM,Falqueto A

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the cytokine profile of peripheral mononuclear cells from chronic osteomyelitis (OST) patients following in vitro stimulation with staphylococcal enterotoxin A (SEA). We demonstrate that stimulation with SEA induced prominent lymphocyte proliferation and high levels of tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-α, i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira GF,Moraes C,Silveira AM,Correa-Oliveira R,Teixeira-Carvalho A,Martins-Filho OA,Moreno EC,do Carmo LS,Fraga LA,Malaquias LC

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's objective was to search for Cryptosporidium sp. in diarrheic feces from children aged zero to 12 years and cared for at medical units within Universidade Federal de Uberlândia or at a private practice in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, from September 1992 to August 1993. Three fecal samples pre...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gennari-Cardoso ML,Costa-Cruz JM,de Castro E,Lima LM,Prudente DV

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recommended treatment for latent tuberculosis (TB) infection in adults is a daily dose of isoniazid (INH) 300 mg for six months. In Brazil, INH was formulated as 100 mg tablets. The treatment duration and the high pill burden compromised patient adherence to the treatment. The Brazilian National Programme for Tube...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Daher A,Pitta L,Santos T,Barreira D,Pinto D

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00