Immune response in cattle vaccinated against rabies.

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：:Mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever, chikungunya or malaria affect millions of people each year and control solutions are urgently needed. An international research program is currently being developed that relies on the introduction of the bacterial endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis into Aedes aegypti to cont...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Popovici J,Moreira LA,Poinsignon A,Iturbe-Ormaetxe I,McNaughton D,O'Neill SL

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Saimiri monkey, an experimental host for human malaria, acquired protection against Plasmodium falciparum blood stages depends on the IgG antibody populations developed. In vivo protective anti-falciparum activity of IgG antibodies is correlated with the in vitro opsonizing activity promoting phagocytosis of pa...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Gysin J

更新日期：1992-01-01 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 objective of this study was to evaluate the feeding behavior of Triatoma vitticeps through the identification of its food sources and the characterization of the blood ingestion process. In addition, we aimed to verify if the saliva of this vector interferes with the perception of the host during the feedings by c...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Souza Rde C,Soares AC,Alves CL,Lorosa ES,Pereira MH,Diotaiuti L

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：:Non-bilayer phospholipid arrangements are three-dimensional structures that form when anionic phospholipids with an intermediate structure of the tubular hexagonal phase II are present in a bilayer of lipids. Antibodies that recognise these arrangements have been described in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome an...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Baeza I,Wong-Baeza C,Valerdi E,Serafin-Lopez J,Ibáñez M,Estrada-Parra S,Wong C,Estrada-Garcia I

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：:The aim of this study was to determine the presence of Helicobacter pylori cytotoxin-associated gene (cagA)/vacuolating cytotoxin gene (vacA) among patients with chronic gastritis in Cuba and Venezuela. Gastric antrum biopsies were taken for culture, DNA extraction and PCR analysis. Amplification of vacA and cagA segm...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ortiz-Princz D,Guariglia-Oropeza V,Avila M,Correnti M,Perrone M,Gutierrez B,Torres J,Megraud F,Cavazza ME

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During an epidemiological survey of acute respiratory infection in Rio de Janeiro, among 208 adenovirus isolates, we found two strains that we were not able, by a standard neutralization procedure, to distinguish between type 3 or 7. However, DNA restriction pattern for the two strains with different enzymes were anal...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Moraes MT,da Silva M,Leite JP,Nascimento JP

更新日期：1998-03-01 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：: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：:Nontuberculous mycobacteria are ubiquitous and saprophytic organisms that have been implicated in a wide spectrum of diseases due to an increasing number of immunocompromised patients. The natural resistance of atypical mycobacteria to classical antituberculous drugs has encouraged research into new chemotherapeutic a...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Silva JL,Mesquita AR,Ximenes EA

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：: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：: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：: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：:Cerebral malaria (CM) is a life-threatening complication of Plasmodium falciparum malaria that continues to be a major global health problem. Brain vascular dysfunction is a main factor underlying the pathogenesis of CM and can be a target for the development of adjuvant therapies for the disease. Vascular occlusion b...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Carvalho LJ,Moreira Ada S,Daniel-Ribeiro CT,Martins YC

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Qualitative bacteriological analysis was carried out in two sewage treatment plants in the city of Rio de Janeiro during the period 1984-1985. Specific points of the plants were selected for the collection of affluent and effluent samples. The study involved the isolation and the identification of 540 cultures of Esch...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Ribeiro Dias JC,Vicente AC,Hofer E

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study was conducted to determine the presence ofMycobacterium lepraeDNA in nasal secretions of leprosy cases and nonleprosy individuals in Fortaleza, Brazil. It included 185 cases identified by physicians at the Dona Libânia National Reference Centre for Sanitary Dermatology (CDERM). A control group (Co...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Lima LN,Frota CC,Mota RM,Almeida RL,Pontes MA,Gonçalves Hde S,Rodrigues LC,Kendall C,Kerr L

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were conducted to determine the selection of humans, chickens and rabbits by Culicidae in three different environments in the province of Chaco, Argentina. Mosquitoes were collected fortnightly using cylindrical metal traps containing animal bait (chickens and rabbits). The mosquitoes were collected between Ju...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Stein M,Zalazar L,Willener JA,Almeida FL,Almirón WR

更新日期：2013-08-01 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：:Current strategies for schistosomiasis control rely heavily on drug treatment intended to reduce morbidity and disease to an insignificant level of public health importance. This approach reduces but rarely, if ever, eliminates transmission. Indeed, snail infection rates may be little altered by such chemotherapy. Rei...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sturrock RF

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:Biomphalaria glabrata can react through different pathways to Schistosoma mansoni miracidium penetration, according to the degree of resistance/susceptibility presented by different snail strains, which is a genetically determined character, resistance being the dominant feature. However, it has been observed that pre...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Azevedo CM,Borges CC,Andrade ZA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new species of the Culicoides paraensis species group, C. diversus Felippe-Bauer and C. peruvianus Felippe-Bauer, are described and illustrated based on female specimens from Amazonian region of Peru. A systematic key, table with numerical characters of females, and distribution of species of the C. paraensis grou...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Felippe-Bauer ML,Cáceres AG,Silva CS,Valderrama-Bazan W,Gonzales-Perez A

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a technique to separate male and female pupae of sand flies. This has reduced the labour to separate flies after emergence and also allows the isolation of unmated adults for behavioural and physiological studies. ...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Brazil BG,Brazil RP

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Chagas disease, resulting from Trypanosoma cruzi infections, continues to be a health concern mainly in Latin American countries where the parasite is endemic. The laboratory diagnosis of a chronic infection is determined through serological assays for antibodies against T. cruzi and several tests are avail...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Sáez-Alquezar A,Junqueira ACV,Durans ADM,Guimarães AV,Corrêa JA,Provance DW Jr,Cabello PH,Coura JR,Viñas PA

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yield as well as phenotypic and functional parameters of canine peripheral blood monocyte-derived macrophages were analyzed. The cells that remained adherent to Teflon after 10 days of culture had high phagocytic activity when inoculated with Leishmania chagasi. Flow cytometric analysis demonstrated that more than...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

authors： Bueno R,Mello MN,Menezes CA,Dutra WO,Santos RL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas cardiomyopathy is the most frequent and most severe manifestation of chronic Chagas disease, and is one of the leading causes of morbidity and death in Latin America. Although the pathogenesis of Chagas cardiomyopathy is incompletely understood, it may involve several mechanisms, including parasite-dependent my...

journal_title：Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

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

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00