abstract：:On the ecological scale of an organism, a homogeneous geographical landscape can represent a mosaic of heterogeneous landscapes. The bionomy of Kerteszia mosquitoes can contribute to foundation landscape ecology by virtue of in the role of the configuration and composition of the habitat played in the distribution of ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chaves LSM,Rodrigues de Sá IL,Bergamaschi DP,Sallum MAM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, benzimidazoles are used as chemotherapeutic agents and as a complement to surgery and PAIR in the treatment of cystic echinococcosis (CE). They are generally applied at high doses causing side effects and, 50% of cases do not respond favorably to such chemotherapy. The use of essential oils obtained by dist...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Fabbri J,Maggiore MA,Pensel PE,Denegri GM,Gende LB,Elissondo MC

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptomatic chronic Chagas disease affects up to 40% of patients infected with Trypanosoma cruzi. The lack of reliable early markers of cure after therapy hinders disease management and clinical trials with new drugs. We performed a study with 18 months of follow-up to compare changes in immune parameters and T. cruzi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Vallejo A,Monge-Maillo B,Gutiérrez C,Norman FF,López-Vélez R,Pérez-Molina JA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinicoepidemiologic profile of 143 cases (93 males and 50 females) with cutaneous leishmaniasis from 18 villages of Hajjah governorate, Yemen was studied. Dry-type lesions were seen in 98.6% and wet-type lesions in 1.4% of patients. Lesions were localized in all cases with different morphological patterns. Micros...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mogalli NM,El Hossary SS,Khatri ML,Mukred AM,Kassem HA,El Sawaf BM,Ramadan NF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A serological assessment was undertaken on pigs from the Kubu and Abang sub-districts of Karangasem on the island of Bali, Indonesia, where earlier studies had detected patients with cysticercosis. Antigens purified from Taenia solium cyst fluid by cation-exchange chromatography were used to evaluate antibody response...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Swastika K,Dharmawan NS,Suardita IK,Kepeng IN,Wandra T,Sako Y,Okamoto M,Yanagida T,Sasaki M,Giraudoux P,Nakao M,Yoshida T,Eka Diarthini LP,Sudarmaja IM,Purba IE,Budke CM,Ito A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonotic disease that presents a public health challenge and a socioeconomic burden on developing areas in the Middle East. This study used spatial methods to assess the distribution of surgically managed CE cases in an endemic region of north-eastern Iran. METHODS:For the ye...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ebrahimipour M,Budke CM,Najjari M,Cassini R,Asmarian N

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Strongyloidiasis is widely distributed in the tropical and subtropical areas. Ivermectin is the drug of choice for the treatment. However, the concerns about relying treatment on a single drug make identification of new molecules a priority. Alkylphospholipid analogues, including edelfosine, are a group of synthetic c...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Legarda-Ceballos AL,Rojas-Caraballo J,López-Abán J,Ruano AL,Yepes E,Gajate C,Mollinedo F,Muro A

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Direct transmission of mutated tuberculosis (TB) strains is among major contributors to the worldwide epidemic of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis. Expanding access to TB-services and decreasing diagnostic delays are acknowledged as potential solutions. We aimed to summarize evidence about links between health care ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Barnabishvili M,Ulrichs T,Waldherr R

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac involvement represents the main cause of mortality among patients with Chagas disease, and the relevance of trypanocidal treatment to improving diastolic dysfunction is still doubtful. In the present study, we used a canine model infected with the benznidazole-sensitive Berenice-78 Trypanosoma cruzi strain to ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Santos FM,Mazzeti AL,Caldas S,Gonçalves KR,Lima WG,Torres RM,Bahia MT

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primaquine has been the drug of choice for the prevention of Plasmodium vivax relapse for more than 60 years. Primaquine tolerant strain of P. vivax was identified in 1944. Significant mortality and disease burden of P. vivax calls for the need of new drugs. Primaquine resistance is a complex issue, as the mechanism o...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Thomas D,Tazerouni H,Sundararaj KG,Cooper JC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the shedding of Brucella abortus in the milk of cows vaccinated with a full dose of RB51 during lactation. Eighteen cows, nine previously vaccinated with S19 as calves and nine non-vaccinated, were immunized subcutaneously with 1.3×10(10)CFU of B. abortus RB51, 30-60days after par...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Miranda KL,Poester FP,Dorneles EM,Resende TM,Vaz AK,Ferraz SM,Lage AP

