Molecular epidemiology of Leptospira interrogans in Rattus norvegicus in Hanoi, Vietnam.

abstract：:On the ecological scale of an organism, a homogeneous geographical landscape can represent a mosaic of heterogeneous landscapes. The bionomy of Kerteszia mosquitoes can contribute to foundation landscape ecology by virtue of in the role of the configuration and composition of the habitat played in the distribution of ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chaves LSM,Rodrigues de Sá IL,Bergamaschi DP,Sallum MAM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of three recombinant clones containing the histone H2A locus isolated from a genomic library of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA shows that the H2A gene loci are formed by 1.2 and 0.76 kb long intercalated units organized in a head-to-tail tandem array. The difference in length between the two gene units is due to t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Thomas MC,Olivares M,Escalante M,Marañón C,Montilla M,Nicholls S,López MC,Puerta C

更新日期：2000-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Coxiellosis is a zoonotic disease caused by the ubiquitous bacteria Coxiella burnetii, which can be spread either through ticks or through body fluids. In humans the infection is characterized by a febrile disease; ruminants may abort and reduce their milk yield, causing serious production losses for the farmer. In In...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Shome R,Deka RP,Milesh L,Sahay S,Grace D,Lindahl JF

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The major factor which has aggravated the situation is the emergence of multidrug resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria. To successfully deal with the problem, thorough understanding of the molecular bases for reduced parasite sensitivity to ex...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chaijaroenkul W,Wisedpanichkij R,Na-Bangchang K

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：:Macrophages infected with amastigotes of Leishmania mexicana mexicana as compared to normal macrophages show decreased migration both randomly and through a 5 microns pore in response to a known chemotaxin, an increased ability to pinocytose and an increased bactericidal ability. Unless very heavily parasitized their ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bray RS,Heikal B,Kaye PM,Bray MA

更新日期：1983-03-01 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

abstract：:30 Trypanosoma cruzi strains isolated from chronic chagasic patients were studied at the genotype level by RAPD with arbitrary primers and SSR-PCR analysis. The genetic distance of strains was measured by the percentage of unshared bands. The results showed that the strains isolated from chronic patients from differen...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gomes ML,Macedo AM,Pena SD,Chiari E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present investigation, it has been demonstrated that cattle become resistant to ticks after several heavy infestations, particularly with B. microplus. During development of the infestations, antibodies against salivary glands of B. microplus were detected using 2 techniques: indirect immunofluorescence and imm...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Brossard M

更新日期：1976-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kato-Katz technique is the method routinely used for diagnosing human schistosomiasis mansoni by estimating faecal egg burdens. To improve the sensitivity of faecal diagnosis, we established and validated a novel separation technique based upon the greater density of viable schistosome eggs relative to faecal mate...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Eberl M,al-Sherbiny M,Hagan P,Ljubojevic S,Thomas AW,Wilson RA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six Cercopithecus aethiops monkeys, 4 Theropithecus gelada baboons and 2 Papio anubis baboons were infected using Leishmania aethiopica isolates originating either from localized (LCL) or diffuse (DCL) cutaneous leishmaniasis patients. The history of lesions in 4 C. aethiops monkeys infected by LCL strains mimicked th...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Hailu A,Negesse Y,Abraham I

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glugea eda n. sp. is described from the mesenteries of the striated fusilier, Caesio striata, collected from the Red Sea coast off Yanbu' al Bahr, Saudi Arabia. Numerous blackish xenomas, ranged from 3 to 5 mm, were found in the body cavity associated with the mesenteries. Mature spores are monomorphic, ellipsoidal wi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mansour L,Zhang JY,Abdel-Haleem HM,Darwish AB,Al-Quraishy S,Abdel-Baki AS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The information in this protocol covers from the basic steps and material necessary to start a sand fly colony up to the specific details which are important to the success of a Nyssomyia neivai colony. The greatest problems in our colony of Ny. neivai were solved with specific care, for instance, using vermiculite an...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Goulart TM,da Rocha Silva FB,Machado VE,Oliveira WHC,de Castro CF,Rodrigues MVN,Pinto MC

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Equity is an important criterion in evaluating health system performance. Developing a framework for equitable and effective resource allocation for health depends upon knowledge of service providers and their location in relation to the population they should serve. The last available map of health service providers ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Noor AM,Gikandi PW,Hay SI,Muga RO,Snow RW

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is second only to tuberculosis as the leading cause of morbidity and mortality as a consequence of a single infectious agent. Much of the pathology of malaria arises from the inappropriate or excessive immune response mounted by the host in an attempt to eliminate the parasite. We here report the inflammatory ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lacerda-Queiroz N,Lima OC,Carneiro CM,Vilela MC,Teixeira AL,Teixeira-Carvalho A,Araújo MS,Martins-Filho OA,Braga EM,Carvalho-Tavares J

