Association of NR1I2 gene polymorphisms and time of progression to AIDS.

abstract：:In the present study, some morphological structures of antennae, maxillary palps and caudal setae of fourth instar larvae of laboratory-reared phlebotomine sand flies (Lutzomyia longipalpis, L. migonei, L. evandroi, L. lenti, L. sericea, L. whitmani and L. intermedia) of the State of Ceará, Brazil, were examined under...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pessoa FA,Guerra de Queiroz R,Ward RD

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of the genus Cotylophoron (Trematoda--Paramphistomidae) --Cotylophoron travassosi sp. n.--is described. The measurements of the worm and its structures are compared with the valid known species. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Costa HM,Guimaráes MP

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preparations of simian rotavirus SA11 maintained in different laboratories were compared with each other by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of genomic RNA. Differences in the migration of genome segments 4, 5 and 7 allowed the classification of eight virus preparations into four electrophoretic types. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pereira HG,Gouvea VS,Fialho AM

更新日期：1986-10-01 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：:Angiostrongylus costaricensis is the causative agent of abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a zoonotic infection that may produce severe eosinophilic enterocolitis or hepatitis in humans. Parasites are usually not released in stools and serology has an important role in diagnosis. Since cross-reactivity is demonstrated betw...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Graeff-Teixeira C,Pascoal VF,Rodriguez R,Morassutti AL,Intapan PM,Maleewong W

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Sandfly prevalence in the Kani tribe settlements of Western Ghats in India was investigated. A total of 1,279 sandflies comprising 17 species was obtained. Sandfly abundance showed a negative correlation (r = -0.97, p = 0.003) with increase in altitudinal ranges from 0-1,000 m. When sandfly samples were grouped accord...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ranganathan S,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An overview is presented of the results obtained with biodegradable sustained release devices (SRDs) containing a mixture of polymers and either isometamidium (ISMM) or ethidium. Under controlled laboratory conditions (monthly challenge with tsetse flies infected with Trypanosoma congolense) the protection period in S...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Geerts S,Brandt J,De Deken R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an epidemiological survey of acute respiratory infection in Rio de Janeiro, among 208 adenovirus isolates, we found two strains that we were not able, by a standard neutralization procedure, to distinguish between type 3 or 7. However, DNA restriction pattern for the two strains with different enzymes were anal...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Moraes MT,da Silva M,Leite JP,Nascimento JP

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thymus is a central lymphoid organ, in which T cell precursors differentiate and generate most of the so-called T cell repertoire. Along with a variety of acute infectious diseases, we and others determined important changes in both microenvironmental and lymphoid compartments of the organ. For example, one major ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Savino W,de Moraes Mdo C,Barbosa SD,Da Fonseca EC,De Almeida VC,Hontebeyrie-Joscowicz M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue invasion and pathology by Trypanosoma cruzi result from an interaction between parasite virulence and host immunity. Successive in vivo generations of the parasite select populations with increasing ability to invade the host. Conversely, prolonged in vitro selection of the parasite produces attenuated sublines...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Basombrío MA,Segura MA,Gómez L,Padilla M

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Two new species of the Culicoides paraensis species group, C. diversus Felippe-Bauer and C. peruvianus Felippe-Bauer, are described and illustrated based on female specimens from Amazonian region of Peru. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females, and distribution of species of the C. paraensis grou...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Felippe-Bauer ML,Cáceres AG,Silva CS,Valderrama-Bazan W,Gonzales-Perez A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes associated with wound healing have been shown to be risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) which is caused by Leishmania braziliensis. In this study, we examined whether the genes previously associated with CL influenced the clinical outcome. Patients were genotyped and retrospectively classified as respo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： da Hora AS,de Almeida LF,do Lago TS,Machado PR,Castellucci LC

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Small molecular weight compounds from Mandevilla velutina and from Eclipta prostata were found to be active against snakebite. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mors WB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Project Horizonte, an open cohort of homosexual and bisexual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) negative men, is a component of the AIDS Vaccine Program, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The objective of this study was to compare volunteers testing HIV positive at cohort entry with a sample of those who test...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carneiro M,Cardoso FA,Greco M,Oliveira E,Andrade J,Greco DB,Antunes CM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus sphaericus produces at least two toxins which are highly toxic to mosquito larvae. The binary toxin, which is comprised of proteins of 51.4 and 41.9 kDa, is present in all highly insecticidal strains. The 100 kDa SSII-1 toxin is present in most highly insecticidal as well as the weakly insecticidal strains. T...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Davidson EW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi acute infections often go unperceived, but one third of chronically infected individuals die of Chagas disease, showing diverse manifestations affecting the heart, intestines, and nervous systems. A common denominator of pathology in Chagas disease is the minimal rejection unit, whereby parasite-free...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Teixeira AR,Nascimento RJ,Sturm NR