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The vector species Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) was recorded in Turkey for the first time, near the Greek border, in 2011 and a high risk of expansion towards Aegean and Mediterranean coasts of Turkey was estimated. A preliminary study was planned to evaluate the possibility of creating a satellite mass rearing faci...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Dogan M,Gunay F,Puggioli A,Balestrino F,Oncu C,Alten B,Bellini R

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is a snail-transmitted parasitic disease endemic in most rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. However, the currently used prediction models fail to capture the focal nature of its transmission due to the macro-geographical levels considered and paucity of data at local levels. This study determined the s...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Manyangadze T,Chimbari MJ,Gebreslasie M,Mukaratirwa S

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chau Cuica was the name given by the regional government of Loreto in Peru for its school-based deworming program which was initiated in 2012 with a donation of mebendazole from an international non-governmental organization. Embedded in the program from the start was a sentinel surveillance component which consisted ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ferruci HR,Razuri H,Casapia M,Rahme E,Silva H,Ault S,Blouin B,Mofid LS,Montresor A,Gyorkos TW

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is an epidemic in various countries, and the parasite Leishmania donovani is developing resistance against available drugs. In the present study the antileishmanial action of piperolactam A (PL), isolated after bioactivity guided fractionation from root extracts of Piper betle was accentuated in detail. ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Bhattacharya P,Mondal S,Basak S,Das P,Saha A,Bera T

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasmosis is a common and serious parasitic disease with high prevalence and global distribution in human and other warm-blooded vertebrates. Though the infection of Toxoplasma gondii is usually asymptomatic in healthy people, it can lead to severe pathological effects to the fetus of infected women and immunocomp...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Foroutan-Rad M,Khademvatan S,Majidiani H,Aryamand S,Rahim F,Malehi AS

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human cytochrome P450 2C8 is a highly polymorphic gene and shows variation according to ethnicity. The CYP2C8*2 is a slow drug metabolism allele and shows 10-24% frequency in Black populations. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of CYP2C8*2 allele in Botswana among the San (or Bushmen) and the Ba...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Motshoge T,Tawe L,Muthoga CW,Allotey J,Romano R,Quaye I,Paganotti GM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis is an emerging disease, especially in countries with a tropical climate such as Malaysia. A dramatic increase in the number of cases has been reported over the last decade; however, information on the epidemiological trends of this disease is lacking. The objective of this study is to provide an epidemio...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Benacer D,Thong KL,Min NC,Bin Verasahib K,Galloway RL,Hartskeerl RA,Souris M,Mohd Zain SN

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conventional method of estimating parasite densities employ an assumption of 8000 white blood cells (WBCs)/μl. However, due to leucopenia in malaria patients, this number appears to overestimate parasite densities. In this study, we assessed the accuracy of parasite density estimated using this assumed WBC count i...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Liu H,Feng G,Zeng W,Li X,Bai Y,Deng S,Ruan Y,Morris J,Li S,Yang Z,Cui L

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the composition of the Culicidae community in three environments with different degrees of anthropic disturbance in the province of Chaco. The nonparametric richness estimator ACE was calculated to measure the completeness of the sampling in each environment, and the diversity of each...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Stein M,Santana M,Galindo LM,Etchepare E,Willener JA,Almirón WR

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartonella elizabethae has been known to cause endocarditis and neuroretinitis in humans. The genomic features and virulence profiles of a B. elizabethae strain (designated as BeUM) isolated from the spleen of a wild rat in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia are described in this study. The BeUM strain has a genome size of 1,932,...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Tay ST,Kho KL,Wee WY,Choo SW

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The most severe clinical form of American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) due to Leishmania braziliensis is mucosal leishmaniasis (ML), characterized by destructive lesions in the facial mucosa. We performed a retrospective cohort study of 109 ATL patients from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, where ATL is caused by L. b...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Azeredo-Coutinho RB,Pimentel MI,Zanini GM,Madeira MF,Cataldo JI,Schubach AO,Quintella LP,de Mello CX,Mendonça SC

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In South America, Lutzomyia umbratilis is the main vector of Leishmania guyanensis, one of the species involved in the transmission of American tegumentary leishmaniasis. In Brazil, L. umbratilis has been recorded in the Amazon region, and an isolated population has been identified in the state of Pernambuco, Northeas...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： de Souza Freitas MT,Ríos-Velasquez CM,da Silva LG,Costa CR Jr,Marcelino A,Leal-Balbino TC,Balbino Vde Q,Pessoa FA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurocysticercosis (NC) is a serious public health problem mainly in developing countries. NC caused by the cysticercus stage from cestode Taenia solium is considered by the WHO and ITFDE as a potentially eradicable disease. Definitive diagnosis of NC is challenging because of the unspecific clinical manifestations su...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： García-Montoya GM,Mesa-Arango JA,Isaza-Agudelo JP,Agudelo-Lopez SP,Cabarcas F,Barrera LF,Alzate JF

