Distribution of the members of the Pipiens Assemblage in the sympatric area from Argentina: which is where and when?

abstract：:Analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of water (WE) and ethanolic (EE) extracts of Scoparia dulcis L. were investigated in rats and mice, and compared to the effects induced by Glutinol, a triterpene isolated by purification of EE. Oral administration (p.o.) of either WE or EE (up to 2 g/kg) did not alter the nor...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Freire SM,Torres LM,Roque NF,Souccar C,Lapa AJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical mycology has greatly benefited from the introduction of molecular techniques. New knowledge on molecular genetics has provided both theoretical and practical frameworks, permitting important advances in our understanding of several aspects of pathogenic fungi. Considering Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in parti...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Richini-Pereira VB,Bosco Sde M,Theodoro RC,Macoris SA,Bagagli E

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facilitated and improved by advances in molecular biology, techniques for the immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis, including assays based on the detection of antigens circulating in the serum and/or excreted in the urine, have now reached the stage of multi-centre trials. There is a need to complement parasitological t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bergquist NR

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data analysis, presentation and distribution is of utmost importance to a genome project. A public domain software, ACeDB, has been chosen as the common basis for parasite genome databases, and a first release of TcruziDB, the Trypanosoma cruzi genome database, is available by ftp from ftp://iris.dbbm.fiocruz.br/pub/g...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Degrave W,de Miranda AB,Amorim A,Brandão A,Aslett M,Vandeyar M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study objective was to evaluate the cytokines associated with early events of hepatic fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni. Hepatic fibrosis was classified by ultrasonography in 94 patients. Immunological evaluation was performed by measurement of secreted cytokines (interleukin IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, interferon-gamm...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Magalhães A,Miranda DG,Miranda RG,Araújo MI,Jesus AA,Silva A,Santana LB,Pearce E,Carvalho EM,Jesus AR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipteran polytene chromosomes provide an excellent model for understanding in species complexes, as well as for structural and functional cytogenetics. The status of species in the Culex pipiens complex is controversial and the use of polytene chromosomes for cytogenetic analysis in the subfamily Culicinae has been di...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Campos J,Andrade CF,Recco-Pimentel SM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The triatomine bug Triatoma infestans probably originated in Bolivia and dispersed passively over wide areas of South America, where it is the principal vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. In the region of its probable origin this species shows colonization in two different ecotopes, so that it may be encountered in sylvatic...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pires HH,Barbosa SE,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometrics of Brazilian strains (BH, SJ and CMO) of Schistosoma mansoni cercariae were obtained with a computerized image analyzer (IMAGE PRO PLUS, MEDIA CYBERNETICS), considering the following characters: body area, tail, furcae, oral and ventral suckers and distance between them. For statistical analysis, the var...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Machado-Silva JR,da Silva CH,Pereira MJ,de Oliveira RM,Pinto RM,Gomes DC

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polysaccharide-rich fraction (ATF) of medicinal mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis was evaluated on the candidacidal activity, H2O2 and nitric oxide (NO) production, and expression of mannose receptors by murine peritoneal macrophages. Mice received three intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of ATF and after 48 h their per...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Martins PR,Gameiro MC,Castoldi L,Romagnoli GG,Lopes FC,Pinto AV,Loyola W,Kaneno R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After the acute hyperergic phase of schistosomal infection, the chronic phase of the disease corresponds to the establishment of a relative equilibrium between the host and the parasite. This involves: (1) A shift from the predominance of the TH2 response observed in the acute phase, to the predominance of the TH1 res...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Borojevic R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population biology of three populations of Panstrongylus megistus was compared to determine possible influence on the behaviour and epidemiological importance of this species. The results demonstrated differences in terms of egg eclosion time, nymphal mortality and development rates, and feeding and defaecation ra...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbosa SE,Soares RP,Pires HH,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyse changes in the spatial distribution of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Posadas, an urban area located in northeastern Argentina. Data were obtained during the summer of 2007 and 2009 through two entomological surveys of peridomiciles distributed around the city. The abundance distribution pattern ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fernández MS,Santini MS,Cavia R,Sandoval AE,Pérez AA,Acardi S,Salomón OD

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:To study the action of molluscicide nine ponds were selected: 3 of them lying in Maruim municipality, 29 km far from north Aracaju, the State capital, and 6 ponds in Itabaianinha municipality, 118 km far from south Aracaju. This study was carried out for 16 months. Environmental parameters observed were those thought ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rosas E,Ribeiro EC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variation in container productivity and infestation levels by Aedes aegypti were evaluated in two areas with distinct levels of urbanization degrees in Rio de Janeiro, a slum and a suburban neighborhood. The four most productive containers can generate up to 90% of total pupae. Large and open-mouthed containe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Maciel-de-Freitas R,Marques WA,Peres RC,Cunha SP,de Oliveira RL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the currently known distribution of genera and species of the tribe Triatomini Jeannel, 1919, maps and diagrams were prepared, showing the geographical area occupied by the species and their respective dispersion in grades of latitude and altitude. Two genera are not treated: Panstrongylus Berg, 1879, already pub...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Galvão C,Jurberg J,Carcavallo RU,Segura CA,Galíndez Girón I,Curto de Casas SI

