Intelligent monitoring of Aedes aegypti in a rural area of Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil.

abstract：:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia has emerged as an important opportunistic pathogen in the last decade. Increased resistance to sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (SMX/TMP) has been reported in S. maltophilia strains in the past few years, leading to few therapeutic options. We conducted a prospective multicenter study at two ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mendes ET,Paez JIG,Ferraz JR,Marchi AP,Silva ILAFE,Batista MV,Lima ALM,Rossi F,Levin AS,Costa SF

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, Leishmania species were identified by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). The epidemiology of patients suspected of having American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the municipality of Assis Brasil, Acre State, located in the Brazil/Peru/Bolivia tri-border was also investigated. By PCR, the DNA of Leishmania was...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Teles CB,Medeiros JF,Santos AP,Freitas LA,Katsuragawa TH,Cantanhêde LM,Ferreira Rde G,Camarg LM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous experiences have demonstrated the same ABO system and P system antigens in A. lumbricoides extracts and in their hosts. The aim was to show the behavior of an A. lumbricoides extract from an O Group patient against monoclonal antibodies of different specificities. Agglutination Inhibition Tests were carried o...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ponce de León P,Foresto P,Valverde J

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports a case of peritonitis by Nocardia asteroides during continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis in a man who had systemic lupus erythematous and chronic renal failure. Diagnosis was established by microscopic examination (Gram and Kinyoun) and culture of centrifuged dialysis fluid and the patient was ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Lopes JO,Alves SH,Benevenga JP,Salla A,Tatsch I

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chlamydia trachomatis (CT) infection is often silent and can lead to long-term reproductive complications in women. In this study, we determined the prevalence of CT infection and possible associations between the presence of the infection and clinical-epidemiological variables in pregnant women attended at the Basic ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Azevedo MJN,Nunes SDS,Oliveira FG,Rocha DAP

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is found in indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands and the Americas, whereas type 2 (HTLV-2) is widely distributed among the indigenous peoples of the Americas, where it appears to be more prevalent than HTLV-1, and in some tribes of Central Africa. HTLV-2 is considered an...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Paiva A,Casseb J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a globally distributed zoonosis with a broad clinical spectrum. This disease mostly affects liver and kidney tissues. Other organs such as the pancreas, can be affected by leptospirosis-induced vasculitis. In addition, cardiac manifestations are common, and the presence of transient ECG abnormalities ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Gomes PEAC,Brilhante SO,Carvalho RB,Sousa DR,Daher EF

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Molluscs with shells very similar to Oncomelania nosophora were collected at Pedro Leopoldo and Lagoa Santa counties, MG, Brazil. They were identified, according to shell and soft part morphology, as Idiopyrgus souleyetianus. The others hidrobioids identified in Brazil are also listed. ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Lima LC,de Souza CP

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with dexamethasone (DMS) in the early phases of the experimental Schistosoma mansoni infection causes an indirect effect on the cercaria-schistosomulum transformation process. This is observed when naive albino mice are treated with that drug (50 mg/Kg, subcutaneously) and infected intraperitoneally 01 hour ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： de Melo AL,Hermeto MV,Bicalho RS,Vargas AP,Favaretto FJ,Pereira LH

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty Candida albicans isolated from oral candidosis patients and 30 C. albicans isolated from control individuals were studied. In vitro susceptibility tests were performed for amphotericin B, fluconazole, 5-flucytosine and itraconazole through the Clinical and Laboratorial Standards Institute (CLSI) reference metho...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Koga-Ito CY,Lyon JP,Resende MA

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Physical examination of nails was carried out in 210 elderly patients and nail scrapings were obtained from onychomycosis suggested lesions in order to determine their causative agents, incidence and clinical characteristics. Diagnostic was confirmed by the isolation of the agents from 74 patients, mainly from toe-nai...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Rodríguez-Soto ME,Fernández-Andreu CM,Moya Duque S,Rodríguez Díaz RM,Martínez-Machín G

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study was carried out among 996 volunteer blood donors enrolled from May 1999 to December 1999 to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among volunteer blood donors of the Regional Blood Bank of Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil, and to evaluate whether the rate of seropre...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Bortoliero AL,Bonametti AM,Morimoto HK,Matsuo T,Reiche EM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:American Tegumentary Leishmaniasis (ATL) is endemic in the municipality of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State. The use of geotechnology such as spatial statistics and remote sensing has contributed to a better understanding of the eco-epidemiology of diseases, and consequently a better definition of control strategies....

