Evolution and pathology in chagas disease--a review.

abstract：:A survey of the carrion fauna was made at two sites in Curitiba, State of Paraná, with the objective of describing the insects associated with carrion and setting up a preliminary data-base for medico-legal purposes in south Brazil. Vertebrate exclusion experiments were carried out in each season between 1994 and 1995...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Moura MO,de Carvalho CJ,Monteiro-Filho EL

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In schistosomiasis, the host/parasite interaction remains not completely understood. Many questions related to the susceptibility of snails to infection by respective trematode still remain unanswered. The control of schistosomiasis requires a good understanding of the host/parasite association. In this work, the susc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abdel-Hamid AH,Rawi SM,Arafa AF

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:The objectives of this work were to determine the prevalence of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, and Anaplasma marginale detecting antibodies in cattle raised in the semi-arid region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, through indirect enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) and to compare the performances of indirect e...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barros SL,Madruga CR,Araújo FR,Menk CF,de Almeida MA,Melo EP,Kessler RH

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:Sm8 is a major tegumental antigen of Schistosoma mansoni. The partial cDNA was isolated and analyzed. Sequence analysis revealed transmembrane compatible hydrophobic domains and a putative leucine zipper pattern. The mRNA and the protein are predominantly expressed in adult worms. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abath FG,Xavier EM,Montenegro SM,Werkhauser RP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF) Spain faces the challenge of selecting, piecing together, and conveying in the clearest possible way, the main lessons learnt over the course of the last seven years in the world of medical care for Chagas disease. More than two thousand children under the age of 14 have be...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Villa L,Morote S,Bernal O,Bulla D,Albajar-Vinas P

更新日期：2007-10-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an organism that is frequently transmitted in hospitals and perinatal units. The MRSA is considered a public health problem in neonatology because of its strong potential for dissemination in the wards associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Loureiro MM,de Moraes BA,Quadra MR,Pinheiro GS,Suffys PN,Asensi MD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A closed Lutzomyia longipalpis colony, from Ceará has been used to transmit Leishmania chagasi isolated from a fox in Pará state. The last time this colony was successfully used in similar transmission experiments was eight years (64 generations) ago indicating that this colony of Lu. longipalpis has fully maintained ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gonçalves MD,Ryan L,Lainson R,Shaw JJ

更新日期：1985-07-01 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：:Domiciliated Rhodnius prolixus and sylvatic R. colombiensis were analyzed in order to confirm their genetic divergence and verify the risk that the latter represents in the domiciliation process, and to provide tools for identifying the sources of possible reinfestation by triatomines in human dwellings allowing contr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Jaramillo C,Montaña MF,Castro LR,Vallejo GA,Guhl F

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lymneid snail Lymnaea bogotensis Pilsbry 1935 is synonymized with L. cousini Jousseaume 1887, based on morphological comparisons of the reproductive systems. The shell, renal tube, and reproductive system are described and illustrated from specimens collected in the type locality and the municipality of Paipa, Col...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Velásquez LE

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed prospectively 326 laboratory-confirmed, uncomplicated malarial infections (46.3% due to Plasmodium vivax, 35.3% due to P. falciparum, and 18.4% mixed-species infections) diagnosed in 162 rural Amazonians aged 5-73 years. Thirteen symptoms (fever, chills, sweating, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, abdominal p...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： da Silva-Nunes M,Ferreira MU

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is no effective chemotherapy against diseases caused by Phytomonas sp., a plant trypanosomatid responsible for economic losses in major crops. We tested three triazolo-pyrimidine complexes [two with Pt(II), and another with Ru(III)] against promastigotes of Phytomonas sp. isolated from Euphorbia characias. The i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Magán R,Marín C,Salas JM,Barrera-Pérez M,Rosales MJ,Sánchez-Moreno M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of single-lesion paucibacillary leprosy remains a challenge. Reviews by expert dermatopathologists and quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) results obtained from 66 single-plaque biopsy samples were compared. Histological findings were graded as high (HP), medium (MP) or low (LP) probability of ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbieri RR,Sales AM,Illarramendi X,Moraes MO,Nery JA,Moreira SJ,Sarno EN,Machado Ade M,Bozza FA

