Taenia solium metacestode immunodominant peptides recognized by IgG antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid and serum paired samples from patients with active and inactive neurocysticercosis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermediate hosts are key organisms in maintaining parasite life cycles, because they can act as amplifiers in the transmission from natural reservoirs to humans. One of the most important groups of intermediate hosts for zoonotic nematode infections are gastropods,slugs and snails. These are essential orga...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Valente R,Robles MDR,Diaz JI

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in small towns is sometimes made without the species identification of the Leishmania, even in areas without previous epidemiological surveys. Here we report the isolation of a Leishmania strain from a patient of Rincão, state of São Paulo, that was identified by isoenzym...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto MC,Rosa JA,Fernandes ZM,Graminha MA,Mine JC,Allegretti SM,Delort S,Riedel C,Paes EL,Cupolillo E

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, we have celebrated the centenary of the discovery of Toxoplasma gondii.Although this ubiquitous protozoan can generate devastating damage in foetuses and newborns, its treatment is the only field in which we have made little progress, despite a huge body of research, and has not yet been validated. Pregnant w...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Peyron F

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vaccine Bacillus of Calmette Guérin (BCG) was originally developed in France as an oral vaccine against tuberculosis. The oral use of this vaccine was replaced by the parenteral route in almost all countries after the Lubeck disaster. In contrast, Brazil retained the oral delivery of the vaccine until the mid-seve...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Benévolo-de-Andrade TC,Monteiro-Maia R,Cosgrove C,Castello-Branco LR

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aedes albopictus was found in six of the 10 departments of Haiti and in 14 of the 35 communes surveyed. The survey found the larvae of Ae. albopictus in 13 different types of containers. Used tires and tins were by far the most common breeding sites used by this mosquito species. At the breeding sites, Ae. albopictus ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fernández Mdel C,Jean YS,Callaba CA,López LS

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cases of five patients with unusual manifestations of acute schistosomiasis mansoni are described in this paper. One patient developed skin lesions, three displayed diverse lung involvement, and one presented pyogenic liver abscesses caused by Staphylococcus aureus. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lambertucci JR,Rayes AA,Barata CH,Teixeira R,Gerspacher-Lara R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patterns of parasite abundance and prevalence are thought to be influenced by several host characteristics such as size, sex, developmental stage, and seasonality. We examined two obligatory ectoparasites of the bat Noctilio leporinus (L.) (Chiroptera, Noctilionidae) to test whether prevalence and abundance of Noctili...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Moura MO,Bordignon MO,Graciolli G

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms that facilitate the adaptation of Trypanosoma cruzi to two distinct hosts, insect and vertebrate, are poorly understood, in part due to the limited ability to perform gene disruption studies by homologous recombination. This report describes a developmentally-defective phenotype that resulted from integ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Zacks MA

更新日期：2007-02-01 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 natural lignans veraguensin and grandisin have been reported to be active against Trypanosoma cruzi bloodstream forms. Aiming at the total synthesis of these and related compounds, we prepared three 2-arylfurans and eight 2,5-diarylfurans. They were evaluated for their potential as T. cruzi trypanothione reductase...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Oliveira RB,Vaz AB,Alves RO,Liarte DB,Donnici CL,Romanha AJ,Zani CL

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Saimiri monkey, an experimental host for human malaria, acquired protection against Plasmodium falciparum blood stages depends on the IgG antibody populations developed. In vivo protective anti-falciparum activity of IgG antibodies is correlated with the in vitro opsonizing activity promoting phagocytosis of pa...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gysin J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of endogenous stages of Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae was observed in epithelial cells of cecum and colon crypts from a goat experimentally infected with 2.0 x 10(5) oocysts/kg. The secondary meronts developed above the nucleus of the host cell. The nucleus first divides and merozoites then form on the ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Vieira LS,Lima JD,Ribeiro MF,Bozzi IA,Camargos ER

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1970 to 1982, 884 cases of human leptospirosis were serologically diagnosed at the Leptospirosis Laboratory, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, by means of the microscopic agglutination test. Of these patients, 775 were hospitalized in the city of Rio de Janeiro, and 109 were reported by other Brazilian cities. Ict...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade J,Brandão AP

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Brazilian studies involving entomological succession patterns in carcasses have been used to describe the necrophagous entomofauna of a determined municipality or region with forensic objectives. Following the same objectives, an ecological study with 10 calyptrate dipterans was carried out during the winter of 2007 a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbosa RR,Mello-Patiu CA,Ururahy-Rodrigues A,Barbosa CG,Queiroz MM

