Electron microscopical studies on cutaneous leishmaniasis in Ethiopia. II. Parasite and host cell differences between the localized and the diffuse form.

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：:Heartwater caused by Ehrlichia ruminantiumis a disease of domestic and wild ruminants and one of the most economically important tick-borne diseases in Africa. The present study aimed to investigate the occurrence and genetic diversity of E. ruminantium in blood samples from 210 cattle sampled in five districts of Map...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Matos CA,Gonçalves LR,de Souza Ramos IA,Mendes NS,Zanatto DCS,André MR,Machado RZ

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parenteral quinine is the most frequently used first line treatment for severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the developed world. Quinine is known to have a number of toxic side effects including cardiotoxicity, ototoxicity and ocular toxicity. Many therefore advocate routine monitoring of quinine levels for patien...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Flanagan KL,Buckley-Sharp M,Doherty T,Whitty CJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the adulticide susceptibility and yearly changes of Anopheles maculipennis Meigen (Diptera: Culicidae) in Thrace, five mosquito populations were evaluated against the resistance status of four different adulticides. Three biochemical resistance mechanisms and yearly changes of activities were investigated....

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Akiner MM,Caglar SS,Simsek FM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The food selection behaviour of two fish species indigenous to Zimbabwe (Tilapia rendalli and Sargochromis codringtoni) was studied under laboratory conditions with a view to considering them as biological agents for snail control. Six glass aquaria were set up and divided into two sets each with two aquaria. One S. c...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chimbari MJ,Ndamba J,Madsen H

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The water-related exposome is a significant determinant of human health. The disease burden through water results from water-associated communicable and non-communicable diseases and is influenced by water pollution with chemicals, solid waste (mainly plastics), pathogens, insects and other disease vectors. This paper...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Boelee E,Geerling G,van der Zaan B,Blauw A,Vethaak AD

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five years after a single dose treatment, prevalence, intensity and morbidity of schistosomiasis mansoni were evaluated in Agua Branca, a low endemic community in the South East Brazil (cure rate 94%). At community level, prevalence showed a decrease from 38.9 to 24.5% and the intensity of infection dropped from 119.5...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Disch J,Katz N,Pereira e Silva Y,de Gouvêa Viana L,Andrade MO,Rabello A

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cultured Plasmodium falciparum gametocytes were fed to Anopheles gambiae (G3) mosquitoes to identify parasite population characteristics useful for predicting successful mosquito infections. Parameters were collected from an initial study of 90 infections over a two year period and a second study of 55 infect...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Noden BH,Beadle PS,Vaughan JA,Pumpuni CB,Kent MD,Beier JC

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the paradigm shift from the reduction of morbidity and mortality to the interruption of transmission, the focus of malaria control broadens from symptomatic infections in children ≤5 years of age to include asymptomatic infections in older children and adults. In addition, as control efforts intensify and the num...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Doumbia SO,Ndiaye D,Koita OA,Diakité M,Nwakanma D,Coulibaly M,Traoré SF,Keating J,Milner DA Jr,Ndiaye JL,Sene PD,Ahouidi A,Dieye TN,Gaye O,Okebe J,Ceesay SJ,Ngwa A,Oriero EC,Konaté L,Sy N,Jawara M,Faye O,Kéita

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of live Brugia malayi parasites and a Sephadex G-200 fraction of the adult parasite extract (BmAFII) on the progression of Leishmania donovani infection was studied. Inbred hamsters were first infected with B. malayi infective 3rd stage larvae (L3), adult worms or microfilariae (mf), and then with L. don...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Murthy PK,Dixit S,Gaur RL,Kumar R,Sahoo MK,Shakya N,Joseph SK,Palne S,Gupta S

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to low-cost, effective diagnosis for leptospirosis is urgently needed in developing countries. The EIE-IgM-Leptospirose, a kit produced for public health laboratories in Brazil, was shown to have a sensitivity of 76% (77 of 102 patients) and 100% (102 of 102 patients) during acute and convalescent-phase leptosp...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： McBride AJ,Pereira FA,da Silva ED,de Matos RB,da Silva ED,Ferreira AG,Reis MG,Ko AI

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus circulation in Indonesia was first documented in Lombok in 1960, and the virus was first isolated in 1972 from Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Bekasi, West Java and Kapuk, West Jakarta. Since then, Indonesia has been recognized as an endemic country for JE transmission. Up to now, JE ca...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Garjito TA,Widiarti,Anggraeni YM,Alfiah S,Tunggul Satoto TB,Farchanny A,Samaan G,Afelt A,Manguin S,Frutos R,Aditama TY

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium Antimony Gluconate (SAG) is currently used worldwide as the first-line drugs for the treatment of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) since 1940s. Unfortunately, the resistance of Leishmania parasite to this drug is increasing in several parts of the world. The mechanism of drug resista...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kumar A,Boggula VR,Sundar S,Shasany AK,Dube A

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a serious and widespread parasitic disease caused by Leishmania donovani complex. The threat of this fatal disease continues due to the lack of ideal drugs or vaccines. In this study, we selected Amastin, CaNA2, Kmp-11 and PDI proteins of Leishmania donovani for study, which are VL vacci...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： He J,Huang F,Li J,Chen Q,Chen D,Chen J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulating the endogenous immune responses of the mosquito such as temporal and spatial expression of antimicrobial peptides may help in the development of a refractory mosquito, unable to transmit malaria. In mosquito several small antimicrobial peptides are activated locally in the midgut and salivary glands upon ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Dixit R,Sharma A,Patole MS,Shouche YS

