First record of natural vertical transmission of dengue virus in Aedes aegypti from Cuba.

abstract：:The diagnosis of neurocysticercosis was greatly improved by the introduction of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These techniques demonstrate the number and topography of lesions, their stage of involution, and the degree of inflammatory reaction of the host against the parasites and have...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： García HH,Del Brutto OH

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional sero-epidemiological study was conducted to determine the prevalence of dengue in Trinidad. Two commercial rapid test kits, PanBio Dengue Duo IgM and IgG Rapid Strip Test and the Bio-Check Plus Dengue G/M Cassette Test (Brittney) were used. The immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (FOCUS Technologies, Califor...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Campbell CA,George A,Salas RA,Williams SA,Doon R,Chadee DD

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by triatomine insects to several mammalian species acting as reservoir hosts. In the present study, we assess T. cruzi-prevalence and DTU composition of the endemic rodent Octodon degus from a hyper-endemic area of Chagas d...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Botto-Mahan C,Rojo G,Sandoval-Rodríguez A,Peña F,Ortiz S,Solari A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of infection (RI) with Wuchereria bancrofti by vector mosquitoes has been conventionally estimated from the biting population of all age classes. This estimate of RI had no correlation with microfilaria (mf) prevalence and intensity of infection in humans. A new method for estimating RI from a resting populat...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Vanamail P,Ramaiah KD,Das PK

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reptile-associated Borrelia represent a monophyletic group of bacteria transmitted by several species of hard ticks, which has been reported to only infect amphibians and reptiles in Eurasia and Middle East, however, this bacterial group has not been studied in North America. The aim of this study was to assess th...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Morales-Diaz J,Colunga-Salas P,Romero-Salas D,Sánchez-Montes S,Estrada-Souza IM,Ochoa-Ochoa LM,Becker I,Flores-Primo A,Cruz-Romero A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is one of the most dreadful diseases and a major viral zoonosis which has been shown to cause an almost 100% fatality rate in infected victims. It is characterized by acute progressive encephalitis in mammals. This study determined the genotypic characteristics of rabies virus in dogs slaughtered for human cons...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Suleiman MA,Kwaga JKP,Okubanjo OO,Abarshi MM,Kia GSN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using degenerate oligonucleotide primers based on conserved active site residues, we have isolated a cDNA encoding an aspartic protease from the nematode parasite Strongyloides stercoralis, an important, enteric pathogen of humans. cDNAs encoding the aspartic protease were isolated from the infective, third stage larv...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gallego SG,Slade RW,Brindley PJ

更新日期：1998-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Northern Côte d'Ivoire is the main livestock breeding zone and has the highest livestock cross-border movements in Côte d'Ivoire. The aim of this study was to provide updated epidemiological data on three neglected zoonotic diseases, namely brucellosis, Q Fever and Rift Valley Fever (RVF). We conducted three-stage cro...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kanouté YB,Gragnon BG,Schindler C,Bonfoh B,Schelling E

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of the central nervous system (CNS) by Schistosoma mansoni may or may not cause clinical manifestations. When symptomatic, neuroschistosomiasis mansoni (NSM) is one of the most severe presentations of this infection. The neurological manifestations are due to numerous granulomas grouped in confined are...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ferrari TC,Moreira PR,Cunha AS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The London School of Tropical Medicine, and indeed the 'new' discipline of tropical medicine, originated in 1899 at the Albert Dock Hospital - situated in London's east-end. The founder of the discipline was Patrick Manson - with a great deal of political assistance from the British Secretary of State for the Colonies...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cook GC,Webb AJ

更新日期：2001-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a key role in host-parasite interactions. Previous studies have shown that parasites can release microRNA (miRNA) containing EVs, which can transfer their contents to host cells and regulate gene expression in recipient cells. However, a little is known about the secretion of EVs by t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nawaz M,Malik MI,Zhang H,Gebremedhin MB,Cao J,Zhou Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing concern on the application of synthetic mosquito repellents in the recent years has instigated the identification and development of better alternatives to control different mosquito-borne diseases. In view of above, present investigation evaluates the repellent activity of ethyl anthranilate (EA), a non-toxic...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Islam J,Zaman K,Tyagi V,Duarah S,Dhiman S,Chattopadhyay P

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the spatial distribution of human cases of scrub typhus on the main island of Taiwan from 2003 to 2008 and implemented an island-wide survey of scrub typhus vectors (trombiculid chiggers) in 2007 and 2008. The standardized incidence rate 'SIR' incorporating inter-district variations in population, gender a...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kuo CC,Huang JL,Ko CY,Lee PF,Wang HC

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium falciparum (F32) parasites were exposed to artemisinin and quinine for 3 and 4 h, respectively, once or twice daily and for 3, 5 or 7 days. Between the peaks the parasites were exposed to trough concentrations. Continuous drug exposure was also assessed for comparison. After drug exposure, the cultures were...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bwijo B,Hassan Alin M,Abbas N,Eriksson O,Björkman A

