abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is caused by the protozoon Toxoplasma gondii that can infect almost all warm-blooded hosts including horses and humans. Horse meat is one of the most important meat products for human consumption. However, data on seroprevalence of T. gondii in horses intended for human consumption in Northern China is s...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Zhang XX,Ren WX,Hou G,Liu Q,Yu TQ,Zhao Q,Ni HB

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Japanese Encephalitis (JE) virus circulation in Indonesia was first documented in Lombok in 1960, and the virus was first isolated in 1972 from Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Bekasi, West Java and Kapuk, West Jakarta. Since then, Indonesia has been recognized as an endemic country for JE transmission. Up to now, JE ca...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Garjito TA,Widiarti,Anggraeni YM,Alfiah S,Tunggul Satoto TB,Farchanny A,Samaan G,Afelt A,Manguin S,Frutos R,Aditama TY

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clean India Mission is a national campaign that aims for complete elimination of open defecation from the country. In India, 564 million people do not have access to toilets and defecate in the open environment. The 'Millennium development goals' have given increased weightage to elimination of open defecation for...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Thakur R,Singh BB,Jindal P,Aulakh RS,Gill JPS

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transmission risk for vector borne disease is greatest during periods of heightened vector activity. Triatomine bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae), which transmit Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, are generally considered nocturnal, but their patterns of activity in controlled settings have rarely be...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Wormington JD,Gillum C,Meyers AC,Hamer GL,Hamer SA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three Entamoeba spp. including E. suis, zoonotic E. polecki, and E. histolytica, have been described in pigs to date. However, little is known about the molecular epidemiology of these neglected parasites in pigs globally. In this study we surveyed the occurrence and molecular epidemiology of porcine Entamoeba spp. in...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Li WC,Geng JZ,Chen C,Qian L,Zhang T,Liu JL,Luo JX,Gu YF

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquitoes are vectors of many human diseases. In particular, Aedes ægypti (Linnaeus) is the main vector for Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika viruses in Latin America and it represents a global threat. Public health policies that aim at combating this vector require dependable and timely information, which is usually exp...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Scavuzzo JM,Trucco F,Espinosa M,Tauro CB,Abril M,Scavuzzo CM,Frery AC

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Houseflies (Musca domestica) spend part of their life development on animal or human manure. Manure is high in pathogenic microbes; thus, houseflies have been known as a mechanical vector for various important zoonotic diseases. Therefore, the present study showcases captured houseflies from intensive swine production...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cervelin V,Fongaro G,Pastore JB,Engel F,Reimers MA,Viancelli A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vector-borne diseases (VBDs) infect over one billion people and are responsible for over one million deaths each year, globally. Chikungunya (CHIK) and Dengue Fever (DENF) are emerging VBDs due to overpopulation, increases in urbanization, climate change, and other factors. Colombia has recently experienced severe out...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Desjardins MR,Whiteman A,Casas I,Delmelle E

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Benzimidazoles, including albendazole and mebendazole, are the major drugs for clinical chemotherapy of echinococcosis. They mainly exert parasitostatic effects depending on high dosages for long-term. Previous studies have identified carbazole aminoalcohols as novel anti-CE (cystic echinococcosis) agents. However, it...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Dang Z,Xu S,Zhang H,Gui W,Zhao Y,Duan L,Hu W

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically, the whole of Burkina Faso was considered to be endemic for onchocerciasis (except a small area in the far north of the country) with prevalence rates 60-80%, but all endemic areas were included in the World Health Organisation Onchocerciasis Control Programme, which operated a system of vector control by...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nikièma AS,Koala L,Post RJ,Paré AB,Kafando CM,Drabo F,Belem AMG,Dabiré RK,Traoré S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipterans, especially the sarcosaprophagous communities are of substantial importance from medical, veterinary and forensic entomological perspectives. Muscids are generally seen to colonize carcasses at advanced stages of decomposition when the initial dominance of calliphorids and sarcophagids subsides. Ophyra capen...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Hore G,Saha GK,Banerjee D

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium is one of the most widespread protozoan parasites that infects domestic and wild animals and is considered the second major cause of diarrhea and death in children after rotavirus. So far, around 20 distinct species are known to cause severe to moderate infections in humans, of which Cryptosporidium ho...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Khan A,Shaik JS,Grigg ME

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis causes human eosinophilic meningitis and it is endemic in Southeast Asia, but little is known about its distribution in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. We conducted a multi-country survey for A. cantonensis in these countries to estimate its prevalence in snails along the Mekon...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lv S,Guo YH,Nguyen HM,Sinuon M,Sayasone S,Lo NC,Zhou XN,Andrews JR

