The effectiveness of tipi in the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis--a preliminary report.

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 an endemic area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro State where a mule had been found infected, a systematic search among equines was performed, resulting in the detection of Leishmania parasites in skin lesions of 30.8% of the animals, which included horses and mules. The eventual role of equines in the e...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Aguilar CM,Rangel EF,Deane LM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Discs of polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked with glutaraldehyde were synthesized under acid catalysis (H2SO4). Then, the antigen F1 purified from Yersinia pestis was covalently linked to this modified polymer. Afterwards, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was established for the diagnosis of plague in rabbit an...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Araujo AM,Petribú AT,Sales Barbosa GH,Diniz JR,de Almeida AM,Mendes Azevedo W,Malagueño E,Carvalho Júnior LB

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India was affected by a major outbreak of chikungunya fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) during 2006-2007. Kerala was the worst affected state during 2007 with a contribution of 55.8% suspected cases in the country. However, except for clinically reported case records, no systematic information is available on ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kumar NP,Suresh A,Vanamail P,Sabesan S,Krishnamoorthy KG,Mathew J,Jose VT,Jambulingam P

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Serological evidence of West Nile virus (WNV) infection has been reported in different regions of Brazil from equine and human hosts but the virus had never been isolated in the country. OBJECTIVES:We sought to identify the viral etiology of equine encephalitis in Espírito Santo state. METHODS:We performed...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Martins LC,Silva EVPD,Casseb LMN,Silva SPD,Cruz ACR,Pantoja JAS,Medeiros DBA,Martins Filho AJ,Cruz EDRMD,Araújo MTF,Cardoso JF,Cunha MACRD,Almada GL,Romano APM,Santos MGDP,Rodrigues GAP,Chiang JO,Quaresma JAS,Carvalho

更新日期：2019-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the susceptibility to benznidazole of two parental Trypanosoma cruzi strains, Colombian and Berenice-78, was compared to isolates obtained from dogs infected with these strains for several years. In order to evaluate the susceptibility to benznidazole two groups of mice were infected with one of five dis...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Veloso VM,Carneiro CM,Toledo MJ,Lana M,Chiari E,Tafuri WL,Bahia MT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) plays a major role in liver pathology. Similar to other members of the herpesvirus family, EBV establishes a persistent infection in more than 90% of adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of EBV and chronic hepatitis C co-infection (HCV) on biochemical and immunological resp...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Shoman S,Nabil M,Tabl A,Ghanem H,Kafrawy SE

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several protozoan parasites exist in the Trypanosomatidae family, including various agents of human diseases. Multiple lines of evidence suggest that important differences are present between the translational and mRNA processing (trans splicing) systems of trypanosomatids and other eukaryotes. In this context, certai...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva MT,Ambrósio DL,Trevelin CC,Watanabe TF,Laure HJ,Greene LJ,Rosa JC,Valentini SR,Cicarelli RM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study we investigated the larval dispersal associated with larval predation in experimental populations of Chrysomya albiceps and Cochliomyia macellaria. Frequency distribution of sampling units (G test) in the substrate was used to evaluate variation in larval dispersal. An experimental acrylic channel (1 x 0...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Andrade JB,Rocha FA,Rodrigues P,Rosa GS,Faria Ldel B,Von Zuben CJ,Rossi MN,Godoy WA

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Lutzomyia umbratilis, the vector for Leishmania guyanensis in northern South America, has been found naturally infected with L. guyanensis only in areas north of the Negro and Amazon rivers. While populations of this sand fly species are also found in areas south of these rivers, these populations have never...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Soares RP,Nogueira PM,Secundino NF,Marialva EF,Ríos-Velásquez CM,Pessoa FAC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) have been identified as the etiological agent in various infections and are currently the microorganisms most frequently isolated in nosocomial infections. However, little is known about the virulence factors produced by CNS that contribute to the pathogenesis of infections cause...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cunha Mde L,Rugolo LM,Lopes CA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence, associated risk factors, and predictors of cytological alteration outcomes in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women over an 18-month period. HPV was typed through L1 gene sequencing in cervical smears collected durin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Meyrelles AR,Siqueira JD,Santos PP,Hofer CB,Luiz RR,Seuánez HN,Almeida G,Soares MA,Soares EA,Machado ES

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomatids are parasites that cause disease in humans, animals, and plants. Most are non-pathogenic and some harbor a symbiotic bacterium. Endosymbiosis is part of the evolutionary process of vital cell functions such as respiration and photosynthesis. Angomonas deanei is an example of a symbiont-containing trypa...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Penha LL,Hoffmann L,Souza SS,Martins AC,Bottaro T,Prosdocimi F,Faffe DS,Motta MC,Ürményi TP,Silva R

