Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region.

abstract：:Genomic DNA fragments from males of Psychodopygus wellcomei were isolated and shown to be useful as sensitive diagnostic probes for positively separating individuals of this species from those of Ps. complexus. These two members of the Ps. squamiventris series are found sympatrically in foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ready PD,Lainson R,Shaw JJ,Souza AA

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, published in Rio de Janeiro in February 2014 (109: 87-92), Adami et al. have published a survey reporting Mansonella parasite prevalence in the Amazon Region. This report makes a useful contribution to the existing knowledge of filarial parasite distribution wit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Luz SL,Crainey JL,Shelley AJ,Rubio M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study (April-September 2003) was designed to investigate the roles of the main viruses responsible for cases of acute infantile gastroenteritis in hospitalised children up to two years of age. The viruses were identified in 64.7% (88/136) of the cases and the detection rates of rotavirus A (RVA), no...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira MS,Cubel Garcia Rde C,Xavier Mda P,Ribeiro RL,Assis RM,Mota Mdo C,Leite JP,Miagostovich MP,de Oliveira SA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cross sectional studies on malaria prevalence was performed in 2001, 2002, and 2004 in Vila Candelária, an urban riverside area of Porto Velho, Rondônia, in the Brazilian Western Amazon, followed by longitudinal surveys on malaria incidence. Vila Candelária is a working class district, provided with electricity, water...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Tada MS,Marques RP,Mesquita E,Dalla Martha RC,Rodrigues JA,Costa JD,Pepelascov RR,Katsuragawa TH,Pereira-da-Silva LH

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas heart disease (CHD) results from infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is the leading cause of infectious myocarditis worldwide. It poses a substantial public health burden due to high morbidity and mortality. CHD is also the most serious and frequent manifestation of chronic Chagas diseas...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rassi A Jr,Rassi A,Marin-Neto JA

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent DM = IDDM) is a chronic disease characterized by specific destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in an absolute lack of insulin. Immune mechanisms, genetic susceptibility, and environmental factors are all implicated in the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes. This stud...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fidan I,Yüksel S,Kalkanci A,Imir T,Kustimur S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Fluctuations in climate have been associated with variations in mosquito abundance. OBJECTIVES To analyse the influence of precipitation, temperature, solar radiation, wind speed and humidity on the oviposition dynamics of Aedes aegypti in three distinct environmental areas (Brasília Teimosa, Morro da Conce...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Santos ICDS,Braga C,de Souza WV,de Oliveira ALS,Regis LN

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, some morphological structures of antennae, maxillary palps and caudal setae of fourth instar larvae of laboratory-reared phlebotomine sand flies (Lutzomyia longipalpis, L. migonei, L. evandroi, L. lenti, L. sericea, L. whitmani and L. intermedia) of the State of Ceará, Brazil, were examined under...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pessoa FA,Guerra de Queiroz R,Ward RD

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Psychodid sand flies are blood-sucking fly vectors of several parasitic diseases. The oldest definitive record of this group is from the Lower Cretaceous amber of Lebanon (circa-135 to -125 My), but the high diversity within this group supports the idea that the psychodoids originated much earlier in history. The pala...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Azar D,Nel A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More sensitive methodologies are necessary to improve strongyloidiasis diagnosis. This study compared the sensitivities of the McMaster modified technique and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, both performed in faecal samples. Lewis rats were subcutaneously infected with 4,000, 400 or 40 infective third-stage la...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Marra NM,Chiuso-Minicucci F,Machado GC,Zorzella-Pezavento SF,França TG,Ishikawa LL,Amarante AF,Sartori A,Amarante MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies against heart vascular structures and striated muscle cells interstitium (EVI antibodies) persist in Chagas' disease patients who had been cured by specific treatment as demonstrated by negative xenodiagnosis, conventional serology (CS) and complement mediated lysis (CoML). On the other hand, EVI antibodies...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Brener Z,Ramirez LE,Krettli AU,Cançado JR

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the country of Brazil, Santa Catarina is a major shellfish producer. Detection of viral contamination is an important step to ensure production quality and consumer safety during this process. In this study, we used a depuration system and ultraviolet (UV) disinfection to eliminate viral pathogens from artifici...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Corrêa Ade A,Rigotto C,Moresco V,Kleemann CR,Teixeira AL,Poli CR,Simões CM,Barardi CR

