Prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 variants in the Federal District, Central Brazil.

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 current drug options for the treatment of chronic Chagas disease have not been sufficient and high hopes have been placed on the use of genomic data from the human parasite Trypanosoma cruzi to identify new drug targets and develop appropriate treatments for both acute and chronic Chagas disease. However, the lack...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Alves-Ferreira M,Guimarães AC,Capriles PV,Dardenne LE,Degrave WM

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：: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：:Although vaccines are the best means of protection against influenza, neuraminidase inhibitors are currently the main antiviral treatment available to control severe influenza cases. One of the most frequent substitutions in the neuraminidase (NA) protein of influenza A(H3N2) viruses during or soon after oseltamivir a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pontoriero A,Avaro M,Benedetti E,Russo M,Czech A,Periolo N,Campos A,Zamora A,Baumeister E

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental murine model was used to verify the viability and pathogenicity of coccoid Helicobacter pylori. For this purpose, 27 BALB/c mice were inoculated intragastrically with 1 ml broth culture (10(8)organisms/ml) of a coccoid H. pylori clinical isolate. The animals were divided into two groups. Nine were infe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rabelo-Gonçalves EM,Nishimura NF,Zeitune JM

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the emergence of West Nile virus (WNV) in North America in 1999, there have been several reports of WNV activity in Central and South American countries. To detect WNV in Brazil, we performed a serological survey of horses from different regions of Brazil using recombinant peptides from domain III of WNV. Positi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva JR,Medeiros LC,Reis VP,Chavez JH,Munhoz TD,Borges GP,Soares OA,Campos CH,Machado RZ,Baldani CD,Silva ML,Faria JL,Silva EE,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intermediate hosts are key organisms in maintaining parasite life cycles, because they can act as amplifiers in the transmission from natural reservoirs to humans. One of the most important groups of intermediate hosts for zoonotic nematode infections are gastropods,slugs and snails. These are essential orga...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Valente R,Robles MDR,Diaz JI

更新日期：2020-11-27 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：:This study aimed at identifying the best ovitrap installation sites for gravid Aedes aegypti in Mirassol, state of São Paulo, Brazil. Ovitraps were installed in ten houses per block over ten blocks. Four ovitraps were placed per residence, one in the bedroom, one in the living room, and two outdoors with one in a shel...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Dibo MR,Chiaravalloti-Neto F,Battigaglia M,Mondini A,Favaro EA,Barbosa AA,Glasser CM

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:A major goal in the treatment of acute ischemia of a vascular territory is to restore blood flow to normal values, i.e. to "reperfuse" the ischemic vascular bed. However, reperfusion of ischemic tissues is associated with local and systemic leukocyte activation and trafficking, endothelial barrier dysfunction in postc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Souza DG,Teixeira MM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND The genus Flavivirus includes a variety of medically important viruses, including dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV), which are most prevalent in Brazil. Because the clinical profile of patients affected by different DENV serotypes or ZIKV may be similar, the development of new methods that facilitat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nunes AR,Alves BEB,Pereira HW,Nascimento YM,Morais IC,Fernandes JV,Araújo JM,Lanza DC

更新日期：2018-01-01 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：:In 2004, the urban presence of Lutzomyia longipalpis was recorded for the first time in Formosa province. In 2006, the first autochthonous case of human urban visceral leishmaniasis (VL) was recorded in Misiones in the presence of the vector, along with some canine VL cases. After this first case, the vector began to ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bravo AG,Quintana MG,Abril M,Salomón OD

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) exhibits high genetic stability, as compared to other RNA viruses and particularly to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), genotypic subtypes of this human retrovirus have been characterized in isolates from diverse geographical areas. These are currently believed not...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Segurado AA,Biasutti C,Zeigler R,Rodrigues C,Damas CD,Jorge ML,Marchiori PE

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facilitated and improved by advances in molecular biology, techniques for the immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis, including assays based on the detection of antigens circulating in the serum and/or excreted in the urine, have now reached the stage of multi-centre trials. There is a need to complement parasitological t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bergquist NR

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:In the Americas, hantaviruses cause severe cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) with a high fatality rate. Hantavirus infection is commonly diagnosed using serologic techniques and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. This paper presents a novel plaque reduction neutralisation test (PRNT) for detecting antibodi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pádua Md,Souza WM,Lauretti F,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report of adult and nymphs (20 nymphs of all stages and 4 adults) of Microtriatoma trinidadensis (Lent 1951) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) collected in peridomestic environment, in the department of La Paz, Bolivia. These specimens were associated to Rhodnius stali Lent, Jurberg & Galvão 1993....

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： De la Riva J,Matias A,Torrez M,Martínez E,Dujardin JP

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

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：:Infection of C3H/He mice with the Peruvian strain of Trypanosoma cruzi (Biodeme type I, Z2b), a macrophagotropic strain, determined severe parasitism of macrophages, necrosis of the spleen, and high host mortality. In the present study, pentoxifylline (PTX), an inhibitor of TNF-alpha was investigated on its action upo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade SG,Magalhães Ldos A,Pessina DH

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A massive and homogeneous amount of amastigote-like forms was detected in the stomodeal valve (SV) and the thoracic mid-gut (TMG) of Leishmania major-infected Phlebotomus papatasi, which received a second blood meal 13 to 21 days post-infection on healthy anaesthetized hamsters. After re-feeding, the infected sand fli...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Añez N,Tang Y,Rojas A,Crisante G,Killick-Kendrick M,Killick-Kendrick R

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Current strategies for schistosomiasis control rely heavily on drug treatment intended to reduce morbidity and disease to an insignificant level of public health importance. This approach reduces but rarely, if ever, eliminates transmission. Indeed, snail infection rates may be little altered by such chemotherapy. Rei...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sturrock RF

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several factors appear to affect vertical HIV-1 transmission, dependent mainly on characteristics of the mother (extent of immunodeficiency, co-infections, risk behaviour, nutritional status, immune response, genetical make-up), but also of the virus (phenotype, tropism) and, possibly, of the child (genetical make-up)...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bongertz V

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Theoretically, serological assays with affinity purified marker antigens can allow strain-specific diagnosis even when parasites cannot be retrieved from an infected host. A Trypanosoma cruzi antigen was purified by affinity chromatography using a zymodeme (Z) 2 specific monoclonal antibody (2E2C11). An indirect enzym...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Schechter M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) generally presents with a single or several localised cutaneous ulcers without involvement of mucous membranes. Ulcerated lesions are susceptible to secondary contamination that may slow the healing process. OBJECTIVE:This study verified the influence of non-parasitic wound infe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Antonio LF,Lyra MR,Saheki MN,Schubach AO,Miranda LFC,Madeira MF,Lourenço MCDS,Fagundes A,Ribeiro ÉADS,Barreto L,Pimentel MIF

更新日期：2017-09-01 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