Occurence of larval Culicidae (Diptera) in water retained in Aquascypha hydrophora (Fungus: Stereaceae) in Central Amazônia, Brazil.

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common painful inflammatory condition occurring mainly in the later half of life. Hip and knee are the joints mostly affected. Petiveria alliacea (tipi) popularly known as an anti-rheumatic medicine, has been used by OA patients to relief pain. This one-week cross-over double-blind trial has p...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferraz MB,Pereira RB,Coelho Andrade LE,Atra E

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents up-to-date information on the distribution and control measures of babesiosis in Latin America. Bovine babesiosis caused by Babesia bovis and B. bigemia will be emphasized. The disease is endemic in most countries and poses a serious economic burden on livestock production in the region (U.S. $136...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Montenegro-James S

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：:This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi infection and to estimate the parasitic infection rate (PIR) in simuliid black flies in the municipality of Pauini, Amazonas, Brazil. We used thick blood films to examine 921 individuals in 35 riverine communities along the Pauini and Purus ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Medeiros JF,Py-Daniel V,Barbosa UC,Izzo TJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Predictions that deforestation would reduce American cutaneous leishmaniasis incidence have proved incorrect. Presentations at a recent international workshop, instead, demonstrated frequent domestication of transmission throughout Latin America. While posing new threats, this process also increases the effectiveness ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Campbell-Lendrum D,Dujardin JP,Martinez E,Feliciangeli MD,Perez JE,Silans LN,Desjeux P

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applications of flow cytometry to clinical and experimental hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) are discussed in this review covering the following topics: diagnosis and classification of lymphohematologic disorders, quantitation of hematopoietic progenitors in the graft, lymphohematopoietic reconstitution ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Voltarelli JC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

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：:Direct smear examination using Ziehl-Neelsen staining for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) diagnosis is inexpensive and easy to use, but has the major limitation of low sensitivity. Rapid molecular methods are becoming more widely available in centralized laboratories, but they depend on timely reporting of results and st...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Michelon CT,Rosso F,Schmid KB,Sperhacke RD,Oliveira MM,Kritski AL,Rezende L Jr,Costa ER,Ribeiro AW,Verza M,Cafrune PI,Silva MS,Kuhleis D,Zaha A,Rossetti ML

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be detected in blood and other bodily fluids, such as saliva, semen and gastric juices. The aim of this study was to compare the HCV viral loads in the serum and saliva of infected patients. Twenty-nine patients with detectable HCV RNA in their serum and saliva were included in this stu...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Menezes GB,Pereira FA,Duarte CA,Carmo TM,Silva Filho HP,Zarife MA,Krieger MA,Reis EA,Reis MG

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii has a very wide intermediate host range and is thought to be able to infect all warm blooded animals. The parasite causes a spectrum of different diseases and clinical symptoms within the intermediate hosts and following infection most animals develop adaptive humoral and cell-mediated immune respons...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Innes EA,Bartley PM,Maley S,Katzer F,Buxton D

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the first two cases of Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans infections in Latin America. We also conducted a literature review and a microbiological investigation, including that of clinical and environmental isolates. A 30-year-old man with chronic renal failure had disseminated infection after dialysis and a 15-y...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Almeida JN Jr,Francisco EC,Barberino MGMA,Silva LVRFD Filho,Brandão OM,Colombo AL,Padovan ACB

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities (SOD I, II, III, and IV) have been characterized in the epimastigote form of Trypanosoma cruzi. The total extract was subjected to two successive ammonium sulphate additions between 35 and 85%, and the resulting fraction was purified using two continuous chromatography proces...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mateo H,Marín C,Pérez-Cordón G,Sánchez-Moreno M

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protection against Fasciola hepatica in goats immunized with a synthetic recombinant antigen from Schistosoma mansoni fatty acid-binding protein 14 (rSm14) was investigated by assessing worm burdens, serum levels of hepatic enzymes, faecal egg count and hepatic damage, which was evaluated using gross and microscopic m...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Mendes RE,Zafra R,Pérez-Ecija RA,Buffoni L,Martínez-Moreno A,Tendler M,Pérez J

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased plasma concentration of von Willebrand factor (vWF) is detected in individuals with many infectious diseases and is accepted as a marker of endothelium activation and prothrombotic condition. To determine whether ExoU, a Pseudomonas aeruginosa cytotoxin with proinflammatory activity, enhances the release ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Freitas C,Assis MC,Saliba AM,Morandi VM,Figueiredo CC,Pereira M,Plotkowski MC