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The drawback of existing techniques for obtaining intact granulomas and granuloma cells have been, (1) lack of clean intact granulomas without adhering liver tissues, (2) isolating inadequate numbers of clean intact granulomas, and (3) obtaining low numbers of viable granuloma cells from the granulomas. This work aims...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Yole DS

更新日期：1998-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of light and oxygen, rose bengal causes oxidative damage to Trypanosoma cruzi. The production of lipid hydroperoxides was demonstrated by thin-layer chromatography, and severe ultrastructural alterations compatible with an increased permeability of the cells, which led to gradual osmotic swelling and u...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cruz FS,Lopes LA,De Souza W,Moreno SN,Mason RP,Docampo R

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We focused on the epidemiology of alveolar echinococcosis especially in Japan and discussed control measures to prevent an epidemic. No effective control measures against alveolar echinococcosis have been identified thus far because it is difficult to fully understand the ecology of the parasite and its hosts, i.e. th...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Konno K,Oku Y,Tamashiro H

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis is a life-threatening human disease commonly known as kala-azar. Leishmania donovani is the causative agent of this parasitic disease transmitted by the sand fly vector to infect hosts. Triphenyl tin salicylanilide thiosemicarbazone [Ph(3)Sn(OSal.TSCZH)] (TTST) which is an organometallic complex...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Raychaudhury B,Banerjee S,Gupta S,Singh RV,Datta SC

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is endemic in the Republic of Kazakhstan, particularly in agro-pastoral areas. The purpose of this research is to study the epidemiological situation of brucellosis in livestock recorded in the Republic of Kazakhstan, and to identify the reasons why anti-brucellosis measures were not effective. The researc...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Syrym NS,Yespembetov BA,Sarmykova MK,Konbayeva GM,Koshemetov ZK,Akmatova EK,Bazarbaev M,Siyabekov ST

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferases (GSTs) perform several catalytic and non-catalytic roles in the defense against toxicities of electrophile compounds and oxidative stress, and therefore are involved in stress-response and cell detoxification. Previously, we have provided evidence indicating that EgGST2 and EgGST3, two phyloge...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lopez-Gonzalez V,La-Rocca S,Arbildi P,Fernandez V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, benzimidazoles are used as chemotherapeutic agents and as a complement to surgery and PAIR in the treatment of cystic echinococcosis (CE). They are generally applied at high doses causing side effects and, 50% of cases do not respond favorably to such chemotherapy. The use of essential oils obtained by dist...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Fabbri J,Maggiore MA,Pensel PE,Denegri GM,Gende LB,Elissondo MC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study performed an analysis of the ultrastructural changes induced by andiroba seed oil in the synganglion of Rhipicephalus sanguineus female ticks, aiming to provide scientific grounds to help in the creation of more specific and efficient methods of control. The synganglion consists of a mass of fused ne...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Roma GC,Camargo-Mathias MI,Nunes PH,Remédio RN,de Faria AU,Bechara GH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bashagard is an important malaria endemic area in south of Iran. An epidemiological and entomological survey was performed during 2002-2010. The aim of study was to determine malaria situation, species composition of anopheline mosquitoes and susceptibility status of main vectors to insecticides/larvicides. A total of...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Hanafi-Bojd AA,Vatandoost H,Oshaghi MA,Haghdoost AA,Shahi M,Sedaghat MM,Abedi F,Yeryan M,Pakari A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma levels of three soluble inducible adhesion molecules, namely: intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (sICAM-1), vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (sVCAM-1) and endothelial leucocyte adhesion molecule-1 (sELAM-1) or sE-selectin and the pro-inflammatory cytokine, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) were measured ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Tchinda VH,Tadem AD,Tako EA,Tene G,Fogako J,Nyonglema P,Sama G,Zhou A,Leke RG

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles minimus, an important malaria vector of South East Asia, has reappeared in the Singhbum hills, East-Central India where deforestation and DDT residual spraying had reportedly eliminated it during the Malaria Eradication Programme. The species reported has been identified as sibling species A of the An. minim...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Jambulingam P,Sahu SS,Manonmani A

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:China was once a country plagued by parasitic diseases. At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, nearly 80% of the population suffered from parasitic diseases because of poverty and poor sanitary conditions. After nearly 70 years of development, China has made remarkable achievements in the ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Zhang H,Liu C,Zheng Q

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 epidemic spread rapidly through China and subsequently proliferated globally leading to a pandemic situation around the globe. Human-to-human transmission, as well as asymptomatic transmission of the infection, have been confirmed. As of April 03, 2020, public health crisis in China due to COVID-19 was po...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Khan IM,Haque U,Zhang W,Zafar S,Wang Y,He J,Sun H,Lubinda J,Rahman MS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arboviruses have become a major public health concern in Brazil, especially after Zika virus (ZIKV) and Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) introduction, leading to massive epidemics. We conducted an investigation of arboviruses in patients with acute febrile illness for less than five days in Mato Grosso state (MT) during the ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： de Souza Costa MC,Siqueira Maia LM,Costa de Souza V,Gonzaga AM,Correa de Azevedo V,Ramos Martins L,Chavez Pavoni JH,Gomes Naveca F,Dezengrini Slhessarenko R

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an endemic area for Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis in the Nile Delta, survival of adult female Culex pipiens was estimated by parity rate, mosquito infection and infectivity rates. Infection rates and 4th instar larval populations, as well as infection and parity rates, were linearly correlated. Infectivity correl...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gad AM,Feinsod FM,Soliman BA,el Said S

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00