Variation in Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) container productivity in a slum and a suburban district of Rio de Janeiro during dry and wet seasons.

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：: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：:Cytokines are important in the cell-mediated response to Schistosoma mansoni eggs. We have found that Th2 cytokine responses (e.g. IL-4 and IL-5) are augmented after egg laying begins while Th1 responses (IL-2 and IFN-gamma) are down regulated in S. mansoni infected mice. Treatment of mice with anti-IL-5 monoclonal an...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cheever AW,Xu Y,Macedonia JG,Cox T,Hieny S,Sher A

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:A pseudogene, designated as "ps(5.8S+ITS-2)", paralogous to the 5.8S gene and internal transcribed spacer (ITS)-2 of the nuclear ribosomal DNA (rDNA), has been recently found in many triatomine species distributed throughout North America, Central America and northern South America. Among characteristics used as crite...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Zuriaga MA,Mas-Coma S,Bargues MD

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of the present study was to examine if there is difference in terms of incidence rates of congenital toxoplasmosis among populations assisted in public and private hospitals from Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. A total of 805 serum samples from cord blood were collected, being 500 from publ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Segundo GR,Silva DA,Mineo JR,Ferreira MS

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:During studies of Simuliidae at a suspected new focus of human onchocerciasis in central Brazil a new species of Simulium was found. Full descriptions of the adults and pupae of this species, S. cuasiexiguum, are described here, its affinities to closely related species in the subgenus Notolepria are discussed and its...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Shelley AJ,Luna Dias AP,Maia-Herzog M,Lowry CA,Garritano PR,Penn M,Camargo M

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：:Tungiasis is a parasitic skin disease widespread in resource-poor urban and rural communities in Brazil. Inhabitants of an urban slum in Northeast Brazil were examined for the presence of tungiasis lesions and followed-up twice a week for a period of three weeks. Each time the number, stages, and topographic localizat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Feldmeier H,Kehr JD,Poggensee G,Heukelbach J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study objective was to evaluate the cytokines associated with early events of hepatic fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni. Hepatic fibrosis was classified by ultrasonography in 94 patients. Immunological evaluation was performed by measurement of secreted cytokines (interleukin IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, interferon-gamm...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Magalhães A,Miranda DG,Miranda RG,Araújo MI,Jesus AA,Silva A,Santana LB,Pearce E,Carvalho EM,Jesus AR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between pyogenic liver abscesses and schistosomiasis has been confirmed by clinical and experimental studies. In this retrospective study of 78 patients with pyogenic liver abscesses the association with schistosomiasis has been investigated. Pyodermitis, a known focus of bacteremia, was observed in 19...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Teixeira R,Pfeilsticker FJ,Santa Cecília GD,Nobre V,Fonseca LP,Serufo JC,Coelho PM,Lambertucci JR

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polysaccharide-rich fraction (ATF) of medicinal mushroom Agaricus brasiliensis was evaluated on the candidacidal activity, H2O2 and nitric oxide (NO) production, and expression of mannose receptors by murine peritoneal macrophages. Mice received three intraperitoneal (i.p.) injections of ATF and after 48 h their per...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Martins PR,Gameiro MC,Castoldi L,Romagnoli GG,Lopes FC,Pinto AV,Loyola W,Kaneno R

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Two of the major problems facing the Amazon - human migration from the other areas and uncontrolled deforestation - constitute the greatest risk for the establishment of endemic Chagas disease in this part of Brazil. At least 18 species of triatomines had been found in the Brazilian Amazon, 10 of them infected with Tr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coura JR,Junqueira AC,Boia MN,Fernandes O

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess differentiation and relationships between Anopheles lesteri and Anopheles paraliae we established three and five iso-female lines of An. lesteri from Korea and An. paraliae from Thailand, respectively. These isolines were used to investigate the genetic relationships between the two taxa by crossing experime...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Taai K,Baimai V,Saeung A,Thongsahuan S,Min GS,Otsuka Y,Park MH,Fukuda M,Somboon P,Choochote W