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythema Nodosum Leprosum (ENL) occurs due to the immunological complication of multibacillary leprosy and is characterized by painful nodules and systemic compromising. It is usually recurrent and/or chronic and has both physical and economic impact on the patient, being a very important cause of disability. In addit...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Costa PDSS,Fraga LR,Kowalski TW,Daxbacher ELR,Schuler-Faccini L,Vianna FSL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Culex mosquitoes can act as vectors of several important diseases, including Japanese encephalitis, West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis and equine encephalitis. Besides the neurological sequelae caused in humans, Japanese encephalitis can lead to abortion in sows and encephalitis in horses. Effective vector contro...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Karthika P,Vadivalagan C,Thirumurugan D,Kumar RR,Murugan K,Canale A,Benelli G

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paragonimiasis is a subacute to chronic inflammatory granulomatous lung disease caused by the genus Paragonimus. In Latin America Paragonimus mexicanus Miyazaki & Ishii, 1968 is the only confirmed species to cause human infections. Paragonimus caliensis Little, 1968 is an uncommon species often regarded as a synonym o...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lenis C,Galiano A,Vélez I,Vélez ID,Muskus C,Marcilla A

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is still a public health problem in Brazil. The Kato-Katz test is the most frequently used diagnostic method for Schistosoma mansoni infection. However, it lacks sensitivity in areas of low prevalence. We have assessed the positivity rate of S. mansoni infection in Bananeiras, a village on Capistrano, ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bezerra FSM,Leal JKF,Sousa MS,Pinheiro MCC,Ramos AN Jr,Silva-Moraes V,Katz N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the temporal patterns of dengue incidence from 2001 to 2014 and forecast for 2015 in two Brazilian cities. We analysed dengue surveillance data (SINAN) from Recife, 1.6 million population, and Goiania, 1.4 million population. We used Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cortes F,Turchi Martelli CM,Arraes de Alencar Ximenes R,Montarroyos UR,Siqueira Junior JB,Gonçalves Cruz O,Alexander N,Vieira de Souza W

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mosquitoes are responsible for spreading many diseases and their populations are susceptible to environmental changes. The ecosystems in the Three Gorges Region were probably altered because of changes to the environment during the construction of the Three Gorges Dam (TGD), the world's largest hydroelectric...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Guo Y,Lai S,Zhang J,Liu Q,Zhang H,Ren Z,Mao D,Luo C,He Y,Wu H,Li G,Ren D,Liu X,Chang Z

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This article reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Panstrongylus megistus in the Brazilian Western Amazon. METHODS:Specimens of P. megistus were collected in the cities of Rio Branco, Acre and Extrema, Rondônia. RESULTS:The number of triatomine species in the State of Acre increased from eight t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ribeiro Castro MAL,de Souza Castro GV,de Souza JL,de Souza CR,Ramos LJ,de Oliveira J,da Rosa JA,Aranha Camargo LM,Meneguetti DUO

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to assess the effect of exogenous Interleukin (IL)-17A in experimental model of echinococcosis. Swiss mice were inoculated intra-peritoneally with viable protoscoleces (PSCs). Then, IL-17A was administered at 100, 125 or 150 pg/mL two weeks after cystic echinococcosis (CE) induction. Cyst development and hepa...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Labsi M,Soufli I,Khelifi L,Amir ZC,Touil-Boukoffa C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is a snail-transmitted infectious disease caused by a long lasting infection with a blood fluke of the genus Schistosoma. S. haematobium and S. mansoni are the species endemic in Egypt. The country has been plagued and seriously suffered from schistosomiasis over the past 5000 years. Great strides had ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Abou-El-Naga IF

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study identified the natural infection rate of Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum in Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies collected in a neighborhood around a kennel, in Dracena, northwestern of São Paulo state. This region is highly endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil. Insects were captured during 2-3 nights m...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Dos Santos Brighente KB,Cutolo AA,Motoie G,da Silva Meira-Strejevitch C,Pereira-Chioccola VL

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:House is the major site for malaria infection where most human-vector contact takes place. Hence, improving housing might reduce the risk of malaria infection by limiting house entry of vectors. This study aimed to explore the impact of screening doors and windows with wire meshes on density and entomological inoculat...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Getawen SK,Ashine T,Massebo F,Woldeyes D,Lindtjørn B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to characterize the first dengue fever epidemic in Várzea Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil, and its spatial and spatio-temporal distribution in order to assess the association of socioeconomic factors with dengue occurrence. We used autochthonous dengue cases confirmed in a 2007 epidemic, the first reporte...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Farinelli EC,Baquero OS,Stephan C,Chiaravalloti-Neto F

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutathione transferases (GSTs) perform several catalytic and non-catalytic roles in the defense against toxicities of electrophile compounds and oxidative stress, and therefore are involved in stress-response and cell detoxification. Previously, we have provided evidence indicating that EgGST2 and EgGST3, two phyloge...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lopez-Gonzalez V,La-Rocca S,Arbildi P,Fernandez V

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore a new molluscicide with dual effects of fertilization and molluscicidal activity, an organic-inorganic compound fertilizer molluscicide was prepared by mixing the water extract (or powder) of Arisaema erubescens tubers with nitrogen fertilizer, phosphate fertilizer, potash fertilizer, and three mixed fertil...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ke W,Cheng X,Cao D,Sun Q,Zhang Q

