Report of Didymocystis wedli Ariola, 1902 (Digenea; Didymozoidae) from Thunnus albacares in Brazil.

abstract：:In Argentina, most information on hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype distribution comes from studies carried out in Buenos Aires (east province). In order to identify HCV subtypes in central Argentina, nucleotide sequencing of core region was performed in samples from 36 patients living in Córdoba, the second most popul...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ré V,Contigiani M,Yoshida CF,Lampe E

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new species of planorbid mollusc, Plesiophysa dolichomastix (Greek dolichos = long, mastix = flagellum), collected from Lagoa da Pedra, municipality of Santa Rosa, state of Goiás, Brazil (15 degrees 01'S, 47 degrees 13'W) is described. It is indistinguishable by the shell characters from the five congeneric species ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Paraense WL

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal exudate cells from mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni (S-PEC) can kill schistosomula in vitro in the presence of immune serum. S-PEC produce a low level of respiratory burst, and schistosomula mortality in their presence is not reduced when exogenous antioxidants are added, suggesting that with S-PEC, o...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Smith JM,Mikoji GM,Prichard RK

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the development of a SYBR Green I based real time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) protocol for detection on the ABI Prism 7000 instrument. Primers targeting the gene encoding the SSU rRNA were designed to amplify with high specificity DNA from Schistosoma mansoni, in a real time quantitative PCR ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gomes AL,Melo FL,Werkhauser RP,Abath FG

更新日期：2006-09-01 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

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：:Lutzomyia evandroi Costa Lima and Antunes, 1936 is found in Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, in areas of visceral and mucocutaneous leishmaniasis and follows the same geographic distribution of L. longipalpis. The biological cycle, oviposition, morphological and behavioral characteristics of the species were ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： de Melo Ximenes Mde F,Maciel JC,Jerônimo SM

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of transmitted human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 drug-resistance (TDR) at the time of antiretroviral therapy initiation is associated with failure to achieve viral load (VL) suppression. Here, we report TDR surveillance in a specific population of men who have sex with men (MSM) in Belo Horizonte, Braz...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Tupinambás U,Duani H,Martins AV,Aleixo AW,Greco DB

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The community structure of insects, especially mosquito larvae, in water held in the fungus Aquascypha hydrophora (Berk.) Reid (Stereaceae) is reported. The study was done in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, 26 km east of Manaus, AM, Brazil, from September 1998 through November 1999. The most abundant entomofauna wer...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira RL,Oliveira AF,Pereira ES,Hamada N

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Americas are presently experiencing the most serious known outbreak of Zika virus (ZIKV). Here, we present a novel set of analyses using environmental characteristics, vector mosquito distributions, and socioeconomic risk factors to develop the first map to detail global ZIKV transmission risk in multiple dimensio...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Samy AM,Thomas SM,Wahed AA,Cohoon KP,Peterson AT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase (alpha-GPDH) activity in flight muscles of Panstrongylus megistus and Triatoma sordida, vectors of Chagas disease in Brazil, was studied. Both species showed higher enzymatic activities in fliers than in non-fliers insects. T. sordida exhibited a higher proportion of flier inse...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Soares RP,Santoro MM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of altitude and latitude on some structure sizes of Lutzomyia intermedia was noted; several structures of insects collected in higher localities were greater, according to Bergmann's rule. This influence was more remarkable in two localities of the State of Espírito Santo, probably due to greater differe...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Marcondes CB,Lozovei AL,Falqueto A,Brazil RP,Galati E,Aguiar G,Souza N

更新日期：1999-09-01 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：:Penicillin tolerance among 67 strains of beta-hemolytic streptococci was examined by determining the ratio of the minimal bactericidal concentration to the minimal inhibitory concentration as 32 or greater. Tolerance was demonstrated in 15 group A strains and in 11.7, and 4 of groups B, C and G, respectively. Thereaft...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Avelino CC,Benchetrit LC

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunogenicity of anti-malaria synthetic vaccine SPf66 was tested in a region of the Colombian middle Atrato river. The specific serum antibodies against SPf66 were quantified in vaccinees and placebo injected controls for a two-years period post-immunization. The frequency of individuals showing seroconversion of...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lopera TM,Restrepo M,Blair S,García HI

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A longitudinal study was conducted in Manaus, Brazil, to monitor changes of adult Aedes aegypti (L.) abundance. The objectives were to compare mosquito collections of two trap types, to characterise temporal changes of the mosquito population, to investigate the influence of meteorological variables on mosquito collec...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Degener CM,Ázara TM,Roque RA,Codeço CT,Nobre AA,Ohly JJ,Geier M,Eiras ÁE