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many helminth infected hosts the number of eosinophils increases dramatically, often without any concurrent increases in the number of other leukocytes, so that eosinophils become the dominant cell type. Many experimental investigations have shown that the eosinophilia is induced by interleukin-5 (IL-5) but its fun...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ovington KS,Behm CA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To analyze whether electrocardiographic alterations (ECGA) in patients with antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi showed a pattern of familial aggregation, a sample of 379 young adults (166 men and 213 women) distributed in sibships, were assessed for the presence of anti-T. cruzi antibodies, and subjected to a complete cli...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Morini JC,Berra H,Dávila HO,Pividori JF,Bottasso OA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the Leptospira genus. Vaccination with bacterins has severe limitations. Here, we evaluated the N-terminal region of the leptospiral immunoglobulin-like B protein (LigBrep) as a vaccine candidate against leptospirosis using immunisation strategies...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Forster KM,Hartwig DD,Oliveira TL,Bacelo KL,Schuch R,Amaral MG,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Mexico, despite the relatively high seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in humans in some areas, reported morbidity of Chagas disease is not clear. We determined clinical stage in 71 individuals seropositive to T. cruzi in the state of Puebla, Mexico, an area endemic for Chagas disease with a reported ser...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sánchez-Guillén Mdel C,López-Colombo A,Ordóñez-Toquero G,Gomez-Albino I,Ramos-Jimenez J,Torres-Rasgado E,Salgado-Rosas H,Romero-Díaz M,Pulido-Pérez P,Pérez-Fuentes R

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermophilic campylobacters were isolated from three sewage plants in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil and identified. Laboratory analysis of 390 sewage samples showed the presence of 169 thermophilic strains. The results demonstrated that human and animal pathogenic biotypes could be isolated from activated sludge during t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lauria-Filgueiras AL,Hofer E

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies are available on hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) co-infection in populations living in small and medium-sized Brazilian cities. We evaluated the seroprevalence of these viruses in selected individuals from a clinic of infectology, who were referred to...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Portelinha Filho AM,Nascimento CU,Tannouri TN,Troiani C,Ascêncio EL,Bonfim R,D'Andrea LA,Prestes-Carneiro LE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raoultella planticola is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that is associated with rare but life-threatening cases of bacteremia, biliary tract infections, and urinary tract infections. Moreover, increasing antimicrobial resistance in the organism poses a potential threat to public health. In spite of its importance as a ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Huang YT,Chuang WY,Ho BC,Wu ZY,Kuo RC,Ko M,Liu PY

更新日期：2018-08-27 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：:Triatoma brasiliensis is composed of at least four geographic populations (brasiliensis, melanica, macromelasoma, and juazeiro) that have distinct chromatic, morphologic, biologic and ecologic patterns, and genetic composition. Reciprocal crosses between all pairwise combinations were carried out in order to evaluate ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Costa J,Almeida CE,Dujardin JP,Beard CB

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were infected subcutaneously with 1.0 x 10(4) to 1.5 x 10(4) metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi (Colombian strain). Parasitological and immunological parameters were evaluated in these animals for periods of 1 month to over 3 years. A chagoma was observed between the 3rd an...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bonecini-Almeida Mda G,Galvão-Castro B,Pessoa MH,Pirmez C,Laranja F

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful inflammatory condition occurring mainly in the later half of life. Hip and knee are the joints mostly affected. Petiveria alliacea (tipi) popularly known as an anti-rheumatic medicine, has been used by OA patients to relief pain. This one-week cross-over double-blind trial has p...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferraz MB,Pereira RB,Coelho Andrade LE,Atra E

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：:A case-control study was conducted to determine the presence ofMycobacterium lepraeDNA in nasal secretions of leprosy cases and nonleprosy individuals in Fortaleza, Brazil. It included 185 cases identified by physicians at the Dona Libânia National Reference Centre for Sanitary Dermatology (CDERM). A control group (Co...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lima LN,Frota CC,Mota RM,Almeida RL,Pontes MA,Gonçalves Hde S,Rodrigues LC,Kendall C,Kerr L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Since the early 1990s, programs to control Chagas disease in South America have focused on eradicating domiciliary Triatoma infestans, the main vector. Seroprevalence studies of the chagasic infection are included as part of the vector control programs; they are essential to assess the impact of vector contr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Russomando G,Cousiño B,Sanchez Z,Franco LX,Nara EM,Chena L,Martínez M,Galeano ME,Benitez L

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00