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania infantum is a protozoan that causes visceral leishmaniasis, a potentially deadly neglected tropical disease. The gold standard for diagnosis has traditionally been detection of amastigotes in bone marrow or spleen aspirates, but this is an invasive procedure that carries the risk of serious complications. N...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： da Costa Lima MS Junior,Hartkopf ACL,de Souza Tsujisaki RA,Oshiro ET,Shapiro JT,de Fatima Cepa Matos M,Cavalheiros Dorval ME

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In history disease has caused social and economic damage. Dengue is an illness typically found in the tropics that has affected more and more people. In Brazil, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), in 2013 at least 12.9% of the population (25.8 million) reported already having had d...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Montibeler EE,Oliveira DR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mosquitoes of the Culex pipiens complex, hereafter referred to as the Pipiens Assemblage, are vectors of arbovirus of worldwide concern including West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis. Given their distinct eco-physiology and vectorial capacity, accurate specimen identification and insight in the environmental drive...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cardo MV,Rubio A,Junges MT,Vezzani D,Carbajo AE

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Global demand for food is surging upward due to the expansion of human population. Hence food production and supply need to double with little or no waste to meet this demand. Food loss at any point in the farm to fork chain inhibits the stability of food security at household and national level. A retrospective (AR) ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Jaja IF,Mushonga B,Green E,Muchenje V

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triatoma infestans is a mandatory haematophagous vector of Chagas disease in Brazil. Despite a large number of studies on the anti-haemostatic molecules present in its saliva, the role of its salivary components on parasite transmission is poorly understood. Here, we show that the bioactive lipid molecule, lysophospha...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lima MS,Carneiro AB,Souto-Padron T,Jurberg J,Silva-Neto MAC,Atella GC

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last twenty years, zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis (ZVL) spread from the north characterized by humid, sub-humid, and semi-arid bio-climates to the arid areas located in Central Tunisia. In order to understand the eco-epidemiological factors involved in the distribution of ZVL, both a sero-epidemiological a...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kaabi B,Zhioua E

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with the determination of malaria infection rate among suspected patients attending hospitals in Hodeidah governorate, the present study evaluated the accuracy of Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein-2 (PfHRP-2)/parasite-specific lactate dehydrogenase (pLDH)-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) for the diag...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Azazy AA,Alhawery AJ,Abdul-Ghani R,Alharbi RA,Almalki SSR

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The chewing lice (Mallophaga) are common parasites of different animals. Most of them infest terrestrial and marine birds, including pigeons, doves, swans, cormorants and penguins. Mallophaga have not been found on marine mammals but only on terrestrial ones, including livestock and pets. Their bites damage cattle, sh...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Benelli G,Caselli A,Di Giuseppe G,Canale A

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nanotechnology is a promising arena for generating new applications in Medicine. To successfully functionalised nanoparticles for a given biomedical application, a wide range of chemical, physical and biological factors have to be taken into account. Silica-coated nanoparticles, (SiO2NP) exhibit substantial diagnostic...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Aly I,Taher EE,El Nain G,El Sayed H,Mohammed FA,Hamad RS,Bayoumy EM

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To better understand the epidemiology of tick-borne disease in Mongolia, a comprehensive seroprevalence study was conducted investigating exposure to Anaplasma spp. and spotted fever group (SFG) Rickettsia spp. in nomadic herders and their livestock across three provinces from 2014 to 2015. METHODS:Blood wa...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： von Fricken ME,Lkhagvatseren S,Boldbaatar B,Nymadawa P,Weppelmann TA,Baigalmaa BO,Anderson BD,Reller ME,Lantos PM,Gray GC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania is transmitted in the presence of sand fly saliva. Protective immunity generated by saliva has encouraged identification of a vector salivary-based vaccine. Previous studies have shown that immunization with LJM11, a salivary protein from Lutzomyia longipalpis, is able to induce a Th1 immune response and pr...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Cunha JM,Abbehusen M,Suarez M,Valenzuela J,Teixeira CR,Brodskyn CI

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antimicrobial resistance results in selective colonization in animals. In the present study, 447 diarrheic foals (235 horse foals, 165 donkey foals and 47 mule foal) were selected from Lahore and Sahiwal districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Fresh fecal and blood samples from diarrheic foals were collected for isolation and ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Haq I,Durrani AZ,Khan MS,Mushtaq MH,Ahmad I

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease, caused by Trypanosoma cruzi affects about 6-8 million people worldwide. Although transmission by triatomine insects has been controlled, other means of transmission maintain the infection. These forms of transmission are responsible for introducing Chagas disease in other non-endemic countries of the w...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mattos EC,Meira-Strejevitch CDS,Marciano MAM,Faccini CC,Lourenço AM,Pereira-Chioccola VL

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00