First report of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the State of Acre and Rondônia, Amazon, Brazil.

abstract：:Human visceral (VL, also known as Kala-azar) and cutaneous (CL) leishmaniasis are important infectious diseases affecting countries in East Africa that remain endemic in several regions of Ethiopia. The transmission and epidemiology of the disease is complicated due to the complex life cycle of the parasites and the i...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kassahun A,Sadlova J,Dvorak V,Kostalova T,Rohousova I,Frynta D,Aghova T,Yasur-Landau D,Lemma W,Hailu A,Baneth G,Warburg A,Volf P,Votypka J

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:2,3-bis(Trifluoromethyl)-4-(3-hydroxyquinuclidinylquinoline) or MC(1) is a new synthetic compound with potent antimalarial activity in vitro and in vivo studies. The IC(50) values of MC(1) and chloroquine in in vitro culture of Plasmodium falciparum are 7.0x10(-8) and 6.06x10(-7)M, respectively. In an in vivo study us...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Satayavivad J,Watcharasit P,Khamkong P,Tuntawiroon J,Pavaro C,Ruchirawat S

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the main cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. Humans are accidental hosts, becoming infected due to ingestion of raw intermediate (snails and slugs) or paratenic hosts. Once ingested, the larvae migrate towards the brain where they die, causing the disease. To develop better mollusk c...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mendes TMF,Carrilho E,Galinaro CA,Cabral FJ,Allegretti SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The murine monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody NP30 is a promising therapeutic antibody against Schistosoma japonicum. However, the immunogenicity of murine NP30 limits its further study and application in humans. Here the chimeric Fab of NP30 (chFab-NP30) comprising the variable regions of murine NP30 and constant reg...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Xu J,Zhu XJ,Li YH,Dai Y,Zhu YC,Zheng J,Feng ZQ,Guan XH

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is one of the most important public health threats in many regions across Africa, Europe, and Asia. This study used ecological niche modeling analyses to map the environmental suitability of both CCHF virus (CCHFV), and its tick vectors (Amblyomma variegatum, Dermacentor marginat...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Okely M,Anan R,Gad-Allah S,Samy AM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Greece has been recently affected by several mosquito borne diseases with the West Nile Virus (WNV) outbreak in 2010 being one of the largest reported in Europe. Currently at the epicenter of an economic and refugee crisis and visited by over 16 million tourists a year the integrated management of diseases transmitted...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Fotakis EA,Chaskopoulou A,Grigoraki L,Tsiamantas A,Kounadi S,Georgiou L,Vontas J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:393 primary school children were screened for Schistosoma haematobium using four indirect techniques (a) history of haematuria, (b) visual appearance of urine and use of chemical reagent strips to detect presence of (c) blood and (d) protein in urine. Results showed that the use of chemical reagent strips for the dete...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Sarda RK,Minjas JN,Mahikwano LF

更新日期：1985-09-01 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：:Vector control of Chagas disease in the past decades has been mainly based on chemical control. Fundación Mundo Sano is implementing an Integral Chagas Program in a rural area of the Argentinean Gran Chaco Region since 2002. The objective of this study was to analyze both, temporal and spatial variation of infestation...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Weinberg D,Porcasi X,Lanfri S,Abril M,Scavuzzo CM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a study to assess zoonotic milk-borne health risks, seasonal survey data and unpasteurized milk samples were collected between January 1999 and February 2000 from randomly selected informal milk market agents (220 and 236 samples in the dry and wet seasons, respectively) and from households purchasing raw m...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Arimi SM,Koroti E,Kang'ethe EK,Omore AO,McDermott JJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to determine the presence of hemagglutination inhibition (HI) and neutralization antibodies against Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) in wild pigs on an offshore island in Singapore. Blood samples were collected from 28 wild pigs on the island. All the sera tested with HI assay and plaque reducti...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： See E,Tan HC,Wang D,Ooi EE,Lee MA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adults of three ampullariid species were examined for their ability to affect the population growth of Biomphalaria glabrata (M line strain) under laboratory conditions in which food (lettuce) was supplied ad libitum over an eleven week interval. Lanistes carinatus and Pila ovata were obtained from Kenya, and Marisa c...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Stryker GA,Koech DK,Loker ES

更新日期：1991-06-01 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 levels of immunoglobulin classes (IgG, IgM and IgA) along with B lymphocyte population size were estimated in 24 kala-azar (KA) patients and results were compared with those obtained from 30 controls. A marked increase in the level of IgG and to a lesser extent in that of IgM was noted in the sera of KA patients. ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Neogy AB,Nandy A,Dastidar BG,Chowdhury AB

