Similarity between the association factor of ribosomal subunits and the protein Stm1p from Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

abstract：:Triatoma jatai sp. nov. is the first new species of triatomine to be described in the state of Tocantins, in the northern region of Brazil. It was caught on rock outcrops in the wild environment and, more recently, invading homes. While T. jatai sp. nov. is morphologically similar to Triatoma costalimai, it is disting...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gonçalves TC,Teves-Neves SC,Santos-Mallet JR,Carbajal-de-la-Fuente AL,Lopes CM

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to analyse the spatial distribution of human (2007-2013) and canine (2013) visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the city of Araçuaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and identify the socio-environmental factors related to their occurrence. The spatial distribution of human and canine cases was analysed by kernel densi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ursine RL,Dias JV,Morais HA,Pires HH

更新日期：2016-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The time of progression towards AIDS can vary greatly among seropositive patients, and may be associated with host genetic variation. The NR1I2 (PXR) gene, a ligand-activated transcription factor, regulates the transcription immune pathway genes and can therefore be targets of viral replication mechanisms in...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Medeiros RM,Menti CF,Benelli JL,Matte MC,Melo MG,Almeida SE,Fiegenbaum M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cellular nature of the infiltrate in cutaneous lesion of rhesus monkeys experimentally infected with Leishmania (L.) amazonensis was characterized by immunohistochemistry. Skin biopsies from infected animals with active or healing lesions were compared to non-infected controls (three of each type) to quantitate in...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Amaral V,Pirmez C,Gonçalves A,Ferreira V,Grimaldi G Jr

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the finding of Tetrameres spirospiculum Pinto & Vicente, 1995 from Theristicus melanopis melanopis (Threskiornithidae) from Patagonia, Argentina. These constitute new host and locality records. We propose the assignation of this species to the subgenus T. (Gynaecophila) Gubanov, 1950, based on the presence o...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Digiani MC,Cremonte F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two techniques for rapid diagnosis, immunofluorescence (IFAT) and enzyme immunoassay (EIA), have been compared with virus isolation in tissue culture for the detection of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in specimens of nasopharyngeal secretions. The specimens were obtained from children under five years of age suffe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Siqueira MM,Ferreira V,Nascimento JP

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholinesterase and acid phosphatase (AP), but not alkaline phosphatase activities, were detected in cytosolic and membrane-bound fractions of ivermectin resistant and susceptible Haemonchus contortus infective-stage larvae. Some differences in acetylcholinesterase activity of cytosolic fractions and in the AP activity...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Giménez-Pardo C,Martínez-Grueiro MM,Gómez-Barrio A,Rodríguez-Caabeiro F

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cross sectional studies on morbidity of schistosomiasis mansoni were carried out respectively in 1973, 1974, 1979 and 1983 in the Village of Capitão Andrade, District of Itanhomi, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, through clinical and fecal examination of the population. In addition a comparison was made of the dina...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coura JR,Conceição MJ,Pereira JB

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kidney trematode Paratanaisia bragai is reported for the first time parasitizing the ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus colchicus L., 1758) and the pathological alterations associated to the parasitism are referred on the basis of 50 specimens of this bird from backyard flocks in 11 counties of the state of Rio de Ja...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gomes DC,Menezes RC,Tortelly R,Pinto RM

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper a discussion is made on the pathogenesis of schistosomiasis mansoni in mice, presented from the perspectives of "processes", "mediators", "strategies for study" and "disease". These concepts overlap considerably. Regarding "processes", granulomas, fibrosis and vasculitis are discussed. The role of mediat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cheever AW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosoma mansoni was introduced in the Senegal basin around 1988, due to man-made ecological changes. Since 1991, we investigate a recent but very intense focus, Ndombo, a village near the city of Richard Toll where the outbreak was first described. Four cohorts, each a random sample (+/- 400 subjects each) from th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gryseels B,Stelma F,Talla I,Polman K,Van Dam G,Sow S,Diaw M,Sturrock RF,Decam C,Niang M

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue invasion and pathology by Trypanosoma cruzi result from an interaction between parasite virulence and host immunity. Successive in vivo generations of the parasite select populations with increasing ability to invade the host. Conversely, prolonged in vitro selection of the parasite produces attenuated sublines...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Basombrío MA,Segura MA,Gómez L,Padilla M