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Chagas disease, resulting from Trypanosoma cruzi infections, continues to be a health concern mainly in Latin American countries where the parasite is endemic. The laboratory diagnosis of a chronic infection is determined through serological assays for antibodies against T. cruzi and several tests are avail...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sáez-Alquezar A,Junqueira ACV,Durans ADM,Guimarães AV,Corrêa JA,Provance DW Jr,Cabello PH,Coura JR,Viñas PA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis in humans usually involves hypokalaemia and hypomagnesaemia and the putative mechanism underlying such ionic imbalances may be related to nitric oxide (NO) production. We previously demonstrated the correlation between serum levels of NO and the severity of renal disease in patients with severe leptospir...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Santos CS,Azevedo EC,Soares LM,Carvalho MO,dos Santos AC,das Chagas AD Jr,da Silva CL,Chagas UM,dos Reis MG,Athanazio DA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scientists have increasingly recognised that low methodological and analytical rigour combined with publish-or-perish incentives can make the published scientific literature unreliable. As a response to this, large-scale systematic replications of the literature have emerged as a way to assess the problem empirically....

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Neves K,Carneiro CF,Wasilewska-Sampaio AP,Abreu M,Valério-Gomes B,Tan PB,Amaral OB

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) cruzi has been named as a probable vector of Leishmania chagasi in Corumbá, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Taxonomically L. cruzi is closely related to the L. longipalpis species complex. Females of L. cruzi and L. longipalpis are morphologically indistinguishable and associated males must be examin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Brazil RP,Hamilton JG

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As in many areas of Brazil, the AIDS epidemic in Curitiba is relatively stable, but surveillance is important to support public policy. The molecular characteristics of HIV may be instrumental for monitoring epidemic trends. We evaluated plasma HIV-1 RNA (n = 37) from 38 cases presenting with positive serology, who we...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira JL,Thomaz M,Rodrigues R,Harrad D,Oliveira CM,Oliveira CA,Batista JP,Ito TS,Brigido LF

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As pyrethroids are presently the favored group of insecticides to control triatomines, we performed a series of bioassays to determine the intrinsic activity of some of the main compounds used in the control campaigns, against five of the main species of triatomines to be controlled. Comparing the insecticides it can ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira Filho AM

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, IgA1 levels in the milk and serum of puerperae were compared and a correlation was established between the levels of this immunoglobulin and the occurrence of parasitism. Eighty-three paired milk and serum samples were obtained from puerperal and IgA1 levels were analyzed. In addition, the presence of i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Manhani MN,Cruz JM,Ferreira DM,Abdallah VO,Souza MA

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study updates the geographic distributions of phlebotomine species in Central-West Brazil and analyses the climatic factors associated with their occurrence. The data were obtained from the entomology services of the state departments of health in Central-West Brazil, scientific collections and a literature revie...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Almeida PS,Andrade AJ,Sciamarelli A,Raizer J,Menegatti JA,Hermes SC,Carvalho Mdo S,Gurgel-Gonçalves R

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sibling species of Biomphalaria, B. tenagophila and B. occidentalis were identified using isozyme patterns obtained by horizontal gel electrophoresis. Six diagnostic enzymatic loci were identified in digestive gland homogenates. The results enable us to distinguish the species, calculate the Nei's coefficient of g...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mascara D,Morgante JS

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) falquetoi, sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) is described from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This new species belongs to the series longipalpis and is easily distinguished from the other members of this taxon by the presence of five well-developed spines and a pre-apical spini...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto Ide S,Dos Santos CB

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：: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：:After the acute hyperergic phase of schistosomal infection, the chronic phase of the disease corresponds to the establishment of a relative equilibrium between the host and the parasite. This involves: (1) A shift from the predominance of the TH2 response observed in the acute phase, to the predominance of the TH1 res...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Borojevic R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have been interested in identifying genes that play a role in reproduction of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Our interests are currently focused on the vitellogenin genes which in the mosquito are expressed only in the fat body in response to the insect steroid hormone, 20-hydroxyecdysone. Four of the five vitellogeni...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Hamblin MT,Marx JL,Wolfner MF,Hagedorn HH

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:Peritoneal exudate cells from mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni (S-PEC) can kill schistosomula in vitro in the presence of immune serum. S-PEC produce a low level of respiratory burst, and schistosomula mortality in their presence is not reduced when exogenous antioxidants are added, suggesting that with S-PEC, o...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Smith JM,Mikoji GM,Prichard RK

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00