Diagnostic challenges of single plaque-like lesion paucibacillary leprosy.

abstract：:A list of 41 Apoidea (Hymenoptera) type specimens deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil is presented. The types previously belonged to the Zikán and Schrottky private collections. A total of 11 holotypes and 30 paratypes are listed with their respective dat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferraz MV

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of the activity of the aqueous and ethyl acetate extracts of the leaves of Piper regnellii was tested against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The aqueous extract displayed a weak activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minima...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pessini GL,Dias Filho BP,Nakamura CV,Cortez DA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1970 to 1982, 884 cases of human leptospirosis were serologically diagnosed at the Leptospirosis Laboratory, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, by means of the microscopic agglutination test. Of these patients, 775 were hospitalized in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and 109 were reported by other Brazilian cities. Ict...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade J,Brandão AP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coprolite samples of human and animal origin from the excavations performed at the archaeological site of Furna do Estrago, at Brejo da Madre de Deus in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil and sent to the Paleoparasitology Laboratory at Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública-Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, were analyzed for mites. Aft...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Candanedo Guerra Rde M,Gazêta GS,Amorim M,Duarte AN,Serra-Freire NM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A massive and homogeneous amount of amastigote-like forms was detected in the stomodeal valve (SV) and the thoracic mid-gut (TMG) of Leishmania major-infected Phlebotomus papatasi, which received a second blood meal 13 to 21 days post-infection on healthy anaesthetized hamsters. After re-feeding, the infected sand fli...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Añez N,Tang Y,Rojas A,Crisante G,Killick-Kendrick M,Killick-Kendrick R

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:A study of the phlebotomine sand fly fauna was carried out in an endemic area of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) in the municipality of Porteirinha, in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. Captures were performed with CDC light traps in 7 districts, 5 days per month, during 2 consecutive years (January 2000 to D...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barata RA,Silva JC,Costa RT,Fortes-Dias CL,Silva JC,Paula EV,Prata A,Monteiro EM,Dias ES

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In schistosomiasis, the host/parasite interaction remains not completely understood. Many questions related to the susceptibility of snails to infection by respective trematode still remain unanswered. The control of schistosomiasis requires a good understanding of the host/parasite association. In this work, the susc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abdel-Hamid AH,Rawi SM,Arafa AF

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The great difficulties in treating people and animals suffering from cryptosporidiosis have prompted the development of in vitro experimental models. Due to the models of in vitro culture, new extracellular stages of Cryptosporidium have been demonstrated. The development of these extracellular phases depends on the t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Perez Cordón G,Marin C,Romero D,Rosales C,Sánchez Moreno M,Rosales MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trypanosomatid cytoskeleton is responsible for the parasite's shape and it is modulated throughout the different stages of the parasite's life cycle. When parasites are exposed to media with reduced osmolarity, they initially swell, but subsequently undergo compensatory shrinking referred to as regulatory volume d...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dagger F,Valdivieso E,Marcano AK,Ayesta C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The subject of this conference reflects the scientific community's interest in seeking to understand the complex causal web whose various social, economic, and biological components interact in the production and reproduction of schistosomiasis and its control in relation to community participation. From the onset, th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbosa FS

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A ribosome association factor (AF) was isolated from the yeast Sacchharomyces cerevisiae. Partial amino acid sequence of AF was determined from its fragment of 25 kDa isolated by treating AF with 2-(2-nitrophenylsulfenyl)-3-methyl-3'-Bromoindolenine (BNPS-skatole). This sequence has a 86% identity to the product of th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Correia H,Medina R,Hernández A,Bustamante E,Chakraburtty K,Herrera F

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusually high incidence of microcephaly in newborns has recently been observed in Brazil. There is a temporal association between the increase in cases of microcephaly and the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic. Viral RNA has been detected in amniotic fluid samples, placental tissues and newborn and fetal brain tissues. H...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Noronha Ld,Zanluca C,Azevedo ML,Luz KG,Santos CN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In recent years, South America has suffered the burden of continuous high impact outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Aedes aegypti is the main mosquito vector of these arboviruses and its control is the only solution to reduce transmission. OBJECTIVES:In order to improve vector control it is essentia...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Salgueiro P,Restrepo-Zabaleta J,Costa M,Galardo AKR,Pinto J,Gaborit P,Guidez A,Martins AJ,Dusfour I