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is a zoonotic disease caused by pathogenic spirochetes of the Leptospira genus. Vaccination with bacterins has severe limitations. Here, we evaluated the N-terminal region of the leptospiral immunoglobulin-like B protein (LigBrep) as a vaccine candidate against leptospirosis using immunisation strategies...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Forster KM,Hartwig DD,Oliveira TL,Bacelo KL,Schuch R,Amaral MG,Dellagostin OA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptoconops nosopheris sp. n. (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) is described from a blood-filled female biting midge in Early Cretaceous Burmese amber. The new species is characterized by a very elongate terminal flagellomere, elongate cerci, and an indistinct spur on the metatibia. This biting midge contained digenetic tryp...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Poinar G Jr

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi acute infections often go unperceived, but one third of chronically infected individuals die of Chagas disease, showing diverse manifestations affecting the heart, intestines, and nervous systems. A common denominator of pathology in Chagas disease is the minimal rejection unit, whereby parasite-free...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Teixeira AR,Nascimento RJ,Sturm NR

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study's objective was to search for Cryptosporidium sp. in diarrheic feces from children aged zero to 12 years and cared for at medical units within Universidade Federal de Uberlândia or at a private practice in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil, from September 1992 to August 1993. Three fecal samples pre...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gennari-Cardoso ML,Costa-Cruz JM,de Castro E,Lima LM,Prudente DV

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of congenital toxoplasmosis (CT) and to assess the performances of prenatal and neonatal diagnoses. From 1994-2005, in Toulouse University Hospital, France, amniocentesis was performed on 352 pregnant women who were infected during pregnancy. All women were treated ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bessières MH,Berrebi A,Cassaing S,Fillaux J,Cambus JP,Berry A,Assouline C,Ayoubi JM,Magnaval JF

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：:Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) infection of Hep-2 cells proceeds through bacterial attachment to cell surface and internalization of adhered bacteria. EPEC attachment is a prerequisite for cell infection and is mediated by adhesins that recognize carbohydrate-containing receptors on cell membrane. Such endocytosis-in...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Andrade JR,Da Silva CC

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study, some morphological structures of antennae, maxillary palps and caudal setae of fourth instar larvae of laboratory-reared phlebotomine sand flies (Lutzomyia longipalpis, L. migonei, L. evandroi, L. lenti, L. sericea, L. whitmani and L. intermedia) of the State of Ceará, Brazil, were examined under...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pessoa FA,Guerra de Queiroz R,Ward RD

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several parasitological studies carried out in El Salvador between 2000-2012 showed a higher frequency of acute cases of Chagas disease than that in other Central American countries. There is an urgent need for improved Chagas disease surveillance and vector control programs in the provinces where acute Chagas disease...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sasagawa E,Aguilar AV,Ramírez MA,Chévez JE,Nakagawa J,Cedillos RA,Kita K

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cross-sectional study for schistosomiasis was carried out in the localities of Aliança, Alegre and Coroatá (districts of Cururupu, São Bento and São João Batista, respectively) in the lowland of the state of Maranhão, after respectively 13, 11 and 4 mass treatments with oxamniquine in the period of ten years (1977-1...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cutrim RN,Coura JR

更新日期：1992-10-01 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 insect fat body plays major roles in the intermediary metabolism, in the storage and transport of haemolymph compounds and in the innate immunity. Here, the overall structure of the fat body of five species of mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus, Aedes fluviatilis, Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles aquasalis and Anophele...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Martins GF,Serrão JE,Ramalho-Ortigão JM,Pimenta PF

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study, the Schistosoma mansoni Rho1 protein was able to complement Rho1 null mutant Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells at restrictive temperatures and under osmotic stress (low calcium concentration) better than the human homologue (RhoA). It is known that under osmotic stress, the S. cerevisiae Rho1 trigger...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Aguiar PH,Santos DN,Lobo FP,Santos TM,Macedo AM,Pena SD,Machado CR,Franco GR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the currently known distribution of genera and species of the tribe Triatomini Jeannel, 1919, maps and diagrams were prepared, showing the geographical area occupied by the species and their respective dispersion in grades of latitude and altitude. Two genera are not treated: Panstrongylus Berg, 1879, already pub...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Galvão C,Jurberg J,Carcavallo RU,Segura CA,Galíndez Girón I,Curto de Casas SI

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 listed schistosomiasis among the leading 100 causes of death in Brazil, responsible for 3.6% of the estimated total of deaths globally. Eye and adnexa are very rarely affected by schistosomiasis mansoni, with limited documentation of ocular pathology in this setting. This short ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Fidelis TAA,Brasileiro-Filho G,Santos HH,Vasconcelos-Santos DV,Parreiras PM,Coelho PMZ,Araujo N,Chaud MV,Lambertucci JR

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the 1940s, French Guiana has implemented vector control to contain or eliminate malaria, yellow fever, and, recently, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. Over time, strategies have evolved depending on the location, efficacy of the methods, development of insecticide resistance, and advances in vector control techniq...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Epelboin Y,Chaney SC,Guidez A,Habchi-Hanriot N,Talaga S,Wang L,Dusfour I

更新日期：2018-03-12 00:00:00