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 cattle are being moved into disease enzootic areas. This study evaluates two techniques for early diagnosis of Babesia bovis infections in cattle, DNA probes specific for the organism and fluorescent probes specific for nucleic acid. The radioisotopically labeled DNA probes are used in slot blot hybridizations with lysed blood samples, not purified DNA. Thusfar, the probe is specific for B. bovis and can detect as few as 1000 B. bovis parasites in 10 microliters of blood. The specificity of the fluorescent probe depends on the characteristic morphology of the babesia in whole blood samples, as determined microscopically. The fluorescent probe detects as few as 10,000 B. bovis parasites in 10 microliters os blood. The application of each method for laboratory and field use is discussed.
journal_name
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruzjournal_title
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruzauthors
Wagner G,Cruz D,Holman P,Waghela S,Perrone J,Shompole S,Rurangirwa Fdoi
10.1590/s0074-02761992000700032subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-01-01 00:00:00pages
193-9eissn
0074-0276issn
1678-8060pii
S0074-02761992000700032journal_volume
87 Suppl 3pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::Sixteen species of ectoparasites were collected from 50 wild rodents, from August 1990 to August 1991, in an area of Araucaria augustifolia forest, in the municipality of Tijucas do Sul, State of Paraná, Brazil. Ectoparasites infested 98% of the rodents, with the highest indices of infestation found in the drycool sea...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761998000600003
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Discs of polyvinyl alcohol cross-linked with glutaraldehyde were synthesized under acid catalysis (H2SO4). Then, the antigen F1 purified from Yersinia pestis was covalently linked to this modified polymer. Afterwards, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was established for the diagnosis of plague in rabbit an...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761996000200014
更新日期:1996-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diphyllobothriasis is an infection of the small intestine by the broad tapeworm Diphyllobothrium sp. The associated symptomatology is nonspecific, but megaloblastic anemia is a well-described complication. Although the infection is common in temperate regions, descriptions in South America have so far been limited to ...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762005000600013
更新日期:2005-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761992000800004
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:In recent years, South America has suffered the burden of continuous high impact outbreaks of dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Aedes aegypti is the main mosquito vector of these arboviruses and its control is the only solution to reduce transmission. OBJECTIVES:In order to improve vector control it is essentia...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-02760190120
更新日期:2019-09-23 00:00:00
abstract::Three Yersinia pestis strains isolated from humans and one laboratory strain (EV76) were grown in rich media at 28 degrees C and 37 degrees C and their outer membrane protein composition compared by sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE). Several proteins with molecular weights ranging f...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761990000100018
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Biomphalaria glabrata snails are widely distributed in schistosomiasis endemic areas like America and Caribe, displaying high susceptibility to infection by Schistosoma mansoni. After the availability of B. glabrata genome and transcriptome data, studies focusing on genetic markers and small non-coding RNAs ...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-02760190498
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chimpanzees are being used in the study of immune response to Plasmodium falciparum malaria pre-erythrocytic stages (MPES). Responses induced by immunisation with recombinant/synthetic antigens and by irradiated sporozoites are being evaluated in a model system that is phylogenetically close to humans and that is amen...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761994000600023
更新日期:1994-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762004000200019
更新日期:2004-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::A seroepidemiological survey for toxocariasis, among 180 schoolchildren of the public schools of Sorocaba City, state of São Paulo, Brazil, was carried out from August 2000 to July 2001. ELISA test was performed using excretory and secretory antigens for the detection of IgG anti-Toxocara antibodies. Information regar...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:/S0074-02762004000600002
更新日期:2004-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762009000600020
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Enterocytozoon bieneusi are the most common microsporidia associated with different clinical manifestations such as diarrhoea, respiratory tract inflammation and acalculous cholecystitis, especially in immunocompromised patients. Infection usually occurs by ingestion of food and water contaminated with spore...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-02760160435
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The schistosomal parasite plays a critical role in the development of malignant lesions in different organs. The pathogenesis of cancer is currently under intense investigation to identify reliable prognostic indices for disease detection. The objective of this paper is to evaluate certain biochemical parameters as di...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762011000300011
更新日期:2011-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::India was affected by a major outbreak of chikungunya fever caused by Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) during 2006-2007. Kerala was the worst affected state during 2007 with a contribution of 55.8% suspected cases in the country. However, except for clinically reported case records, no systematic information is available on ...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762011000800003