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this transversal study, factors related to infection with and transmission of Schistosoma mansoni were explored. Based on stool examinations of two Kato-Katz smears of a single sample, the prevalences of schistosomiasis and geohelminths were established. In a multivariable analysis, sets of demographic, socio-econo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Enk MJ,Lima AC,Barros Hda S,Massara CL,Coelho PM,Schall VT

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been good progress in inferring the evolutionary relationships within trypanosomes from DNA data as until relatively recently, many relationships have remained rather speculative. Ongoing molecular studies have provided data that have adequately shown Trypanosoma to be monophyletic and, rather surprisingly, ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Stothard J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The four dominant outer membrane proteins (46, 38, 33 and 28 kDa) were detected by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) in a semi-purified preparation of vesicle membranes of a Neisseria meningitidis (N44/89, B:4:P1.15:P5.5,7) strain isolated in Brazil. The N-terminal amino acid sequenc...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： De Simone SG,Soares SA,Souza AL,Danelli MG

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania braziliensis is the etiological agent of American mucosal leishmaniasis, one of the most severe clinical forms of leishmaniasis. Here, we report the assembly of the L. braziliensis (M2904) genome into 35 continuous chromosomes. Also, the annotation of 8395 genes is provided. The public availability of this ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： González-de la Fuente S,Camacho E,Peiró-Pastor R,Rastrojo A,Carrasco-Ramiro F,Aguado B,Requena JM

更新日期：2018-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, we observed the uptake of membrane-impermeant molecules by cercariae as they penetrate the skin and are transformed into schistosomula. We propose that membrane-impermeant molecules, Lucifer Yellow, Propidium iodide and Hoechst 33258 enter the parasite through both thenephridiopore and the surface membrane and t...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Thornhill J,Kusel J,Oliviera FA,Ribeiro F,Lima SF,Coelho PM,McVeigh P,Mattos AC

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue outbreaks have occurred in several regions in Brazil and cocirculating dengue virus type 1 (DENV-1), DENV-2, and DENV-3 have been frequently observed. Dual infection by DENV-2 and DENV-3 was identified by type-specific indirect immunofluorescence assay and confirmed by reverse transcription polymerase chain rea...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Araújo FM,Nogueira RM,de Araújo JM,Ramalho IL,Roriz ML,de Melo ME,Coelho IC

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The restriction fragment length polymorphism of the 195 bp repeated DNA sequence of Trypanosoma cruzi was analyzed among 23 T. cruzi stocks giving a reliable picture of the whole phylogenetic variability of the species. The profiles observed with the enzymes Hinf I and Hae III were linked together and supported the ex...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bastrenta B,Bosseno MF,Barnabé C,Tibayrenc M,Brenière SF

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Muscina stabulans, M. domestica, Chrysomya putoria, C. megacephala and Stomoxys calcitrans were the most abundant muscoid flies captured in a poultry facility in southeastern Brazil. We examined the gonadotrophic profiles of the females caught at different sites and different times and found that Mu. stabulans and M. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Avancini RM,Silveira GA

更新日期：2000-03-01 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：:Living in close association with a vertebrate host and feeding on its blood requires different types of adaptations, including behavioural adjustments. Triatomines exhibit particular traits associated with the exploitation of their habitat and food sources and these traits have been the subject of intense analysis. Ma...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lazzari CR,Lorenzo MG

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A kinetic study of the cells present in the spleen of BALB/c mice infected with Schistosoma mansoni was carried out. The lymphocytes were evaluated phenotypically with monoclonal antibodies and the effect of splenectomy on the modulation of periovular granuloma was also investigated. The infected mice had proportional...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Arruda SM,Santoro F,Sadigursky M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of atopic diseases and diabetes is increasing worldwide though the concurrence of these pathologies in individual patients is found less frequent than it would be predicted. Moreover, co-existence of diabetes and allergy is generally marked by attenuation of their respective symptoms, and effective trea...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carvalho VF,Barreto EO,Cordeiro RS,Lagente V,Martins MA,e Silva PM

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study (April-September 2003) was designed to investigate the roles of the main viruses responsible for cases of acute infantile gastroenteritis in hospitalised children up to two years of age. The viruses were identified in 64.7% (88/136) of the cases and the detection rates of rotavirus A (RVA), no...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ferreira MS,Cubel Garcia Rde C,Xavier Mda P,Ribeiro RL,Assis RM,Mota Mdo C,Leite JP,Miagostovich MP,de Oliveira SA

更新日期：2012-12-01 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