Evaluation of the natural killer cytotoxicity and the levels of cytokines in rats with type I diabetes mellitus.

abstract：:The role of intracellular free polyamine (putrescine and spermidine) pools in multiple resistance to aminoglycoside antibiotics was investigated among in vitro selected kanamycin-resistant Escherichia coli J53 mutants expressing diminished oligopeptide-binding protein (OppA) levels and/or defective ornithine decarboxy...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Acosta MB,Ferreira RC,Ferreira LC,Costa SO

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, HIV-1 viral blood quantitation determined by Nucleic Acid Sequence Based Amplification (NASBA) was compared with other surrogate disease progression markers (antigen p24, CD4/CD8 cell counts and beta-2 microglobulin) in 540 patients followed up at São Paulo, SP, Brazil. HIV-1 RNA detection was statistic...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sitnik R,Pinho JR

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major emergency efforts are being mounted for each vector-borne disease epidemiological crisis anew, while knowledge about the biology of arthropods vectors is dwindling slowly but continuously, as is the number of field entomologists. The discrepancy between the rates of production of knowledge and its use and need f...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Casas J,Lazzari C,Insausti T,Launois P,Fouque F

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study for schistosomiasis was carried out in the localities of Aliança, Alegre and Coroatá (districts of Cururupu, São Bento and São João Batista, respectively) in the lowland of the state of Maranhão, after respectively 13, 11 and 4 mass treatments with oxamniquine in the period of ten years (1977-1...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cutrim RN,Coura JR

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Warileya lumbrerasi n. sp. is described from the northern Peruvian Andes. This species was collected inside houses, and is the seventh species described within the genus Warileya Hertig, 1948. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ogusuku E,Perez JE,Davies CR,Villaseca P

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present report describes an alternative method for in vitro detection of HIV-1-specific antibody secretion in 24h of culture employing as stimulant of peripheral blood mononuclear cells the disrupted inactivated whole virus adsorbed onto microwells in a commercial ELISA kit plates. The results obtained from this t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Caterino-de-Araujo A

更新日期：1992-04-01 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：:Immunoblot analysis was used to investigate antigenic differences among clinical isolates of Leishmania amazonensis and their role in the etiology of the disease. Western blots of promastigote homogenates were analyzed with either monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) specific for the L. mexicana complex (M-4, M-6, M-9, and M-...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Leon LL,Machado GM,Barral A,de Carvalho-Paes LE,Grimaldi Júnior G

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study was undertaken on the immunogenic properties of 63kDa glycoproteins obtained from five different strains/species of Leishmania and assessed in C57BL/10 mice. The humoral immune response was assessed by ELISA against the five different antigens of the immunized animals. The cellular immune response ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dabés Guimarães TM,de Toledo VD,da Costa CA,da Costa RT,Genaro O,Williams P,Mayrink W

更新日期：1996-01-01 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：:The authors investigated the distribution of lectin receptors on Trypanosoma cruzi blood forms collected from mice inoculated with, respectively, the drug-resistant and drug-sensitive strains VL-10 and CL, and treated with the two standard active nitroheterocyclic compounds nifurtimox and benznidazole used for treatme...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fontes G,Romanha AJ,Pereira ME,Brener Z

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a recent issue of Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, published in Rio de Janeiro in February 2014 (109: 87-92), Adami et al. have published a survey reporting Mansonella parasite prevalence in the Amazon Region. This report makes a useful contribution to the existing knowledge of filarial parasite distribution wit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Luz SL,Crainey JL,Shelley AJ,Rubio M

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the feeding behavior of Triatoma vitticeps through the identification of its food sources and the characterization of the blood ingestion process. In addition, we aimed to verify if the saliva of this vector interferes with the perception of the host during the feedings by c...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Souza Rde C,Soares AC,Alves CL,Lorosa ES,Pereira MH,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The process of adhesion of three different strains of Trichomonas vaginalis to a polystyrene substrate was analysed. The process of adhesion was dependent on the time of incubation and the pH of the phosphate-buffered solution (PBS) in which the parasites were suspended. The highest indices of adhesion were observed a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva Filho FC,Elias CA,De Souza W