更新日期：2019-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble antigens (Ag) from Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, Histoplasma capsulatum and Aspergillus fumigatus were prepared and standardized by double immunodiffusion (DID) and immunoelectroosmophoresis (IEOP). No difference in sensitivity was observed between the two techniques; 100% of standard patient sera were positi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira-da-Cruz MF,Galvão-Castro B,Wanke B

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies are available on hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection in populations living in small and medium-sized Brazilian cities. We evaluated the seroprevalence of these viruses in selected individuals from a clinic of infectology, who were referred to...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Portelinha Filho AM,Nascimento CU,Tannouri TN,Troiani C,Ascêncio EL,Bonfim R,D'Andrea LA,Prestes-Carneiro LE

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) falquetoi, sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) is described from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This new species belongs to the series longipalpis and is easily distinguished from the other members of this taxon by the presence of five well-developed spines and a pre-apical spini...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto Ide S,Dos Santos CB

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses expo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carvalho LM,Thyssen PJ,Linhares AX,Palhares FA

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in North America in 1999, there have been several reports of WNV activity in Central and South American countries. To detect WNV in Brazil, we performed a serological survey of horses from different regions of Brazil using recombinant peptides from domain III of WNV. Positi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva JR,Medeiros LC,Reis VP,Chavez JH,Munhoz TD,Borges GP,Soares OA,Campos CH,Machado RZ,Baldani CD,Silva ML,Faria JL,Silva EE,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a general consensus that during chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection, the host immune system induces complex processes to ensure the control of parasite growth while preserving the potential to mount and maintain a life-long controlled humoral and cellular immune response against the invading pathogen. This re...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sathler-Avelar R,Vitelli-Avelar DM,Teixeira-Carvalho A,Martins-Filho OA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi infection and to estimate the parasitic infection rate (PIR) in simuliid black flies in the municipality of Pauini, Amazonas, Brazil. We used thick blood films to examine 921 individuals in 35 riverine communities along the Pauini and Purus ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Medeiros JF,Py-Daniel V,Barbosa UC,Izzo TJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Human herpesvirus 2 (HHV-2) have DNA genome with a limited genetic variability and have been classified into two clades. OBJECTIVES To identify and characterise six HHV-2 isolates derived from Brazilian women. METHODS HHV-2 isolates were performed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing of 2250 pb of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lima LRP,Araújo NA,Guterres A,Pilotto JH,Niel C,Paula VS

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been good progress in inferring the evolutionary relationships within trypanosomes from DNA data as until relatively recently, many relationships have remained rather speculative. Ongoing molecular studies have provided data that have adequately shown Trypanosoma to be monophyletic and, rather surprisingly, ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Stothard J

更新日期：2000-07-01 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:The time of progression towards AIDS can vary greatly among seropositive patients, and may be associated with host genetic variation. The NR1I2 (PXR) gene, a ligand-activated transcription factor, regulates the transcription immune pathway genes and can therefore be targets of viral replication mechanisms in...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Medeiros RM,Menti CF,Benelli JL,Matte MC,Melo MG,Almeida SE,Fiegenbaum M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：:This was a retrospective descriptive study on a series of cases of schistosomal myeloradiculopathy (SMR) and the aim was to investigate the incidence of this disease and its clinical and epidemiological characteristics in cases diagnosed at three healthcare units in Pernambuco, Brazil between 1994-2006. The data were ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Araújo KC,Silva Cda R,Santos AG,Barbosa CS,Ferrari TC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A seroepidemiological survey for toxocariasis, among 180 schoolchildren of the public schools of Sorocaba City, state of São Paulo, Brazil, was carried out from August 2000 to July 2001. ELISA test was performed using excretory and secretory antigens for the detection of IgG anti-Toxocara antibodies. Information regar...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coelho LM,Silva MV,Dini CY,Giacon Neto AA,Novo NF,Silveira EP

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00