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Ursine RL,Rocha MF,Sousa JF,Santos RCD,Soares MD,Gusmão MSF,Leite ME,Vieira TM

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare the fecundity and fertility of B. glabrata and B. straminea by cross- and self-fertilization. To attain this objective, laboratory-raised strains of B. glabrata and B. straminea were used. The former originated from natural breeding grounds in the municipality Paulista, state of Pe...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Costa MJ,Grault CE,Confalonieri UE

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracoccidioidomycosis is a chronic granulomatous disease that induces a specific inflammatory and immune response. The participation of nitric oxide (NO), a product of the inducible nitric oxide synthase enzyme (iNOS), as an important fungicidal molecule against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis has been demonstrated. In...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Batista AC,Soares CT,Lara VS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnocytophaga is a group of facultative anaerobic gram-negative bacteria present in the oral cavity of humans, dogs and cats, as part of their normal oral flora. Here, we described two cases of bloodstream infections (BSI) caused by Capnocytophaga in neutropenic autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aut...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Mendes FR,Bruniera FR,Schmidt J,Cury AP,Rizeck C,Higashino H,Oliveira FN,Rossi F,Rocha V,Costa SF

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：:Early in 1995 the first case of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome was serologically confirmed in El Bolsón (Province of Río Negro, Argentina), corresponding to the third outbreak reported in Argentina. A total of 26 cases of HPS related to the Andean region of Rio Negro Province, were reported from 1993 to 1996, 17 in El ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Cantoni G,Lazaro M,Resa A,Arellano O,Amestoy AM,De Bunder S,Herrero E,Perez A,Larrieu E

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciolosis is a widespread parasitosis of farm live-stock in many developing countries. For this reason, it is necessary to search for new substances against parasitic diseases caused by flukes. Indeed, a wide variety of terrestrial plants have been subjected to chemical and pharmacological screening in order to disc...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Hamed N,Njeh F,Damak M,Ayadi A,Mezghani-Jarraya R,Hammami H

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Authors report a case of paracoccidioidomycosis in a Surui Indian patient from the state of Rondonia, Brazilian Amazon. The subject is an adult male, having been diagnosed on the basis of mycologic, serologic, and radiographic exams. The prescribed therapy was sulphamethoxazole 800 mg associated with trimethoprim ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： do Valle AC,Coimbra Júnior CE,Llinares FI,Monteiro PC,Guimarães MR

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the relationship between plasma and red blood cell concentrations of quinine in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria from an endemic area of Amazonian region. Quinine was determined by high performance liquid chromatography with ultraviolet detection. In the steady state the ratio between plasm...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Vieira JL,Gomes AL,Borges LM,Guimarães ER

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zika virus (ZIKV) clinical presentation and frequency/duration of shedding need further clarification. Symptomatic ZIKV-infected individuals identified in two hospitals in Sao Paulo State, Brazil, were investigated regarding clinical characteristics, shedding in body fluids, and serodynamics. Ninety-four of 235 sympto...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Tozetto-Mendoza TR,Avelino-Silva VI,Fonseca S,Claro IM,Paula AV,Levin AS,Sabino EC,Mendes-Correa MC,Figueiredo WM,Felix AC,Souza NCS,Costa AA,Inenami M,Silva RMGD,Levi JE,Romano CM,Paranhos-Baccalà G,Segurado AC,Mayau

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mayaro virus (MAYV) is an arbovirus (Togaviridae: Alphavirus) enzootic in tropical South America and maintained in a sylvan cycle involving wild vertebrates and Haemagogus mosquitoes. MAYV cases occur sporadically in persons with a history of recent activities inside or around forests. This paper reports three cases o...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Coimbra TL,Santos CL,Suzuki A,Petrella SM,Bisordi I,Nagamori AH,Marti AT,Santos RN,Fialho DM,Lavigne S,Buzzar MR,Rocco IM

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：: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：:Sample preparation and DNA extraction protocols for DNA amplification by PCR, which can be applied in human fecal samples for taeniasis diagnosis, are described. DNA extracted from fecal specimens with phenol/chloroform/isoamilic alcohol and DNAzol reagent had to be first purified to generate fragments of 170 pb and 6...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Nunes CM,Lima LG,Manoel CS,Pereira RN,Nakano MM,Garcia JF

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two naturally infected dogs (male and female) from Teófilo Otoni (MG-Brazil) were maintained for 18 months in our laboratory. Two other dogs, two months old males were infected with 1 x 10(6) promastigotes of MHO/BR/70/BH46 Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi strain, endovenous route, and autopsied after 10 months and two...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Tafuri WL,Michalick MS,Dias M,Genaro O,Leite VH,Barbosa AJ,Bambirra EA,da Costa CA,Melo MN,Mayrink W

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic examination of the upper respiratory and digestive tracts (URDT) was performed in a group of 80 paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) patients submitted to post-treatment follow-up ranging from 8 months to 17 years. Mucosae of the URDT had been involved prior to specific treatment in 74 patients, distributed as foll...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： do Valle AC,Aprigliano Filho F,Moreira JS,Wanke B

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：Introduction::According to the guidelines, the viral load of 2,000 IU/mL is considered the level to differentiate between inactive carriers and HBeAg(-) chronic hepatitis B patients. Even so, liver damage may be present in patients with lower viral load levels, mainly related to regional variations. This study aims to ...

journal_title：Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

authors： Oliveira VO,Oliveira JP,França EV,Brito HL,Nascimento TV,França A

更新日期：2016-09-22 00:00:00