更新日期：1987-07-01 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：:This paper evaluates CHCl3 and CH3OH extracts of the stem bark, branches and leaves of Drimys brasiliensis and drimane sesquiterpenes isolated from the stem bark against strains of Leishmania amazonensis and Leishmania braziliensis promastigotes and Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites. All of the extracts and compounds...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Claudino VD,da Silva KC,Cechinel Filho V,Yunes RA,Delle Monache F,Giménez A,Salamanca E,Gutierrez-Yapu D,Malheiros A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seasonal variation in container productivity and infestation levels by Aedes aegypti were evaluated in two areas with distinct levels of urbanization degrees in Rio de Janeiro, a slum and a suburban neighborhood. The four most productive containers can generate up to 90% of total pupae. Large and open-mouthed containe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Maciel-de-Freitas R,Marques WA,Peres RC,Cunha SP,de Oliveira RL

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the diagnostic value of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) performed in parallel to conventional methods at an American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) referral centre for diagnosis. Accuracy parameters for PCR were calculated using 130 patients with confirmed ATL (ATL group), 15 patients e...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fagundes A,Schubach A,Paula CC,Bogio A,Antonio Lde F,Schiavoni PB,Monteiro Vde S,Madeira Mde F,Quintella LP,Valete-Rosalino CM,Vasconcellos Ede C,Azeredo-Coutinho RB,Pacheco RS,Marzochi MC,Marzochi KB

更新日期：2010-02-01 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：: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：:A shift from large to small average sizes was observed in Triatoma infestans and Rhodnius domesticus between field and domestic (or laboratory) conditions of life. It was more pronounced in the female specimens, leading to a subsequent reduction of sexual size dimorphism. This feature is discussed in terms of genetic ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dujardin J,Steinden M,Chavez T,Machane M,Schofield C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The family Nematotaeniidae, tapeworms commonly found in the small intestines of amphibians and reptiles, includes 27 recognised species distributed among four genera: Bitegmen Jones, Cylindrotaenia Jewell, Distoichometra Dickey and Nematotaenia Lühe. The taxonomy of these cestodes is poorly defined, due in part to the...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Melo FT,Giese EG,Furtado AP,Soares MJ,Gonçalves EC,Vallinoto AC,Santos JN

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trypanosomatid cytoskeleton is responsible for the parasite's shape and it is modulated throughout the different stages of the parasite's life cycle. When parasites are exposed to media with reduced osmolarity, they initially swell, but subsequently undergo compensatory shrinking referred to as regulatory volume d...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dagger F,Valdivieso E,Marcano AK,Ayesta C

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in 832 pregnant women in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, was determined and 75.1% (625) and 2.0% (17) were anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM positive, respectively. Out of the 17 IgM positive pregnant women, only one had low avidity IgG corresponding to the acute phase of the infection. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ribeiro AC,Mutis MS,Fernandes O

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：:Goats from the Venezuelan northern arid zones were found infested by the following nematodes: Haemonchus contortus, Trichostrongylus axei, T. colubriformis, Cooperia curticei, Oesophagostomum columbianum, Skrjabinema ovis y Trichuris globulosa. The Shannon-Weaver index of diversity values oscillated between 0.045 and ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Morales G,Pino LA,Aldana E,Perdomo L,Molina E

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop, instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Campbell-Lendrum D,Dujardin JP,Martinez E,Feliciangeli MD,Perez JE,Silans LN,Desjeux P

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most frequent and most severe manifestation of chronic Chagas disease, and is one of the leading causes of morbidity and death in Latin America. Although the pathogenesis of Chagas cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, it may involve several mechanisms, including parasite-dependent my...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rassi A Jr,Marin JA Neto,Rassi A

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：:This paper examines the distribution and infection of Biomphalaria glabrata with Schistosoma mansoni in all aquatic snail habitats in a rural area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in relation to physico/biotic and behavioral factors. Snail and environmental surveys were carried out semi-annually between July 2001...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Kloos H,Passos LK,Loverde P,Oliveira RC,Gazzinelli A

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00