A nuclear ribosomal DNA pseudogene in triatomines opens a new research field of fundamental and applied implications in Chagas disease.

abstract：:The goals of the present study were to evaluate the kinetics of blood parasitism by examination of fresh blood, blood culture (BC) and PCR assays and their correlation with heart parasitism during two years of infection in Beagle dogs inoculated with the Be-78, Y and ABC Trypanosoma cruzi strains. Our results showed t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Veloso VM,Guedes PM,Andrade IM,Caldas IS,Martins HR,Carneiro CM,Machado-Coelho GL,de Lana M,Galvão LM,Bahia MT,Chiari E

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:A simple and rapid method for differentiating the sibling species Biomphalaria tenagophila and Biomphalaria occidentalis by agarose gel electrophoresis (AGE) is described. Snail hemolymph is used as the test sample and the red coloration of the hemoglobin fraction permits visualization of the migration patterns withou...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bailey JB,Michelson EH,Paraense WL

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：:Experiments with Squamatoides trivitattus were carried out in two different controlled temperatures (16 +/- 1 degree C/50-60% RH and 27 +/- 1 degree C/70-80% RH). The viability of larvae and pupae at 27 degrees C was 89.82% and 92.75% respectively. Larvae did not develop at 16 degrees C. Larval development lasted for ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Salviano RJ,de Mello RP,Beck LC,d'Almeida JM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the distribution and infection of Biomphalaria glabrata with Schistosoma mansoni in all aquatic snail habitats in a rural area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in relation to physico/biotic and behavioral factors. Snail and environmental surveys were carried out semi-annually between July 2001...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kloos H,Passos LK,Loverde P,Oliveira RC,Gazzinelli A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixteen species of ectoparasites were collected from 50 wild rodents, from August 1990 to August 1991, in an area of Araucaria augustifolia forest, in the municipality of Tijucas do Sul, State of Paraná, Brazil. Ectoparasites infested 98% of the rodents, with the highest indices of infestation found in the drycool sea...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barros-Battesti DM,Arzua M,Linardi PM,Botelho JR,Sbalqueiro IJ

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As pyrethroids are presently the favored group of insecticides to control triatomines, we performed a series of bioassays to determine the intrinsic activity of some of the main compounds used in the control campaigns, against five of the main species of triatomines to be controlled. Comparing the insecticides it can ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira Filho AM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warileya lumbrerasi n. sp. is described from the northern Peruvian Andes. This species was collected inside houses, and is the seventh species described within the genus Warileya Hertig, 1948. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ogusuku E,Perez JE,Davies CR,Villaseca P

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

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：:The aim of the present study was to identify specific markers that mirror liver fibrosis progression as an alternative to biopsy when biopsy is contraindicated, especially in children. After liver biopsies were performed, serum samples from 30 hepatitis C virus (HCV) paediatric patients (8-14 years) were analysed and ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nassef YE,Shady MM,Galal EM,Hamed MA

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine the best type of rabies vaccine to use as a booster, 78 serological samples from singly vaccinated cattle were analyzed by counterimmunoelectrophoresis technique. The animals were divided into several groups, received the first vaccine dose with modified live virus vaccine (ERA strain) and were r...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira AN,Andrade MC,Silva MV,Moura WC,Cortez Contreiras E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living in close association with a vertebrate host and feeding on its blood requires different types of adaptations, including behavioural adjustments. Triatomines exhibit particular traits associated with the exploitation of their habitat and food sources and these traits have been the subject of intense analysis. Ma...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lazzari CR,Lorenzo MG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a list of 131 Mallophaga type specimens deposited in the Werneck Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. It includes 69 holotypes, 62 allotypes, 683 paratypes, 1 syntype and 2 neoparatypes, distributed among 6 families and 35 genera. The types are listed with their respect...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cardozo-de-Almeida M,Linardi PM,Costa J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to characterise the ground-level larval habitats of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus, to determine the relationships between habitat characteristics and larval abundance and to examine seasonal larval-stage variations in Córdoba city. Every two weeks for two years, 15 larval habitats (na...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Grech M,Sartor P,Estallo E,Ludueña-Almeida F,Almirón W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several genes related to the ubiquitin (Ub)-proteasome pathway, including those coding for proteasome subunits and conjugation enzymes, are differentially expressed during the Schistosoma mansoni life cycle. Although deubiquitinating enzymes have been reported to be negative regulators of protein ubiquitination and sh...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pereira RV,Vieira HG,Oliveira VF,Gomes Mde S,Passos LK,Borges Wde C,Guerra-Sá R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies conducted all over the world have reported that the influenza virus is associated with great morbidity and mortality rates. In this study, we analyzed the incidence of the influenza virus between 2000 and 2003 in Curitiba. We studied 1621 samples obtained from outpatients and hospitalized patients of b...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Vidal LR,Siqueira MM,Nogueira MB,Raboni SM,Pereira LA,Takahashi GR,Rotta I,Debur Mdo C,Dalla-Costa LM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cells have been implicated as critical effector cells in protection against the pre-erythrocytic stage of malaria in mice and humans following irradiated sporozoite immunization. Immunization experiments in animal models by several investigators have suggested different strategies for vaccination against malari...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira-Ferreira J,Daniel-Ribeiro C

