Seroprevalence of HBV, HCV and HIV co-infection in selected individuals from state of São Paulo, Brazil.

abstract：:A cross-sectional study for schistosomiasis was carried out in the localities of Aliança, Alegre and Coroatá (districts of Cururupu, São Bento and São João Batista, respectively) in the lowland of the state of Maranhão, after respectively 13, 11 and 4 mass treatments with oxamniquine in the period of ten years (1977-1...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cutrim RN,Coura JR

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infection of Hep-2 cells proceeds through bacterial attachment to cell surface and internalization of adhered bacteria. EPEC attachment is a prerequisite for cell infection and is mediated by adhesins that recognize carbohydrate-containing receptors on cell membrane. Such endocytosis-in...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade JR,Da Silva CC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromatin of Trypanosoma congolense was analyzed by electron microscopy. The chromatin is organized as nucleosome filaments but does not form a 30 nm fiber. There are five groups of histones, including a histone H1-like protein, which as a molecular weight within the range of the core histones, and is extremely hy...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Schlimme W,Burri M,Betschart B,Hecker H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study was conducted in Manaus, Brazil, to monitor changes of adult Aedes aegypti (L.) abundance. The objectives were to compare mosquito collections of two trap types, to characterise temporal changes of the mosquito population, to investigate the influence of meteorological variables on mosquito collec...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Degener CM,Ázara TM,Roque RA,Codeço CT,Nobre AA,Ohly JJ,Geier M,Eiras ÁE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current drug options for the treatment of chronic Chagas disease have not been sufficient and high hopes have been placed on the use of genomic data from the human parasite Trypanosoma cruzi to identify new drug targets and develop appropriate treatments for both acute and chronic Chagas disease. However, the lack...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Alves-Ferreira M,Guimarães AC,Capriles PV,Dardenne LE,Degrave WM

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chagas disease is a public health problem caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. There is currently no effective therapy for Chagas disease. Although there is some evidence for the beneficial effect of bone marrow-derived cells in chagasic disease, the mechanisms underlying their effects i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Irion CI,Paredes BD,Brasil GV,Cunha STD,Paula LF,Carvalho AR,Carvalho ACC,Carvalho AB,Goldenberg RCDS

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted to determine the selection of humans, chickens and rabbits by Culicidae in three different environments in the province of Chaco, Argentina. Mosquitoes were collected fortnightly using cylindrical metal traps containing animal bait (chickens and rabbits). The mosquitoes were collected between Ju...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Stein M,Zalazar L,Willener JA,Almeida FL,Almirón WR

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A semiarid area of northwest Costa Rica where Lutzomyia longipalpis is common in corrals around houses is described. Monthly captures of the sandfly during two consecutive years for fixed periods of time indicated that the insect bites avidly cows, horses, pigs, dogs and humans. From a total of 14,215 specimens, 90.5%...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Zeledón R,Murillo J,Gutierrez H

更新日期：1984-10-01 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：:This study aimed at identifying the best ovitrap installation sites for gravid Aedes aegypti in Mirassol, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Ovitraps were installed in ten houses per block over ten blocks. Four ovitraps were placed per residence, one in the bedroom, one in the living room, and two outdoors with one in a shel...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dibo MR,Chiaravalloti-Neto F,Battigaglia M,Mondini A,Favaro EA,Barbosa AA,Glasser CM

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The phlebotomine sand flies Nyssomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) and Nyssomyia neivai (Pinto, 1926) are very close and may be involved in the transmission of Leishmania spp. Ross, 1903 in Brazil. The biology of the first laboratory-reared generations of these species, descended from insects captured in Além Paraí...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade Filho JD,Galati EA,Falcão AL

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis, or kala-azar, is recognised as a serious emerging public health problem in India. In this study, environmental parameters, such as land surface temperature (LST) and renormalised difference vegetation indices (RDVI), were used to delineate the association between environmental variables and Phl...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kesari S,Bhunia GS,Chatterjee N,Kumar V,Mandal R,Das P

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:Genes associated with wound healing have been shown to be risk factors for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) which is caused by Leishmania braziliensis. In this study, we examined whether the genes previously associated with CL influenced the clinical outcome. Patients were genotyped and retrospectively classified as respo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： da Hora AS,de Almeida LF,do Lago TS,Machado PR,Castellucci LC

