Susceptibility of Anopheles aquasalis and an. darlingi to Plasmodium vivax VK210 and VK247.

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：:A preliminary study of the pharmacokinetic parameters of t-Butylaminoethanethiol (TBAESH) was performed after administration of a single dose (35 mg/kg) either orally or intravenously. Plasma or blood samples were treated with dithiothreitol, perchloric acid and, after filtration, submitted to further purification wit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade MH,Freire AC,Nelson DL

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dual function of eosinophils has been evidenced in protective immunity against parasites as well as in pathological manifestations during allergic disorders. We have demonstrated that a new class of IgE receptors, Fc epsilon RII/CD23, was involved in the functional duality of eosinophils and other proinflammatory ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nutten S,Trottein F,Gounni AS,Papin JP,Capron A,Capron M

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present paper, we announce new draft genomes of four Leptospira interrogans strains named Acegua, RCA, Prea, and Capivara. These strains were isolated in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, from cattle, dog, Brazilian guinea pig, and capybara, respectively. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kremer FS,Eslabão MR,Jorge S,Oliveira NR,Labonde J,Santos MN,Monte LG,Grassmann AA,Cunha CE,Forster KM,Moreno LZ,Moreno AM,Campos VF,McBride AJ,Pinto LS,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic Chagas disease diagnosis relies on laboratory tests due to its clinical characteristics. The aim of this research was to review commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostic test performance. Performance of commercial ELISA or PCR for the diagnosis of chron...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Brasil PE,Castro R,Castro Ld

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：: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：:A one year-long study (March 1979-March 1980) was carried out at San Esteban, an endemic focus of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Northern Venezuela, with the aim of observing the seasonal fluctuation of the local phlebotomine sandflies species. The influence of climatic factors (temperature, relative humidity and rainfall...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Feliciangeli MD

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations in the katG gene have been identified and correlated with isoniazid (INH) resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates. The mutation AGC-->ACC (Ser-->Thr) at katG315 has been reported to be the most frequent and is associated with transmission and multidrug resistance. Rapid detection of this mutation c...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Verza M,Maschmann Rde A,Silva MS,Dalla Costa ER,Ribeiro MO,Rosso F,Suffys PN,Tortoli E,Marcelli F,Zaha A,Rossetti ML

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We characterized the Plasmodium falciparum antigen 332 (Ag332) which is specifically expressed during the asexual intraerythrocytic cycle of the parasite. The corresponding Pf332 gene has been located in the subtelomeric region of chromosome 11. Furthermore, it is present in all strains so far analyzed and shows marke...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mattei D,Scherf A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Necrophagous insects, mainly Diptera and Coleoptera, are attracted to specific stages of carcass decomposition, in a process of faunistic succession. They are very important in estimating the postmortem interval, the time interval between the death and the discovery of the body. In studies done with pig carcasses expo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carvalho LM,Thyssen PJ,Linhares AX,Palhares FA

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:This study sought the characterization of rotaviruses in a trial with a tetravalent rhesus-human rotavirus vaccine in Belém, Brazil in children who received three doses of vaccine or placebo in the 1st, 3rd and 5th months of life. Rotavirus electropherotypes, subgroups, G serotypes, G, [P] and [P], G genotypes were de...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mascarenhas JD,Linhares AC,Gabbay YB,Leite JP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acoustic signalling has been extensively studied in insect species, which has led to a better understanding of sexual communication, sexual selection and modes of speciation. The significance of acoustic signals for a blood-sucking insect was first reported in the XIX century by Christopher Johnston, studying the hear...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Vigoder Fde M,Ritchie MG,Gibson G,Peixoto AA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forty-three (31.4%) out of 137 serum samples obtained from two Indian communities living in the Amazon region were found to be positive for HTLV-I antibody, as tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Eighty-two sera were collected from Mekranoiti Indians, yielding 39% of positivity, whereas 11 (20.0%) of ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nakauchi CM,Linhares AC,Maruyama K,Kanzaki LI,Macedo JE,Azevedo VN,Casseb JS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a technique to separate male and female pupae of sand flies. This has reduced the labour to separate flies after emergence and also allows the isolation of unmated adults for behavioural and physiological studies. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Brazil BG,Brazil RP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An unusually high incidence of microcephaly in newborns has recently been observed in Brazil. There is a temporal association between the increase in cases of microcephaly and the Zika virus (ZIKV) epidemic. Viral RNA has been detected in amniotic fluid samples, placental tissues and newborn and fetal brain tissues. H...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Noronha Ld,Zanluca C,Azevedo ML,Luz KG,Santos CN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack of an experimental animal model for the study of dengue pathogenesis is a limiting factor for the development of vaccines and drugs. In previous studies, our group demonstrated the susceptibility of BALB/c mice to infection by dengue virus (DENV) 1 and 2, and the virus was successfully isolated in several org...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rasinhas ADC,Silva MAND,Caldas GC,Jácome FC,Leonardo R,Santos FBD,Nunes PCG,Barth OM,Barreto-Vieira DF