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA of Biomphalaria tenagophila, a mollusc intermediate host of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil, was sequenced and characterised. The genome size found for B. tenagophila was 13,722 bp and contained 13 messenger RNAs, 22 transfer RNAs (tRNA) and two ribosomal RNAs (rRNA). In addition to sequencing, the mit...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Jannotti-Passos LK,Ruiz JC,Caldeira RL,Murta SM,Coelho PM,Carvalho OS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular characterization of one stable strain of Trypanosoma cruzi, the 21 SF, representative of the pattern of strains isolated from the endemic area of São Felipe, State of Bahia, Brazil, maintained for 15 years in laboratory by serial passages in mice and classified as biodeme Type II and zymodeme 2 has been inve...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Campos RF,Gonçalves MS,dos Reis EA,dos Reis MG,Andrade SG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test if serological distinction between patients with active and inactive neurocysticercosis (NCC), could be accomplished by the recognition of immunodominant peptides in total saline antigenic extract of Taenia solium metacestodes by IgG antibody in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum pai...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barcelos IS,Moura LP,Costa VP,Ferreira MS,Costa-Cruz JM

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:The yield as well as phenotypic and functional parameters of canine peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages were analyzed. The cells that remained adherent to Teflon after 10 days of culture had high phagocytic activity when inoculated with Leishmania chagasi. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that more than...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bueno R,Mello MN,Menezes CA,Dutra WO,Santos RL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Paracoccidioides spp. causes paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM), an important and frequent systemic mycosis that occurs in Latin America. The infectious process begins with contact between the fungus and lung cells, and the molecular pattern of this interaction is currently poorly understood. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Singulani JL,Silva JFD,Gullo FP,Costa MC,Fusco-Almeida AM,Enguita FJ,Mendes-Giannini MJS

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From October 2000 to April 2001, insecticide bioassays were conducted in 18 ranches from 10 counties in the states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, in Central Brazil. Horn flies from wild populations were exposed to diazinon-impregnated filter papers immediately after collection on cattle, and mortality was reco...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barros AT,Gomes A,Ismael AP,Koller WW

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：: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：:The immunogenicity of anti-malaria synthetic vaccine SPf66 was tested in a region of the Colombian middle Atrato river. The specific serum antibodies against SPf66 were quantified in vaccinees and placebo injected controls for a two-years period post-immunization. The frequency of individuals showing seroconversion of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lopera TM,Restrepo M,Blair S,García HI

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute infection with Trypanosoma cruzi results in intense myocarditis, which progresses to a chronic, asymptomatic indeterminate form. The evolution toward this chronic cardiac form occurs in approximately 30% of all cases of T. cruzi infection. Suppression of delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) has been proposed as a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Thé TS,Portella RS,Guerreiro ML,Andrade SG

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of the present study were to evaluate the kinetics of blood parasitism by examination of fresh blood, blood culture (BC) and PCR assays and their correlation with heart parasitism during two years of infection in Beagle dogs inoculated with the Be-78, Y and ABC Trypanosoma cruzi strains. Our results showed t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Veloso VM,Guedes PM,Andrade IM,Caldas IS,Martins HR,Carneiro CM,Machado-Coelho GL,de Lana M,Galvão LM,Bahia MT,Chiari E

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of Brazilian phlebotomine sandfly found in Brazil, municipality of Diamantina, state of Minas Gerais, is described based on males and females collected in a quartzite cave. The body of spermathecae is continuous to the individual duct, lanky and tapering at the end, with conical shaped, not striated and ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barata RA,Serra e Meira PC,Carvalho GM

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:Dissection of Lutzomyia longipalpis, captured in the São Luis focus of visceral Leishmaniasis revealed a 1.8% promastigote infection rate. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ryan L,Brazil RP

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：:Twenty six coprolites from an archaeological site in the province of Iquique, northern Chile, were examined for parasites. Coprolites were found in two excavation units, I and II (Tiliviche site), dated respectively at 5,900 B.C. to 4,110 B.C. and 4,110 B.C. to 1,950 B.C., and identified as of human origin. Only at th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira LF,de Araújo AJ,Confalonieri UE,Nuñez L

更新日期：1984-04-01 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