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Schistosomiasis in America with the exception of Brazil, behaves as a chronic mild disease with few clinical manifestations due to low parasite burden. These features restrict the clinical and parasitological diagnosis. The most commonly used stool examination method, Kato-Katz, becomes insensitive when the majority o...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Noya BA,Noya O,Balzan C,Cesari IM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomatids are parasites that cause disease in humans, animals, and plants. Most are non-pathogenic and some harbor a symbiotic bacterium. Endosymbiosis is part of the evolutionary process of vital cell functions such as respiration and photosynthesis. Angomonas deanei is an example of a symbiont-containing trypa...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Penha LL,Hoffmann L,Souza SS,Martins AC,Bottaro T,Prosdocimi F,Faffe DS,Motta MC,Ürményi TP,Silva R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the development of a SYBR Green I based real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for detection on the ABI Prism 7000 instrument. Primers targeting the gene encoding the SSU rRNA were designed to amplify with high specificity DNA from Schistosoma mansoni, in a real time quantitative PCR ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gomes AL,Melo FL,Werkhauser RP,Abath FG

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

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：:The process of adhesion of three different strains of Trichomonas vaginalis to a polystyrene substrate was analysed. The process of adhesion was dependent on the time of incubation and the pH of the phosphate-buffered solution (PBS) in which the parasites were suspended. The highest indices of adhesion were observed a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva Filho FC,Elias CA,De Souza W

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biochemical and serological characteristics, virulence properties, and genetic relatedness of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains isolated in S o Paulo, from April 1989 through March 1990, were determined. This is also the first report on clinic findings of human STEC infections in Brazil. The on...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Guth BE,Ramos SR,Cerqueira AM,Andrade JR,Gomes TA

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the rpoB locus confer conformational changes leading to defective binding of rifampin (RIF) to rpoB and consequently resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) was established as a rapid screening test for the detection of mutatio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Isfahani BN,Tavakoli A,Salehi M,Tazhibi M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the isolation of a Leishmania chagasi strain from a bat (Carollia perspicillata), and its identification using biological methods and molecular characterization. The parasites were isolated in an artificial culture medium from a blood sample extracted from a bat heart. The isolate was then inocul...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： De Lima H,Rodríguez N,Barrios MA,Avila A,Cañizales I,Gutiérrez S

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomes are parasitic protozoa in which gene expression is primarily controlled through the regulation of mRNA stability and translation. This post-transcriptional control is mediated by various families of RNA-binding proteins, including those with zinc finger CCCH motifs. CCCH zinc finger proteins have been sho...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mörking PA,Rampazzo Rde C,Walrad P,Probst CM,Soares MJ,Gradia DF,Pavoni DP,Krieger MA,Matthews K,Goldenberg S,Fragoso SP,Dallagiovanna B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most frequent and most severe manifestation of chronic Chagas disease, and is one of the leading causes of morbidity and death in Latin America. Although the pathogenesis of Chagas cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, it may involve several mechanisms, including parasite-dependent my...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rassi A Jr,Marin JA Neto,Rassi A

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the 1940s, French Guiana has implemented vector control to contain or eliminate malaria, yellow fever, and, recently, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Over time, strategies have evolved depending on the location, efficacy of the methods, development of insecticide resistance, and advances in vector control techniq...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Epelboin Y,Chaney SC,Guidez A,Habchi-Hanriot N,Talaga S,Wang L,Dusfour I

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A sylvatic Triatoma infestans DM (dark morph) population detected in the Bolivian Chaco was characterized and compared with various domestic ones. The degree of differentiation of DM was clearly within the T. infestans intra-specific level. Nevertheless marked chromatic and morphometric differences as well as differen...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Noireau F,Bastrenta B,Catalá S,Dujardin JP,Panzera F,Torres M,Perez R,Galvão C,Jurberg J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00