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Positive Montenegro's skin test is a delayed type hypersensitivity reaction widely used as indicative of previous infection with Leishmania in both humans and dogs. Montenegro's antigen consists of a crude Leishmania antigen solution, usually containing thimerosal as preserving agent. In this work it is shown that a l...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Paranhos-Silva M,Pontes-de-Carvalho LC,de Sá Oliveira GG,Nascimento EG,dos-Santos WL

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing amount of research has been conducted on immunoglobulin Y (IgY) because the use of IgY offers several advantages with respect to diagnostic testing, including its easy accessibility, low cost and translatability to large-scale production, in addition to the fact that it can be ethically produced. In a pr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bentes GA,Lanzarini NM,Lima LR,Manso PP,da Silva Ados S,Mouta Junior Sda S,Guimarães JR,de Moraes MT,Pelajo-Machado M,Pinto MA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an organism that is frequently transmitted in hospitals and perinatal units. The MRSA is considered a public health problem in neonatology because of its strong potential for dissemination in the wards associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Loureiro MM,de Moraes BA,Quadra MR,Pinheiro GS,Suffys PN,Asensi MD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Chagas disease, resulting from Trypanosoma cruzi infections, continues to be a health concern mainly in Latin American countries where the parasite is endemic. The laboratory diagnosis of a chronic infection is determined through serological assays for antibodies against T. cruzi and several tests are avail...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sáez-Alquezar A,Junqueira ACV,Durans ADM,Guimarães AV,Corrêa JA,Provance DW Jr,Cabello PH,Coura JR,Viñas PA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prosorhynchoides arcuatus (Linton, 1900) from the intestine of Pomatomus saltator (L.) from the Atlantic coast of the State of Rio de Janeiro is studied by scanning electron microscopy, with detailed description of tegumental spines. Comments on the synonymy of this species with Bucephalopsis callicotyle Kohn, 1962 ar...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cohen SC,Kohn A,Barth OM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of the major problems facing the Amazon - human migration from the other areas and uncontrolled deforestation - constitute the greatest risk for the establishment of endemic Chagas disease in this part of Brazil. At least 18 species of triatomines had been found in the Brazilian Amazon, 10 of them infected with Tr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coura JR,Junqueira AC,Boia MN,Fernandes O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Domiciliated Rhodnius prolixus and sylvatic R. colombiensis were analyzed in order to confirm their genetic divergence and verify the risk that the latter represents in the domiciliation process, and to provide tools for identifying the sources of possible reinfestation by triatomines in human dwellings allowing contr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Jaramillo C,Montaña MF,Castro LR,Vallejo GA,Guhl F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between toxocariasis frequency and demographic, environmental, sanitary variables, eosinophylia, and other intestinal parasites in a rural population of Argentina. Serological examination of 100 individuals was carried out by using ELISA technique for the de...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Chiodo P,Basualdo J,Ciarmela L,Pezzani B,Apezteguía M,Minvielle M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:CD64 (FcγR1) is a high-affinity receptor for monomeric IgG1 and IgG3. Circulating neutrophils express very low amounts of CD64 on their surface. OBJECTIVES:Our primary aim was to investigate the utility of neutrophil CD64 surface expression as a biomarker of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). We hypothesis...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Corrêa RDS,Rodrigues LS,Pereira LHL,Nogueira OC,Leung J,Sousa MDS,Hacker MA,Siqueira HR,Capone D,Alves RLR,Pessolani MCV,Schmitz V,Pereira GMB

更新日期：2019-01-01 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：: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：:Cerebral malaria (CM) is a life-threatening complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria that continues to be a major global health problem. Brain vascular dysfunction is a main factor underlying the pathogenesis of CM and can be a target for the development of adjuvant therapies for the disease. Vascular occlusion b...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carvalho LJ,Moreira Ada S,Daniel-Ribeiro CT,Martins YC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calomys callosus, Rengger 1830 (Rodentia, Cricetidae), a wild rodent found in Central Brazil, was studied to investigate its susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii experimental infection and its humoral immune response against this protozoa. The electrophoretic profile of the serum proteins of C. callosus showed that IgG...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Favoreto-Júnior S,Ferro EA,Clemente D,Silva DA,Mineo JR

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00