Dengue virus type 3 isolation from Aedes aegypti in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, State of Rio de Janeiro.

abstract：:A major advance in our understanding of the natural history of Schistosoma haematobium-related morbidity has come through the introduction of the portable ultrasound machines for non-invasive examination of the kidneys and bladder. With the use of generators or battery packs to supply power in non-clinical field setti...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： King CH

更新日期：2002-01-01 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

authors： Nassef YE,Shady MM,Galal EM,Hamed MA

更新日期：2013-11-01 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

authors： Salgueiro P,Restrepo-Zabaleta J,Costa M,Galardo AKR,Pinto J,Gaborit P,Guidez A,Martins AJ,Dusfour I

更新日期：2019-09-23 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：: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：:While the influence of water in Helicobacter pylori culturability and membrane integrity has been extensively studied, there are little data concerning the effect of this environment on virulence properties. Therefore, we studied the culturability of water-exposed H. pylori and determined whether there was any relatio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Guimarães NM,Azevedo NF,Vieira MJ,Figueiredo C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus sphaericus produces at least two toxins which are highly toxic to mosquito larvae. The binary toxin, which is comprised of proteins of 51.4 and 41.9 kDa, is present in all highly insecticidal strains. The 100 kDa SSII-1 toxin is present in most highly insecticidal as well as the weakly insecticidal strains. T...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Davidson EW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five field populations of Musca domestica L. collected in poultry farms were bioassayed in order to detect possible resistance to the larvicide cyromazine in Brazil. The concentrations used were 0, 0.5, 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, 1, 2, 4 and 8 ppm. Three populations (Petrópolis, RJ, Montes Claros, MG and Promissão, SP) were resis...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto MC,do Prado AP

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small molecular weight compounds from Mandevilla velutina and from Eclipta prostata were found to be active against snakebite. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mors WB

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute cases of schistosomiasis have been found on the coastal area of Pernambuco, Brazil, due to environmental disturbances and disorderly occupation of the urban areas. This study identifies and spatially marks the main foci of the snail host species, Biomphalaria glabrata on Itamaracá Island. The chaotic occupation ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Barbosa CS,Araújo KC,Antunes L,Favre T,Pieri OS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was set up to evaluate the impact of two commercial larvicide formulations, Bacillus thuringiensis serovar israelensis base (Bti) at 15 ppm/1 min and temephos at 0.03 ppm of active ingredient, used to control Simulium pertinax populations, on associated non-target entomofauna occupying the same breeding site...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Araújo-Coutinho CJ,Cunha Ade B,Serra-Freire NM,de Mello RP

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study objective was to evaluate the cytokines associated with early events of hepatic fibrosis in schistosomiasis mansoni. Hepatic fibrosis was classified by ultrasonography in 94 patients. Immunological evaluation was performed by measurement of secreted cytokines (interleukin IL-5, IL-10, IL-13, interferon-gamm...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Magalhães A,Miranda DG,Miranda RG,Araújo MI,Jesus AA,Silva A,Santana LB,Pearce E,Carvalho EM,Jesus AR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:St. Louis encephalitis virus (SLEV) and West Nile virus (WNV) present ecological and antigenic similarities and are responsible for serious human diseases. In addition, WNV is a significant pathogen in terms of equine health. The purpose of our study was to analyse the seroprevalence of SLEV and WNV in equine sera col...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Tauro L,Marino B,Diaz LA,Lucca E,Gallozo D,Spinsanti L,Contigiani M

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study on tick-borne rickettsiosis was developed in the county of Santa Cruz do Escalvado, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, where a clinical case of the disease, confirmed by necropsy, had been reported. Of the 1,254 ticks collected, 1,061 belonged to the Amblyomma genus, 57 to the Rhipicephalus sanguineus species, 81 ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Lemos ER,Machado RD,Pires FD,Machado SL,da Costa LM,Coura JR

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Faeces from 17 children less than 1.6 years old and 15 adults more than 22 years old were collected during an outbreak of gastroenteritis in a day care nursery and screened for the presence of adenovirus and rotavirus by enzyme immunoassay (EIARA) and other viruses by electron microscopy (EM) and polyacrylamide gel el...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Castro L,Rodrigues Ddos P,Flauzino R,Moura M,Leite JP