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:The prevalence of schistosomiasis due to S. japonicum is focally high in the lake regions of China, and reinfection after treatment with praziquantel is frequent. In this study, the total reinfection rate among 740 treated persons was 12.9%. Factors associated with reinfection were age and sex, water contact and the d...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Wu Z,Bu K,Yuan L,Yang G,Zhu J,Liu Q

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is a fatal but preventable disease that remains notoriously underreported. Weak data availability hampers advocacy, constitutes a barrier to resource allocation and inhibits effective prevention and control. To gain better insight into the global rabies burden and human vaccine demand several studies were funde...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Léchenne M,Traore A,Hattendorf J,Kallo V,Oussiguere A,Tetchi M,Moyengar R,Traore AK,Moto DD,Ngandolo R,Bonfoh B,Zinsstag J

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased insecticides resistance by vectors and the ecological harm imposed by insecticides to beneficial organisms drawback mosquitoes chemical control efforts. Biological control would reduce insecticides tolerance and yet biodiversity friend. The predatory and non-predatory effects of Gambusia affinis and Cara...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chobu M,Nkwengulila G,Mahande AM,Mwang'onde BJ,Kweka EJ

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coadministration of tubercidin and ethidium to mice infected with Trypanosoma gambiense gave a better parasite clearance than either of the single drugs. The combination was also more toxic to the mice but the inclusion of nitrobenzylthioinosinate in the therapy significantly alleviated the toxicity of the drug co...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ogbunude PO,Ikediobi CO

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne diseases affect millions of individuals worldwide; the area of endemic transmission has been increasing due to several factors linked to globalization, urban sprawl, and climate change. The Aedes aegypti mosquito plays a central role in the dissemination of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and urban yellow fe...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lorenz C,Chiaravalloti-Neto F,de Oliveira Lage M,Quintanilha JA,Parra MC,Dibo MR,Fávaro EA,Guirado MM,Nogueira ML

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is considerable evidence that trypanosomatid species vary in their metabolic characteristics, that they vary in the mechanisms by which they control these characteristics, and that a single species may vary metabolically without varying structurally. Studies to date from a number of laboratories also indicate th...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Janovy J Jr

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In July 1989, blood samples were collected from parasitaemic cattle in the Ghibe valley, Ethiopia, frozen in liquid nitrogen and transported to Nairobi, Kenya. Twelve of the stabilates were inoculated into individual Boran (Bos indicus) calves and characterised for their sensitivity, in turn, to diminazene aceturate (...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Codjia V,Mulatu W,Majiwa PA,Leak SG,Rowlands GJ,Authié E,d'Ieteren GD,Peregrine AS

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Definitions of the term 'challenge' as applied to the African trypanosomiases are reviewed. Data from one West and one East African site show simple linear relationships between the incidence of trypanosomiasis in both humans and animals, and either the amount of man-tsetse contact, or the Apparent Density of flies. D...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Rogers DJ

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personal protection measures have become an important tool against mosquito nuisance. The severity of mosquito nuisance and the type and costs of personal protection measures in the Pondicherry region in South India have been investigated, using a structured questionnaire. The number of respondents sampled was 300 in ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Snehalatha KS,Ramaiah KD,Vijay Kumar KN,Das PK

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal manifestations of acute symptomatic uncomplicated falciparum malaria were studied in 184 consecutive children aged from 6 months to 15 years. Vomiting was the most common and epigastralgia the least common presenting symptom. Peripheral parasite density was higher in children who were vomiting tha...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Sowunmi A,Ogundahunsi OA,Falade CO,Gbotosho GO,Oduola AM

更新日期：2000-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology is a promising arena for generating new applications in Medicine. To successfully functionalised nanoparticles for a given biomedical application, a wide range of chemical, physical and biological factors have to be taken into account. Silica-coated nanoparticles, (SiO2NP) exhibit substantial diagnostic...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Aly I,Taher EE,El Nain G,El Sayed H,Mohammed FA,Hamad RS,Bayoumy EM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The last decade has seen an increase in investment and concerted efforts by the Malawi Ministry of Health and partners to control malaria disease. This report summarizes what is known about the burden of malaria and the strategies being implemented to control it in Malawi. Over the past 5 years, roll out of treatment ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mathanga DP,Walker ED,Wilson ML,Ali D,Taylor TE,Laufer MK

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lyophilized cells (sealed and unsealed) and water dispersible powders (WDPs) of two indigenous isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis var.israelensis were stored at -10, 4, 30 and 40 degrees C for up to 4 years and checked for activity. Lyophilized cells stored in sealed condition at -10, 4 and 30 degrees C and WDPs store...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Manonmani AM,Prabakaran G,Hoti SL

更新日期：2008-02-01 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