Differences of susceptibility of five triatomine species to pyrethroid insecticides - implications for Chagas disease vector control.

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：:The aims of this study were to characterise the ground-level larval habitats of the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus, to determine the relationships between habitat characteristics and larval abundance and to examine seasonal larval-stage variations in Córdoba city. Every two weeks for two years, 15 larval habitats (na...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Grech M,Sartor P,Estallo E,Ludueña-Almeida F,Almirón W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dissemination of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance genes may pose a substantial public health risk. In the present work, the occurrences of blaCTX-M and plasmid-mediated ampC and qnr genes were investigated in Escherichia coli from 16 chicken carcasses produced by four commercial brands in Brazil. Of the b...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Botelho LA,Kraychete GB,Costa e Silva JL,Regis DV,Picão RC,Moreira BM,Bonelli RR

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study changes in survival, in biological activities and behavior of planorbids submitted to increased hydrostatic pressure, we developed a technique using two transparent chambers and a hydraulic piston. The apparatus permitted renewal of the liquid medium without substantial variations in pressure, thus eliminatin...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Jurberg P,Soares MS,Mascitelli AC,Favre TC,Barbosa JV

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effect of infectious agents against allergic reactions has been thoroughly investigated. Current studies have demonstrated the ability of some helminths to modulate the immune response of infected hosts. The objective of the present study was to investigate the relationship between Toxocara canis infect...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Zaia MG,Oliveira SR,Castro CA,Soares EG,Afonso A,Monnazzi LG,Peitl Filho O,Faccioli LH,Anibal Fde F

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：: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：:Lutzomyia georgii n. sp. and the female of L. tarapacaensis in the Series infraspinosa of the subgenus Evandromyia are described, from specimens collected in rainforest in the north of the State of Pará, Brazil. The new species was taken together with five other Evandromyia species including L. infraspinosa (sensu str...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Freitas RA,Barrett TV

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Americas, hantaviruses cause severe cardiopulmonary syndrome (HCPS) with a high fatality rate. Hantavirus infection is commonly diagnosed using serologic techniques and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. This paper presents a novel plaque reduction neutralisation test (PRNT) for detecting antibodi...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pádua Md,Souza WM,Lauretti F,Figueiredo LT

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lymphatic filariasis caused by nematode parasites Wuchereria bancrofti or Brugia malayi is a spectral disease and produces wide range of immune responses and varying levels of microfilaraemia in infected individuals. The relationship between the immune response of host and the developmental stage of the parasite as we...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Athisaya Mary K,Hoti S,Paily K

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The triatomine bug Triatoma infestans probably originated in Bolivia and dispersed passively over wide areas of South America, where it is the principal vector of Trypanosoma cruzi. In the region of its probable origin this species shows colonization in two different ecotopes, so that it may be encountered in sylvatic...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Pires HH,Barbosa SE,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2000-11-01 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

abstract：:[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/0074-02760180073]. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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更新日期：2018-01-01 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：: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 cattl...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Wagner G,Cruz D,Holman P,Waghela S,Perrone J,Shompole S,Rurangirwa F

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:Triatoma sordida is a peridomestic Triatominae that could play an important role in the transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, although its vectorial competence is not well known. The aim of this work was to evaluate two aspects of the vectorial competence: the feeding behaviour and defaecation patterns, and to compare th...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Crocco LB,Catalá SS

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhodnius ecuadoriensis is the second most important vector of Chagas Disease (CD) in Ecuador. The objective of this study was to describe (and compare) the life cycle, the feeding and defecation patterns under laboratory conditions of two populations of this specie [from the provinces of Manabí (Coastal region) and Lo...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Villacís AG,Arcos-Terán L,Grijalva MJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pristinus Nagaki & Sallum, n. sp. of the Myzorhynchella Section is described based on morphological characters of adult females, males, fourth-instar larvae, pupae and male genitalia. Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) antunesi Galvão & Amaral is characterized to fix its identity and distinguish it fr...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Nagaki SS,Motta Mde A,Sallum MA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the susceptibility to benznidazole of two parental Trypanosoma cruzi strains, Colombian and Berenice-78, was compared to isolates obtained from dogs infected with these strains for several years. In order to evaluate the susceptibility to benznidazole two groups of mice were infected with one of five dis...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Veloso VM,Carneiro CM,Toledo MJ,Lana M,Chiari E,Tafuri WL,Bahia MT

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultrastructure of endogenous stages of Eimeria ninakohlyakimovae was observed in epithelial cells of cecum and colon crypts from a goat experimentally infected with 2.0 x 10(5) oocysts/kg. The secondary meronts developed above the nucleus of the host cell. The nucleus first divides and merozoites then form on the ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Vieira LS,Lima JD,Ribeiro MF,Bozzi IA,Camargos ER

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chromatin of Trypanosoma congolense was analyzed by electron microscopy. The chromatin is organized as nucleosome filaments but does not form a 30 nm fiber. There are five groups of histones, including a histone H1-like protein, which as a molecular weight within the range of the core histones, and is extremely hy...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Schlimme W,Burri M,Betschart B,Hecker H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of this disease in women of childbearing age and children treated at health centres in underserviced areas of the city of Buenos Aires. Demographic and Chagas disease status data were collected. Samples for Chagas disease serology were obtained on filt...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Moscatelli G,Berenstein A,Tarlovsky A,Siniawski S,Biancardi M,Ballering G,Moroni S,Schwarcz M,Hernández S,García-Bournissen F,Cozzi AE,Freilij H,Altcheh J

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected clinical form of public health importance that is quite prevalent in the northern and eastern parts of Egypt. A comprehensive study over seven years (January 2005-December 2011) was conducted to track CL transmission with respect to both sandfly vectors and animal reservoirs...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Samy AM,Doha SA,Kenawy MA

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in 832 pregnant women in Miracema, Rio de Janeiro, was determined and 75.1% (625) and 2.0% (17) were anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgG and IgM positive, respectively. Out of the 17 IgM positive pregnant women, only one had low avidity IgG corresponding to the acute phase of the infection. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ribeiro AC,Mutis MS,Fernandes O

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper a discussion is made on the pathogenesis of schistosomiasis mansoni in mice, presented from the perspectives of "processes", "mediators", "strategies for study" and "disease". These concepts overlap considerably. Regarding "processes", granulomas, fibrosis and vasculitis are discussed. The role of mediat...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Cheever AW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is an organism that is frequently transmitted in hospitals and perinatal units. The MRSA is considered a public health problem in neonatology because of its strong potential for dissemination in the wards associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality. In this ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Loureiro MM,de Moraes BA,Quadra MR,Pinheiro GS,Suffys PN,Asensi MD

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chagas disease is a public health problem caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi. There is currently no effective therapy for Chagas disease. Although there is some evidence for the beneficial effect of bone marrow-derived cells in chagasic disease, the mechanisms underlying their effects i...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Irion CI,Paredes BD,Brasil GV,Cunha STD,Paula LF,Carvalho AR,Carvalho ACC,Carvalho AB,Goldenberg RCDS

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:The principal vector of malaria in eastern Venezuela, Anopheles aquasalis, is exophagic and exophilic. Control using indoor insecticide house sprays has failed to lower the number of malaria cases. Therefore, studies were initiated in two villages of the eastern coastal state of Sucre to better understand this vector'...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Berti J,Zimmerman R,Amarista J

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00