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Biomphalaria glabrata snails are widely distributed in schistosomiasis endemic areas like America and Caribe, displaying high susceptibility to infection by Schistosoma mansoni. After the availability of B. glabrata genome and transcriptome data, studies focusing on genetic markers and small non-coding RNAs ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Queiroz FR,Portilho LG,Jeremias WJ,Babá ÉH,do Amaral LR,Silva LM,Coelho PMZ,Caldeira RL,Gomes MS

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several factors appear to affect vertical HIV-1 transmission, dependent mainly on characteristics of the mother (extent of immunodeficiency, co-infections, risk behaviour, nutritional status, immune response, genetical make-up), but also of the virus (phenotype, tropism) and, possibly, of the child (genetical make-up)...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bongertz V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Kilombero Malaria Project (KMP) attempts to define operationally useful indicators of levels of transmission and disease and health system relevant monitoring indicators to evaluate the impact of disease control at the community or health facility level. The KMP is a longitudinal community based study (N = 1024) i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Teuscher T

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：:The effects of radiation on the reproductive capacity and the longevity of Panstrongylus megistus were studied. An indirect correlation between longevity and radiation doses was observed. Males were more affected than females. Longevity of females submitted to 10 Gy was not different when compared to controls. Some of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Verçosa P,Falcão PH,Furtado AF

更新日期：1993-04-01 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：:We used a slide culture technique to detect tubercle bacilli surviving in sputum smears (n=46) after conventional heat fixation and Ziehl-Neelsen staining. In all heat-fixed sputum smears, tubercle bacilli survived after time 0 (n=22), 24 h (n=7), 48 h (n=7), 72 h (n=4), and seven days (n=6). None of the stained sputu...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cardoso CL,Giacomelli LR,Helbel C,Sant'Ana JJ,Martins FM,Barreto AM

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Angiostrongylus costaricensis lives in the cecal and mesenteric arteries of its vertebrate hosts, and causes an inflammatory disease in humans. To investigate unknown aspects of the abdominal angiostrogyliasis pathogenesis, infected Sigmodon hispidus were sequentially studied in different times of infection. The study...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mota EM,Lenzi HL

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 listed schistosomiasis among the leading 100 causes of death in Brazil, responsible for 3.6% of the estimated total of deaths globally. Eye and adnexa are very rarely affected by schistosomiasis mansoni, with limited documentation of ocular pathology in this setting. This short ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fidelis TAA,Brasileiro-Filho G,Santos HH,Vasconcelos-Santos DV,Parreiras PM,Coelho PMZ,Araujo N,Chaud MV,Lambertucci JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In laboratory trials an aqueous solution of Piquerol A from Piqueria trinervia, collected in several regions of Mexico, showed a molluscicide action on the adults of eight different pulmonates snails species: Fossaria (Fossaria) humilis, F. (Bakerilymnaea) sp., Pseudosuccinea columella and Stagnicola attenuata from Me...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cruz-Reyes A,Chavarin C,Campos Arias MP,Taboada J,Jimenez M

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 1996 to March 2000, a total of 884 children between 0 and 15 years, from 11 institutions including day care centres, public urban and public rural schools in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, central Brazil, were examined for head louse infestation. Children's sex, race, age and some hairs characteristi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Borges R,Mendes J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Given their medical and veterinary relevance, the members of the Pipiens Assemblage are a worldwide target of ecological research. The distribution of Culex pipiens s.s. and Cx. quinquefasciatus converge in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where hybrids have been detected. Each member of the assemblage exhibits a distinct eco...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cardo MV,Rubio A,Junges M,Vezzani D,Carbajo AE

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of flow cytometry to clinical and experimental hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are discussed in this review covering the following topics: diagnosis and classification of lymphohematologic disorders, quantitation of hematopoietic progenitors in the graft, lymphohematopoietic reconstitution ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Voltarelli JC

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Early Cretaceous flagellates with characters typical of trypanosomatids were found in the gut of sand fly larvae, as well as in surrounding debris, in Burmese amber. This discovery supports a hypothesis in which free-living trypanosomatids could have been acquired by sand fly larvae in their feeding environment and th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Poinar G Jr

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A shift from large to small average sizes was observed in Triatoma infestans and Rhodnius domesticus between field and domestic (or laboratory) conditions of life. It was more pronounced in the female specimens, leading to a subsequent reduction of sexual size dimorphism. This feature is discussed in terms of genetic ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dujardin J,Steinden M,Chavez T,Machane M,Schofield C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00