更新日期：1997-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is a common and serious parasitic disease with high prevalence and global distribution in human and other warm-blooded vertebrates. Though the infection of Toxoplasma gondii is usually asymptomatic in healthy people, it can lead to severe pathological effects to the fetus of infected women and immunocomp...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Foroutan-Rad M,Khademvatan S,Majidiani H,Aryamand S,Rahim F,Malehi AS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large-scale control trial against Glossina palpalis palpalis was carried out in the Congo using a new trapping technique. In the same way a test related to the experimental utilization of sentinel animals was performed, concurrently to the classical epidemiological and entomological evaluation. 564 domestic animals ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gouteux JP,Toudic A,Sinda D

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for the phenomenon of multiple drug resistance (MDR) in the well studied pathogenic protozoa has been examined. This has been placed in the more familiar context of the MDR efflux transporters and the cloned mdr genes of mammalian cells. Homologues of the mdr gene family in protozoa and their possible role in...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Upcroft P

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell lysates from 16 strains of eight Leishmania species were used to test haemagglutination activity (HA) against a variety of RBC. HA was detected using native or neuraminidase-treated rabbit RBC; it was found in promastigotes of all the Leishmania strains tested and in axenic amastigotes of L. mexicana. The HA was ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Svobodová M,Bates PA,Volf P

更新日期：1997-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the determination of malaria infection rate among suspected patients attending hospitals in Hodeidah governorate, the present study evaluated the accuracy of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 (PfHRP-2)/parasite-specific lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH)-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for the diag...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Azazy AA,Alhawery AJ,Abdul-Ghani R,Alharbi RA,Almalki SSR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis takes blood from a variety of wild and domestic animals and transmits Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum chagasi, etiological agent of American visceral leishmaniasis. Blood meal identification in sand flies has depended largely on serological methods but a new protocol de...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Sant'Anna MR,Jones NG,Hindley JA,Mendes-Sousa AF,Dillon RJ,Cavalcante RR,Alexander B,Bates PA

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is still a public health problem in Brazil. The Kato-Katz test is the most frequently used diagnostic method for Schistosoma mansoni infection. However, it lacks sensitivity in areas of low prevalence. We have assessed the positivity rate of S. mansoni infection in Bananeiras, a village on Capistrano, ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bezerra FSM,Leal JKF,Sousa MS,Pinheiro MCC,Ramos AN Jr,Silva-Moraes V,Katz N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, Aphanius chantrei's behaviour of feeding on mosquito larvae has been determined under experimental conditions. In groups that have different sizes (first group 27 mm; second group 40 mm; third group 47 mm), larvae consumption has increased with length and weight. During daytime, average larvae consumpti...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Yildirim O,Karacuha A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kato-Katz, conventional ethyl-acetate sedimentation, and Midi Parasep(®) methods for diagnosing infection with soil-transmitted helminths were compared. The Kato-Katz technique gave the best overall diagnostic performance with the highest results in all measures (prevalence, faecal egg count, sensitivity) followed...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Funk AL,Boisson S,Clasen T,Ensink JH

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the most common infectious agent causing eosinophilic meningitis and is present in Taiwan, Thailand and the Pacific islands. Clinical symptoms vary within different endemic regions, and their severity is probably dependent on the number of ingested parasites and the diversity among strai...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lee JD,Chung LY,Wang LC,Lin RJ,Wang JJ,Tu HP,Wu ZD,Yen CM

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-kDa surface collagen binding protein peroxiredoxin of Entamoeba histolytica (EhCBP30) was evaluated either alone or fused to the chaperone (CHP) or ATPase (ATP) domains of heat shock protein 70 of Trypanosoma cruzi (TcHSP70) as a vaccine candidate in a hamster model of experimental amoebic liver abscess (ALA) dev...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： González-Vázquez MC,Carabarin-Lima A,Baylón-Pacheco L,Talamás-Rohana P,Rosales-Encina JL

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) affecting HIV-infected patients is considered a challenging condition because of its high mortality and relapse rates. The approach of this condition is still surrounded by many uncertainties, especially regarding the criteria to institute and discontinue secondary prophylaxis for...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cota GF,de Sousa MR,de Assis TSM,Pinto BF,Rabello A

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a new endemic zone of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) in the central area of the State of Paraná (Municipality of Prudentópolis), in southern Brazil. This region was not previously considered endemic for CL, and this work constitutes the first report of CL endemicity there. Leishmaniasis was confirmed by smear,...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Soccol VT,de Castro EA,Schnell e Schühli G,de Carvalho Y,Marques E,Pereira Ede F,Alcantara Fde S,Machado AM,Kowalthuk W,Membrive N,Luz E

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Echinococcosis, a disease caused by infection with the larval stage of a tapeworm parasite of the genus Echinococcus, is of major socio-economic importance, and studying genetic variability within and between Echinococcus populations has important implications for disease control and epidemiology. Various DNA approach...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gasser RB,Zhu X,McManus DP

更新日期：1998-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred and sixty teneral male Glossina morsitans centralis were fed, at the height of parasitaemia, on a goat infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei. Thereafter, the tsetse were divided into 4 equal groups. Group I was fed in vitro once weekly for 4 weeks and Group II twice weekly for 4 weeks on fresh defibrina...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nantulya VM,Moloo SK

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological and anatomical characters applied to determine species identity in the Bulinus africanus group species are insufficient to unambiguously discriminate between arbitrary species of given populations. In order to solve this problem, four snail populations from Kenya have been investigated morphologicall...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Raahauge P,Kristensen TK

更新日期：2000-02-25 00:00:00