A cladistic analysis of Inaequalium (Coscarón & Wygodzinsky, 1984), with information on geographical distribution (Diptera: Simuliidae).

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：BACKGROUND:Lutzomyia umbratilis, the vector for Leishmania guyanensis in northern South America, has been found naturally infected with L. guyanensis only in areas north of the Negro and Amazon rivers. While populations of this sand fly species are also found in areas south of these rivers, these populations have never...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Soares RP,Nogueira PM,Secundino NF,Marialva EF,Ríos-Velásquez CM,Pessoa FAC

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of genomic variability of clones of Schistosoma mansoni obtained from field isolates was compared with that of strains that have been laboratory maintained. Analysis was undertaken using randomly amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) generated with three primers. Phenograms showing the similarity among the clo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinto PM,Brito CF,Passos LK,Tendler M,Simpson AJ

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used a slide culture technique to detect tubercle bacilli surviving in sputum smears (n=46) after conventional heat fixation and Ziehl-Neelsen staining. In all heat-fixed sputum smears, tubercle bacilli survived after time 0 (n=22), 24 h (n=7), 48 h (n=7), 72 h (n=4), and seven days (n=6). None of the stained sputu...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cardoso CL,Giacomelli LR,Helbel C,Sant'Ana JJ,Martins FM,Barreto AM

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：: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：:Schistosoma mansoni is one of the three main causative agents of human schistosomiasis, a major health problem with a vast socio-economic impact. Recent advances in the proteomic analysis of schistosomes have revealed that peptidases are the main virulence factors involved in the pathogenesis of this disease. In this ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva LL,Marcet-Houben M,Zerlotini A,Gabaldón T,Oliveira G,Nahum LA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the current paper was to study in the state of Sergipe the population distribution and interactions between two species of Biomphalaria, the snail vectors of Schistosoma mansoni in the northeastern Brazil. Data collected in 1969 showed that B. straminea, with only one exception, was limited to the semi-dry ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Figueiredo CC

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to examine the parasite fauna present in rodent coprolites collected from Cueva Huenul 1 (CH1), northern Neuquén (Patagonia, Argentina), an archaeological site that provides stratified sequences of archaeological and palaeontological remains dating from the Late Pleistocene/Early Holoc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Beltrame MO,Sardella NH,Fugassa MH,Barberena R

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycobacterium fortuitum is a rapidly growing nontuberculous Mycobacterium that can cause a range of diseases in humans. Complications from M. fortuitum infection have been associated with numerous surgical procedures. A protective immune response against pathogenic mycobacterial infections is dependent on the granulom...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva TR,Petersen AL,Santos Tde A,Almeida TF,Freitas LA,Veras PS

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The global emergence and spread of malaria parasites resistant to antimalarial drugs is the major problem in malaria control. The genetic basis of the parasite's resistance to the antimalarial drug chloroquine (CQ) is well-documented, allowing for the analysis of field isolates of malaria parasites to address evolutio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sutar SK,Gupta B,Ranjit M,Kar SK,Das A

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies conducted all over the world have reported that the influenza virus is associated with great morbidity and mortality rates. In this study, we analyzed the incidence of the influenza virus between 2000 and 2003 in Curitiba. We studied 1621 samples obtained from outpatients and hospitalized patients of b...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Vidal LR,Siqueira MM,Nogueira MB,Raboni SM,Pereira LA,Takahashi GR,Rotta I,Debur Mdo C,Dalla-Costa LM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certifying the absence of Chagas disease transmission by native vectors lacks scientific grounds and weakens long-term control-surveillance systems to the detriment of people living under risk conditions. Instead, a regular "certification of good practice" (including vector control-surveillance, case detection/patient...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Abad-Franch F,Diotaiuti L,Gurgel-Gonçalves R,Gürtler RE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From May to August 1999, we evaluated 401 patients from a pediatric hospital of Havana City. One group was composed of 113 patients with diarrhea admitted to the Gastroenterology ward and a second consisted of 288 patients without diarrhea, admitted for other reasons, and hospitalized within the same time period. Thre...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Núñez FA,González OM,González I,Escobedo AA,Cordoví RA

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas heart disease (CHD) results from infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and is the leading cause of infectious myocarditis worldwide. It poses a substantial public health burden due to high morbidity and mortality. CHD is also the most serious and frequent manifestation of chronic Chagas diseas...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Previous investigations showed that Schistosoma mansoni infection aggravates protein malabsorption in undernourished mice and this can be reverted by administration of casein hydrolysate. The present study was undertaken to evaluate the effects of ingestion of casein hydrolysate for long periods. Albino Swiss mice wer...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira HS,Coutinho EM,Nascimento GR,Carvalho MC

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：:Sandfly prevalence in the Kani tribe settlements of Western Ghats in India was investigated. A total of 1,279 sandflies comprising 17 species was obtained. Sandfly abundance showed a negative correlation (r = -0.97, p = 0.003) with increase in altitudinal ranges from 0-1,000 m. When sandfly samples were grouped accord...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ranganathan S,Swaminathan S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to correlate the presence of ica genes, biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance in 107 strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis isolated from blood cultures. The isolates were analysed to determine their methicillin resistance, staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec (SCCmec) type, ica genes and bi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pinheiro L,Brito CI,Pereira VC,Oliveira Ad,Camargo CH,Cunha Mde L

更新日期：2014-11-01 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：:Gryllophila cephalobulata n. sp. (Nematoda, Thelastomatidae) a parasite of the mole cricket Neocurtilla claraziana (Orthoptera, Gryllotalpidae) isolated in Buenos Aires Province, is described and illustrated. It is characterized by cuticle annulated all along the length of the body; the first ring has 4 lobules, the s...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Camino NB,Maiztegui B

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type I diabetes mellitus (insulin-dependent DM = IDDM) is a chronic disease characterized by specific destruction of pancreatic beta cells, resulting in an absolute lack of insulin. Immune mechanisms, genetic susceptibility, and environmental factors are all implicated in the pathogenesis of Type 1 diabetes. This stud...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fidan I,Yüksel S,Kalkanci A,Imir T,Kustimur S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the epidemiological profile and socioeconomic factors associated to the infection by Schistosoma mansoni in a rural and an urban endemic area a cross-sectional study was performed in Agua Branca de Minas (rural area) and Bela Fama (urban area), both situated in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two hundred...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Amorim MN,Rabello A,Contreras RL,Katz N

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Some species of Amphibia and Reptilia are listed as new hosts of spargana, from material deposited in the Helminthological Collection of Oswaldo Cruz Institute. It is discussed the difficulties in identifying the larvae (Sparganum) and also the identification of adults of Luheella species from South America. The histo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Rego AA,Schäffer GV

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two of the major problems facing the Amazon - human migration from the other areas and uncontrolled deforestation - constitute the greatest risk for the establishment of endemic Chagas disease in this part of Brazil. At least 18 species of triatomines had been found in the Brazilian Amazon, 10 of them infected with Tr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Coura JR,Junqueira AC,Boia MN,Fernandes O

更新日期：1999-01-01 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 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