更新日期：1986-09-01 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：:In 2009, a survey was conducted in Reunion Island to determine the renal leptospiral load in black rats trapped in the field. The concentration of leptospires in kidney tissue was calculated using qPCR. Our results showed high inter-individual variations of renal bacterial load in naturally infected black rats (mean=8...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Desvars A,Michault A,Chiroleu F

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:Sm14 and paramyosin are two major Schistosoma mansoni vaccine candidate antigens. Recently, we have identified Sm14 and paramyosin epitopes that are recognized by T cells of resistant individuals living in endemic areas for schistosomiasis. Herein, mice were immunized with these peptides separately or in association i...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Garcia TC,Fonseca CT,Pacifico LG,Durães Fdo V,Marinho FA,Penido ML,Caliari MV,de Melo AL,Pinto HA,Barsante MM,Cunha-Neto E,Oliveira SC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional method of estimating parasite densities employ an assumption of 8000 white blood cells (WBCs)/μl. However, due to leucopenia in malaria patients, this number appears to overestimate parasite densities. In this study, we assessed the accuracy of parasite density estimated using this assumed WBC count i...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Liu H,Feng G,Zeng W,Li X,Bai Y,Deng S,Ruan Y,Morris J,Li S,Yang Z,Cui L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albendazole, anthelmintic benzimidazole (BZ) is being co-administered with an antifilarial drug, diethylcarbamazine (DEC), in lymphatic filariasis (LF) elimination programmes. But this drug is known to result in the faster development of drug resistance and hence it is necessary to monitor drug sensitivity among popul...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Hoti SL,Subramaniyan K,Das PK

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission risk for vector borne disease is greatest during periods of heightened vector activity. Triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), which transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, are generally considered nocturnal, but their patterns of activity in controlled settings have rarely be...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Wormington JD,Gillum C,Meyers AC,Hamer GL,Hamer SA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported a higher seroprevalence of HBV and HCV in leprosy patients than in the general population, but the reasons for these findings are not yet clear. On the other hand, there is evidence that these viruses may influence the onset of leprosy reactional episodes, an important cause of neurological sequel...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Costa JEF,Morais VMS,Gonçales JP,Silva DM,Coêlho MRCD

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brucellosis is caused by the genus Brucella. Brucella is widely distributed in cattle, swine, sheep, goat and other mammals including human. Animal brucellosis causes severe economic losses and affects related international transportation and trade. Human brucellosis causes both acute and chronic symptoms of multi-org...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Deng H,Zhou J,Gong B,Xiao M,Zhang M,Pang Q,Zhang X,Zhao B,Zhou X

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slaughterhouse surveys are important in the detection and management of zoonotic diseases. Routine reports from the Kumasi slaughterhouse, in the Ashanti region of Ghana, include cases of zoonotic diseases. Due to its location and size, Kumasi is the major cattle market and an important transit point for cattle trade ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Otupiri E,Adam M,Laing E,Akanmori BD

更新日期：2000-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential oils (EOs) are potential tools for controlling Musca domestica L. In a fumigant assay, M. domestica adults treated with Citrus sinensis EO (LC50=3.9mg/dm(3)), with (4R)(+)-limonene (95.1%) being its main component, died within 15min or less. The terpenes absorbed by the flies and their metabolites, analyzed ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Rossi YE,Palacios SM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyriproxyfen is a growth regulator used for the control of different insect pests, including Musca domestica. To assess the risk of resistance and to develop a strategy for resistance management, a field strain of M. domestica was exposed to pyriproxyfen in the laboratory for 30 generations. The inheritance mode, real...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Shah RM,Abbas N,Shad SA,Varloud M

更新日期：2015-02-01 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：:Mansonella perstans is a vector-borne human filarial nematode, transmitted by tiny blood-sucking flies (biting midges). It is widespread in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa and also occurs in parts of Central and South America. Despite the commonness of this parasite very few studies have been carried out on its epide...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Simonsen PE,Onapa AW,Asio SM

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:A PCR-RFLP based method was developed to diagnose and identify the Leishmania species causing American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) in a panel of clinical samples obtained from an endemic region of Brazil. The comparison of the results obtained by PCR-RFLP and PCR-hybridization in the identification of Leishmania (Vi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Volpini AC,Passos VM,Oliveira GC,Romanha AJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00