更新日期:2011-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The presence of Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dunhami Causey in Colombia (Department of Amazonas) is confirmed for the first time through direct comparison of mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) barcodes and nuclear rDNA second internal transcribed spacer (ITS2) sequences with topotypic specimens of An. dunhami from Tefé, ...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762010000700010
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::This paper presents the morphological, histological and ultrastructural characteristics of Myxobolus oliveirai sp. nov., a parasite of the gill filaments in Brycon hilarii from the Brazilian Pantanal. Out of 216 B. hilariispecimens examined (126 wild and 90 cultivated), 38.1% of wild specimens (n = 48) were infected. ...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762010000600006
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::A semiarid area of northwest Costa Rica where Lutzomyia longipalpis is common in corrals around houses is described. Monthly captures of the sandfly during two consecutive years for fixed periods of time indicated that the insect bites avidly cows, horses, pigs, dogs and humans. From a total of 14,215 specimens, 90.5%...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761984000400010
更新日期:1984-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The aim of the present study was to identify specific markers that mirror liver fibrosis progression as an alternative to biopsy when biopsy is contraindicated, especially in children. After liver biopsies were performed, serum samples from 30 hepatitis C virus (HCV) paediatric patients (8-14 years) were analysed and ...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-0276130139
更新日期:2013-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::The anesthetic effect of some water-soluble anesthesic or narcotic drugs currently used in mice was tested in molluscs of the Biomphalaria genus. Sodium thiopental was very toxic to the snails resulting in high rates of mortality in all the treatment schedules tested. Cetamine base, at concentration of 0.25 mg/ml of w...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762001000300019
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Acute Chagas disease (ACD) has a distinct epidemiological profile in the Amazon Region, with cases and outbreaks of Trypanosoma cruzi infection being possibly related to the ingestion of contaminated food. Data on ACD in the state of Pará retrieved from 2000 to 2016 from the Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Information S...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-02760170298
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Five parasites are described in the lizard Amphisbaena alba (Amphisbaenidae) from the state of Par , North Brazil. Mature oocysts of Choleoeimeria amphisbaenae n. sp., are passed already mature in the faeces. They are ellipsoidal-cylindrical, average 33.7 x 22.8 m and are devoid of micropyle, oocyst residuum or polar...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762003000700012
更新日期:2003-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-02760160133
更新日期:2016-07-04 00:00:00
abstract::Trypanosoma rangeli, a parasite generally considered non-pathogenic for man, is the second species of human trypanosome to be reported from the New World. The geographical distribution of T. rangeli often overlaps with that of T. cruzi, the same vertebrate and invertebrate hosts being infected. Their differentiation t...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762003000400001
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A vaccination campaign against pandemic influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 was held in Brazil in March 2010, using two types of monovalent split virus vaccines: an AS03-adjuvanted vaccine and a non-adjuvanted vaccine. We compared the reactogenicity of the vaccines in health professionals from a Clinical Research Institute in Rio...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762012000700014
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lapachol was chemically modified to obtain its thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone derivatives. These compounds were tested for antimicrobial activity against several bacteria and fungi by the broth microdilution method. The thiosemicarbazone and semicarbazone derivatives of lapachol exhibited antimicrobial activity a...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/S0074-02762013000300013
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have initiated a gene discovery program in Schistosoma mansoni based on the technique of Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs), i.e. partial sequences of cDNAs obtained from single passes in automatic DNA sequences. ESTs can be used to identify genes on the basis of their homology with sequences from other species deposit...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761995000200015
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Respiratory failure (RF) is the main cause of hospital admission in HIV/AIDS patients. This study assessed comorbidities and laboratory parameters in HIV/AIDS inpatients with RF (N = 58) in relation to those without RF (N = 36). Tuberculosis showed a huge relative risk and platelet counts were slightly higher in HIV/A...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/0074-02760200082
更新日期:2020-09-14 00:00:00
abstract::Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) falquetoi, sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) is described from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This new species belongs to the series longipalpis and is easily distinguished from the other members of this taxon by the presence of five well-developed spines and a pre-apical spini...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762007005000006
更新日期:2007-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02761987000200003
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::A study of crepuscular and night-biting mosquitoes was conducted at remote settlements along the Padauiri River, middle Negro River, state of Amazonas, Brazil. Collections were performed with human bait and a CDC-light trap on three consecutive days per month from June 2003-May 2004. In total, 1,203 h of collection we...
journal_title:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1590/s0074-02762009000100002
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00