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In previous studies it was shown that the recombinant molecule, r-Sm14, induces high levels of protection against Schistosoma mansoni infection in two outbred animal models and immune crossprotection against infection by Fasciola hepatica in Swiss outbred mice. r-Sm14 was derived from a living worm extract, called SE,...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Thaumaturgo N,Vilar MM,Diogo CM,Edelenyi R,Tendler M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the first time, a jar of embalming rejects was studied in search for helminth parasite eggs. This kind of jar was used to put discarded material by Egyptian embalmers during mummification process. Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia saginata eggs were found in the linen and strip fragment contents of the jar, dated of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Harter S,Le Bailly M,Janot F,Bouchet F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study changes in survival, in biological activities and behavior of planorbids submitted to increased hydrostatic pressure, we developed a technique using two transparent chambers and a hydraulic piston. The apparatus permitted renewal of the liquid medium without substantial variations in pressure, thus eliminatin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Jurberg P,Soares MS,Mascitelli AC,Favre TC,Barbosa JV

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a strictly aerobic bacterium which causes severe infections, however its pathogenic characteristics are not well defined. Thirteen A. baumannii strains isolated from urine of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients with different ages were investigated for the presence of virulence factors...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Braun G,Vidotto MC

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population biology of three populations of Panstrongylus megistus was compared to determine possible influence on the behaviour and epidemiological importance of this species. The results demonstrated differences in terms of egg eclosion time, nymphal mortality and development rates, and feeding and defaecation ra...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbosa SE,Soares RP,Pires HH,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2001-08-01 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：: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：:Project Horizonte, an open cohort of homosexual and bisexual human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) negative men, is a component of the AIDS Vaccine Program, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The objective of this study was to compare volunteers testing HIV positive at cohort entry with a sample of those who test...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carneiro M,Cardoso FA,Greco M,Oliveira E,Andrade J,Greco DB,Antunes CM

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxocara cati is a common feline parasite transmitted by the ingestion of embryonated eggs, by the transmammary route or by predation of paratenic hosts harbouring third-stage larvae in their bodies. In the present study, the larval distribution of T. cati in tissues and organs of Rattus norvegicus experimentally infe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Santos SV,Lescano SZ,Castro JM,Chieffi PP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The characteristics of tuberculosis (TB) patients related to a chain of recent TB transmissions were investigated. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) isolates (120) were genotyped using the restriction fragment length polymorphism-IS6110 (R), spacer oligotyping (S) and mycobacterial interspersed repetitive units-variabl...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Peñuelas-Urquides K,Martínez-Rodríguez HG,Enciso-Moreno JA,Molina-Salinas GM,Silva-Ramírez B,Padilla-Rivas GR,Vera-Cabrera L,Torres-de-la-Cruz VM,Martínez-Martínez YB,Ortega-García JL,Garza-Treviño EN,Enciso-Moreno L,Saucedo-Cárd

更新日期：2014-09-01 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

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：:An experimental model for acquired and congenital ocular toxoplasmosis as well as a model to induce experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU) was investigated in Calomys callosus. Toxoplasma gondii, ME-49 strain, was used to infect males and pregnant- and not pregnant-females while S-antigen, a major glycoprotein of the r...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pereira Mde F,Silva DA,Ferro EA,Mineo JR

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high sensitivity and the possibility of automation of the enzyme-linked-immunosorbent-assay (ELISA) has indicated this technique as one of the most useful serological test for epidemiological studies. In the present study, an ELISA for detection of IgG antibodies against adult worm antigens (IgG-ELISA) was investi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： da Silva RM,Kanamura HY,Camargo ED,Chiodelli SG,Nakamura PM,Gargioni C,Vellosa SA,Antunes JL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00