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several parasitological studies carried out in El Salvador between 2000-2012 showed a higher frequency of acute cases of Chagas disease than that in other Central American countries. There is an urgent need for improved Chagas disease surveillance and vector control programs in the provinces where acute Chagas disease...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sasagawa E,Aguilar AV,Ramírez MA,Chévez JE,Nakagawa J,Cedillos RA,Kita K

更新日期：2014-04-01 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：:An epidemic of sporotrichosis, a subcutaneous mycosis caused by the fungus Sporothrix schenckii, is ongoing in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in which cases of human infection are related to exposure to cats. In an attempt to demonstrate the zoonotic character of this epidemic using molecular methodology, we characterised by...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Reis RS,Almeida-Paes R,Muniz Mde M,Tavares PM,Monteiro PC,Schubach TM,Gutierrez-Galhardo MC,Zancopé-Oliveira RM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies on the sandfly fauna to evaluate natural infection indexes are still limited in the Brazilian Amazon, a region with an increasing incidence of cutaneous leishmaniasis. Here, by using a multiplex polymerase chain reaction directed to Leishmania kDNA and hybridisation, we were able to identify L. (Viannia) subge...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Araujo-Pereira T,Pita-Pereira D,Boité MC,Melo M,Costa-Rego TA,Fuzari AA,Brazil RP,Britto C

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

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：:Acute cases of schistosomiasis have been found on the coastal area of Pernambuco, Brazil, due to environmental disturbances and disorderly occupation of the urban areas. This study identifies and spatially marks the main foci of the snail host species, Biomphalaria glabrata on Itamaracá Island. The chaotic occupation ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbosa CS,Araújo KC,Antunes L,Favre T,Pieri OS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four diamines and three amino alcohols derived from 1-decanol, 1-dodecanol and 1,2-dodecanediol were evaluated in an in vitro assay against a mixture of trypomastigote and intracellular amastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Two of these compounds (6 and 7) showed better activity against both proliferative stages of T...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sales Júnior PA,Rezende Júnior CO,Le Hyaric M,Almeida MV,Romanha AJ

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, the development of new tools to gather field information about vector ecological parameters has increased. This report evaluated the BG-Sentinel Trap (BGS-Trap), a promising new attempt to improve collection of the dengue vector, Aedes aegypti. The efficacy of the BGS-Trap was compared with the CDC ba...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Maciel-de-Freitas R,Eiras AE,Lourenço-de-Oliveira R

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:In this paper a discussion is made on the pathogenesis of schistosomiasis mansoni in mice, presented from the perspectives of "processes", "mediators", "strategies for study" and "disease". These concepts overlap considerably. Regarding "processes", granulomas, fibrosis and vasculitis are discussed. The role of mediat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cheever AW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sand flies were collected in the central region of the state of Rondônia (W 64 degrees 30' to 63 degrees 00' and S 10 degrees 00'to 11 degrees 00') using Shannon and CDC light traps from October 1997 to August 2000. A total of 85,850 specimens representing 78 named species were captured. Of these 14 were new records f...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gil LH,Basano SA,Souza AA,Silva MG,Barata I,Ishikawa EA,Camargo LM,Shaw JJ

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or malaria affect millions of people each year and control solutions are urgently needed. An international research program is currently being developed that relies on the introduction of the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis into Aedes aegypti to cont...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Popovici J,Moreira LA,Poinsignon A,Iturbe-Ormaetxe I,McNaughton D,O'Neill SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Only one drug is currently available for the treatment and control of schistosomiasis and the increasing risk of selecting strains of schistosome that are resistant to praziquantel means that the development of new drugs is urgent. With this objective we have chosen to target the enzymes modifying histones and in part...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pierce RJ,Dubois-Abdesselem F,Caby S,Trolet J,Lancelot J,Oger F,Bertheaume N,Roger E

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In visceral leishmaniasis, phlebotomine vectors are targets for control measures. Understanding the ecosystem of the vectors is a prerequisite for creating these control measures. This study endeavours to delineate the suitable locations of Phlebotomus argentipes with relation to environmental characteristics between ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kesari S,Bhunia GS,Kumar V,Jeyaram A,Ranjan A,Das P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacteria, specially Mycobacterium tuberculosis are among the micro-organisms that are increasing dramatically the number of infections with death, all over the world. A great number of animal experimental models have been proposed to investigate the mechanisms involved in the host response against these intracellu...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Menezes-de-Lima-Júnior O,Henriques M das G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00