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD8+ T cells have been implicated as critical effector cells in protection against the pre-erythrocytic stage of malaria in mice and humans following irradiated sporozoite immunization. Immunization experiments in animal models by several investigators have suggested different strategies for vaccination against malari...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira-Ferreira J,Daniel-Ribeiro C

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：: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：:In Brazil, malaria still remains a clinically important febrile syndrome for local populations and travelers, occurring mostly in the Amazon Basin. This review aims to report the main efforts employed to control this disease since the 1940s and the emergence of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax chemoresistanc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gama BE,Lacerda MV,Daniel-Ribeiro CT,Ferreira-da-Cruz Mde F

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More sensitive methodologies are necessary to improve strongyloidiasis diagnosis. This study compared the sensitivities of the McMaster modified technique and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, both performed in faecal samples. Lewis rats were subcutaneously infected with 4,000, 400 or 40 infective third-stage la...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Marra NM,Chiuso-Minicucci F,Machado GC,Zorzella-Pezavento SF,França TG,Ishikawa LL,Amarante AF,Sartori A,Amarante MR

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the rate of human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence, associated risk factors, and predictors of cytological alteration outcomes in a cohort of human immunodeficiency virus-infected pregnant women over an 18-month period. HPV was typed through L1 gene sequencing in cervical smears collected durin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Meyrelles AR,Siqueira JD,Santos PP,Hofer CB,Luiz RR,Seuánez HN,Almeida G,Soares MA,Soares EA,Machado ES

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article reviews current concepts of the biology of Endotrypanum spp. Data summarized here on parasite classification and taxonomic divergence found among these haemoflagellates come from our studies of molecular characterization of Endotrypanum stocks (representing an heterogenous population of reference strains ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Franco AM,Grimaldi G Jr

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) was used to examine sera of 104 children and adults in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria for anti-toxocaral antibodies, out of which 31 (29.8%) were reactive. The seropositive rates were 30.4% for adults, 29.6% for children, 34% for females and 25.9% for males. However, the diff...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ajayi OO,Duhlinska DD,Agwale SM,Njoku M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data analysis, presentation and distribution is of utmost importance to a genome project. A public domain software, ACeDB, has been chosen as the common basis for parasite genome databases, and a first release of TcruziDB, the Trypanosoma cruzi genome database, is available by ftp from ftp://iris.dbbm.fiocruz.br/pub/g...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Degrave W,de Miranda AB,Amorim A,Brandão A,Aslett M,Vandeyar M

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the prevalence of human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) variants in women with cervical lesions from the Federal District, Central Brazil. We analyzed 34 HPV-16 samples, identifying the sequence variations of E6 and L1 genes and correlating variant frequency with disease status. The most prevalent HPV-16 var...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cruz MR,Cerqueira DM,Cruz WB,Camara GN,Brígido MM,Silva EO,Carvalho LG,Martins CR

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From November 1996 to March 2000, a total of 884 children between 0 and 15 years, from 11 institutions including day care centres, public urban and public rural schools in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, central Brazil, were examined for head louse infestation. Children's sex, race, age and some hairs characteristi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Borges R,Mendes J

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:An overview is presented of the results obtained with biodegradable sustained release devices (SRDs) containing a mixture of polymers and either isometamidium (ISMM) or ethidium. Under controlled laboratory conditions (monthly challenge with tsetse flies infected with Trypanosoma congolense) the protection period in S...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Geerts S,Brandt J,De Deken R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitroarylidenemalononitriles and their cyanoacetamide derivatives with remarkable anti-epimastigote properties, were synthesized attempting to obtain new 3,5-diamino-4-(5'-nitroarylidene)-4H-thiadiazine 1,1-dioxide derivatives, which in previous reports had shown anti-Trypanosoma cruzi activity. Tests to evaluate the ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Muelas-Serrano S,Le-Senne A,Fernandez-Portillo C,Nogal JJ,Ochoa C,Gomez-Barrio A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted in a blood donor population of Central Brazil aiming to investigate the prevalence of GB virus C (GBV-C)/hepatitis G virus (HGV) infection and also to analyze the virus genotypes distribution. A total of 241 voluntary blood donors were interviewed at the State Blood Bank in Goiânia, State of Goi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Oliveira LA,Martins RM,Carneiro MA,Teles SA,Silva SA,Cardoso DD,Lampe E,Yoshida CF

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00