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents epidemiological, laboratory, and clinical data on 12 years of dengue virus activity in the State of Rio de Janeiro from the time the disease was first confirmed virologically in April 1986 through April 1998. DEN-1 and DEN-2 viruses are the serotypes circulating in the state and were responsible fo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nogueira RM,Miagostovich MP,Schatzmayr HG,dos Santos FB,de Araújo ES,de Filippis AM,de Souza RV,Zagne SM,Nicolai C,Baran M,Teixeira Filho G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirteen species of helminth parasites were recovered from six species of charadriid shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) from Belize: the ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres, the snowy plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, the semipalmated plover, C. semipalmatus, the killdeer, C. vociferus, the white-rumped sandpiper, Cali...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Canaris AG,Kinsella JM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the diff...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ajayi OO,Duhlinska DD,Agwale SM,Njoku M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyse changes in the spatial distribution of Lutzomyia longipalpis in Posadas, an urban area located in northeastern Argentina. Data were obtained during the summer of 2007 and 2009 through two entomological surveys of peridomiciles distributed around the city. The abundance distribution pattern ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fernández MS,Santini MS,Cavia R,Sandoval AE,Pérez AA,Acardi S,Salomón OD

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Patients with acute schistosomiasis were studied before and after oxamniquine treatment. They had been exposed to cercariae 5 to 9 weeks before, and presented compatible clinical manifestations, eosinophilia, and high levels of total IgE. Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-4 were measured by ELISA in whole b...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Souza JR,Morais CN,Aroucha ML,Miranda PJ,Barbosa CS,Domingues AL,Carvalho Júnior LB,Abath FG,Montenegro SM

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of adhesion of three different strains of Trichomonas vaginalis to a polystyrene substrate was analysed. The process of adhesion was dependent on the time of incubation and the pH of the phosphate-buffered solution (PBS) in which the parasites were suspended. The highest indices of adhesion were observed a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva Filho FC,Elias CA,De Souza W

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：:The extent of genomic variability of clones of Schistosoma mansoni obtained from field isolates was compared with that of strains that have been laboratory maintained. Analysis was undertaken using randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) generated with three primers. Phenograms showing the similarity among the clo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto PM,Brito CF,Passos LK,Tendler M,Simpson AJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The triatomine bug Triatoma infestans probably originated in Bolivia and dispersed passively over wide areas of South America, where it is the principal vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. In the region of its probable origin this species shows colonization in two different ecotopes, so that it may be encountered in sylvatic...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pires HH,Barbosa SE,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triatoma guasayana and two putative cryptic species pertaining to T. sordida complex (named groups 1 and 2) occur in sympatry in the Bolivian Chaco. Using multilocus enzyme electrophoresis and subsequent genetic analysis, our work assesses their population distribution and dispersal capacity in domestic, peridomestic,...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Noireau F,Gutierrez T,Flores R,Breniere F,Bosseno MF,Wisnivesky-Colli C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the potential of Mesocyclops annulatus as a control agent of Aedes aegypti in La Plata city (Argentina). Mosquito larval survivorship due to predation by these copepods was estimated at weekly intervals during the oviposition period of A. aegypti. Mean weekly A. aegypti larval survivorship in cylindrical ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Marti GA,Micieli MV,Scorsetti AC,Liljesthröm G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faeces from 17 children less than 1.6 years old and 15 adults more than 22 years old were collected during an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a day care nursery and screened for the presence of adenovirus and rotavirus by enzyme immunoassay (EIARA) and other viruses by electron microscopy (EM) and polyacrylamide gel el...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Castro L,Rodrigues Ddos P,Flauzino R,Moura M,Leite JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The principal vector of malaria in eastern Venezuela, Anopheles aquasalis, is exophagic and exophilic. Control using indoor insecticide house sprays has failed to lower the number of malaria cases. Therefore, studies were initiated in two villages of the eastern coastal state of Sucre to better understand this vector'...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Berti J,Zimmerman R,Amarista J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute Chagas disease (ACD) has a distinct epidemiological profile in the Amazon Region, with cases and outbreaks of Trypanosoma cruzi infection being possibly related to the ingestion of contaminated food. Data on ACD in the state of Pará retrieved from 2000 to 2016 from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information S...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Santos VRCD,Meis J,Savino W,Andrade JAA,Vieira JRDS,Coura JR,Junqueira ACV

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the distribution of lectin receptors on Trypanosoma cruzi blood forms collected from mice inoculated with, respectively, the drug-resistant and drug-sensitive strains VL-10 and CL, and treated with the two standard active nitroheterocyclic compounds nifurtimox and benznidazole used for treatme...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fontes G,Romanha AJ,Pereira ME,Brener Z

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00