更新日期：2018-02-05 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 this transversal study, factors related to infection with and transmission of Schistosoma mansoni were explored. Based on stool examinations of two Kato-Katz smears of a single sample, the prevalences of schistosomiasis and geohelminths were established. In a multivariable analysis, sets of demographic, socio-econo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Enk MJ,Lima AC,Barros Hda S,Massara CL,Coelho PM,Schall VT

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis caused by nematode parasites Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi is a spectral disease and produces wide range of immune responses and varying levels of microfilaraemia in infected individuals. The relationship between the immune response of host and the developmental stage of the parasite as we...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Athisaya Mary K,Hoti S,Paily K

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:The diagnosis of tick-borne diseases such as babesiosis still depends on observing the parasite in the infected erythrocyte. Microscopic observation is tedious and often problematic in both early and carrier infections. Better diagnostic methods are needed to prevent clinical disease, especially when susceptible cattl...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Wagner G,Cruz D,Holman P,Waghela S,Perrone J,Shompole S,Rurangirwa F

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:The number of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) cases has increased over the past 10 years in Brazil, especially in the North and Northeast regions of the country. The aim of this study was to evaluate the urbanisation of VL vectors in Barcarena, Pará, an area in northern Brazil where VL is endemic. Sandflies were captured ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira DM,Saraiva EM,Ishikawa EA,Sousa AA,Silva EO,Silva IM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate well-documented diagnostic antigens, named B13, 1F8 and JL7 recombinant proteins, as potential markers of seroconversion in treated chagasic patients. Prospective study, involving 203 patients treated with benznidazole, was conducted from endemic areas of northern Argentina. Follow-up was ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Niborski LL,Grippo V,Lafón SO,Levitus G,García-Bournissen F,Ramirez JC,Burgos JM,Bisio M,Juiz NA,Ayala V,Coppede M,Herrera V,López C,Contreras A,Gómez KA,Elean JC,Mujica HD,Schijman AG,Levin MJ,Longhi SA

更新日期：2016-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) mitochondrial gene from adults of 22 Culex (Culex) species from Argentina and Brazil were employed to assess species identification and to test the usefulness of COI for barcoding using the best close match (BCM) algorithm. A pairwise Kimura two-parameter distance ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Laurito M,Oliveira TM,Almirón WR,Sallum MA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Brazil, malaria still remains a clinically important febrile syndrome for local populations and travelers, occurring mostly in the Amazon Basin. This review aims to report the main efforts employed to control this disease since the 1940s and the emergence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax chemoresistanc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gama BE,Lacerda MV,Daniel-Ribeiro CT,Ferreira-da-Cruz Mde F

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:Cytidine deaminase (MtCDA), encoded by cdd gene (Rv3315c), is the only enzyme identified in nucleotide biosynthesis pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis that is able to recycle cytidine and deoxycytidine. An M. tuberculosis knockout strain for cdd gene was obtained by allelic replacement. Evaluation of mRNA expressio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Villela AD,Rodrigues-Junior VS,Pinto AFM,Falcão VCA,Sánchez-Quitian ZA,Eichler P,Bizarro CV,Basso LA,Santos DS

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00