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triatoma brasiliensis is composed of at least four geographic populations (brasiliensis, melanica, macromelasoma, and juazeiro) that have distinct chromatic, morphologic, biologic and ecologic patterns, and genetic composition. Reciprocal crosses between all pairwise combinations were carried out in order to evaluate ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Costa J,Almeida CE,Dujardin JP,Beard CB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper reports acuarioid nematodes recovered from avian hosts. A new species of the genus Schistorophus Railliet, 1916 is proposed based mainly on findings referring to ptilina, spicules and vagina. Ancyracanthopsis coronata (Molin, 1860) Chabaud & Petter, 1959 is referred again in Brazil since its proposit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto RM,Vicente JJ,Muniz-Pereira LC,Noronha D

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The insect fat body plays major roles in the intermediary metabolism, in the storage and transport of haemolymph compounds and in the innate immunity. Here, the overall structure of the fat body of five species of mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus, Aedes fluviatilis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles aquasalis and Anophele...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Martins GF,Serrão JE,Ramalho-Ortigão JM,Pimenta PF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction fragment length polymorphism of the 195 bp repeated DNA sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi was analyzed among 23 T. cruzi stocks giving a reliable picture of the whole phylogenetic variability of the species. The profiles observed with the enzymes Hinf I and Hae III were linked together and supported the ex...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bastrenta B,Bosseno MF,Barnabé C,Tibayrenc M,Brenière SF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue is an arthropod-borne viral disease with a majority of asymptomatic individuals and clinical manifestations varying from mild fever to severe and potentially lethal forms. An increasing number of genetic studies have outlined the association between host genetic variations and dengue severity. Genes a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ornelas AMM,Xavier-de-Carvalho C,Alvarado-Arnez LE,Ribeiro-Alves M,Rossi ÁD,Tanuri A,de Aguiar RS,Moraes MO,Cardoso CC

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the influence of water in Helicobacter pylori culturability and membrane integrity has been extensively studied, there are little data concerning the effect of this environment on virulence properties. Therefore, we studied the culturability of water-exposed H. pylori and determined whether there was any relatio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Guimarães NM,Azevedo NF,Vieira MJ,Figueiredo C

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：:Catadiscus pomaceae sp. n. from the intestine of the prosobranch mollusc Pomacea canaliculata (Lamarck, 1801), is described. The host snail was collected from a lenitic biotope belonging to the Riachuelo basin (Corrientes province, Argentina) during 1985-1986. So far the species of the genus Catadiscus Cohn, 1904 have...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Hamann MI

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute infection with Trypanosoma cruzi results in intense myocarditis, which progresses to a chronic, asymptomatic indeterminate form. The evolution toward this chronic cardiac form occurs in approximately 30% of all cases of T. cruzi infection. Suppression of delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) has been proposed as a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Thé TS,Portella RS,Guerreiro ML,Andrade SG

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：:The lack of an experimental animal model for the study of dengue pathogenesis is a limiting factor for the development of vaccines and drugs. In previous studies, our group demonstrated the susceptibility of BALB/c mice to infection by dengue virus (DENV) 1 and 2, and the virus was successfully isolated in several org...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rasinhas ADC,Silva MAND,Caldas GC,Jácome FC,Leonardo R,Santos FBD,Nunes PCG,Barth OM,Barreto-Vieira DF

更新日期：2018-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, IgA1 levels in the milk and serum of puerperae were compared and a correlation was established between the levels of this immunoglobulin and the occurrence of parasitism. Eighty-three paired milk and serum samples were obtained from puerperal and IgA1 levels were analyzed. In addition, the presence of i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Manhani MN,Cruz JM,Ferreira DM,Abdallah VO,Souza MA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00