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor (MIF) is the first human cytokine reported and was thought to have a central role in the regulation of inflammatory responses. Homologs of this molecule have been reported in bacteria, invertebrates and plants. Apart from cytokine activity, it also has two catalytic activities vi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Chauhan N,Hoti SL

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is a major unsolved health issue in Latin America and an emerging threat worldwide. New drugs are urgently needed for chemotherapy as those available (benznidazole and nifurtimox) have variable efficacy and elevated toxicity. Efforts are actually oriented to improve tools and technologies (e.g. transgen...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Miranda CG,Solana ME,Curto MLA,Lammel EM,Schijman AG,Alba Soto CD

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spatial and temporal dynamics of mosquitoes in stream pools were examined in a biosphere reserve of the Southern Western Ghats, India. The immature mosquitoes in stream pools were collected from stream substrates of bedrock pool, boulder cavity and sand puddle. The collected larvae and pupae were reared and identi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Anbalagan S,Arunprasanna V,Kannan M,Dinakaran S,Krishnan M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human Pegivirus (HPgV, also known as GBV-C virus or hepatitis G virus) is a lymphotropic RNA-virus phylogenetically related to the Hepatitis C virus, which infects approximately 5% of the world's human population. Recently, two novel, presumably hepatotropic, pegiviruses, designated as equine Pegivirus (EPgV) and ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： de Souza AJS,Malheiros AP,de Sousa ERP,Moreira ACN,Silva AL,das Chagas AAC,Freitas PEB,Gemaque BS,de Figueiredo HF,de Sá LRM,Dos Santos PDE,Soares MDCP

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In accordance with international targets, the Uganda National Malaria Control Strategic Plan established specific targets to be achieved by 2010. For children under five, this included increasing the number of children sleeping under mosquito nets and those receiving a first-line antimalarial to 85%, and decreasing ca...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Kassam R,Collins JB,Liow E,Rasool N

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We review the epidemiological role of domestic and commensal hosts of Trypanosoma cruzi using a quantitative approach, and compiled >400 reports on their natural infection. We link the theory underlying simple mathematical models of vector-borne parasite transmission to the types of evidence used for reservoir host id...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gürtler RE,Cardinal MV

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chagas disease is a zoonosis caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by triatomine insects to several mammalian species acting as reservoir hosts. In the present study, we assess T. cruzi-prevalence and DTU composition of the endemic rodent Octodon degus from a hyper-endemic area of Chagas d...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Botto-Mahan C,Rojo G,Sandoval-Rodríguez A,Peña F,Ortiz S,Solari A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Palms are ubiquitous across Neotropical landscapes, from pristine forests or savannahs to large cities. Although palms provide useful ecosystem services, they also offer suitable habitat for triatomines and for Trypanosoma cruzi mammalian hosts. Wild triatomines often invade houses by flying from nearby palms, potenti...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Abad-Franch F,Lima MM,Sarquis O,Gurgel-Gonçalves R,Sánchez-Martín M,Calzada J,Saldaña A,Monteiro FA,Palomeque FS,Santos WS,Angulo VM,Esteban L,Dias FB,Diotaiuti L,Bar ME,Gottdenker NL

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical step for Trichinella spiralis infection is that muscle larvae (ML) are activated to intestinal infective larvae (IIL) and invade intestinal epithelium to further develop. The IIL is its first invasive stage, surface proteins are directly exposed to host environment and are crucial for larval invasion and ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Liu RD,Cui J,Liu XL,Jiang P,Sun GG,Zhang X,Long SR,Wang L,Wang ZQ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human infections with the helminth species Strongyloides stercoralis encompass a wide clinical spectrum, ranging from asymptomatic carriage to life-threatening disease. The diagnosis of S. stercoralis is cumbersome and the sensitivity of conventional stool microscopy is low. New molecular tools have been developed to ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Becker SL,Piraisoody N,Kramme S,Marti H,Silué KD,Panning M,Nickel B,Kern WV,Herrmann M,Hatz CF,N'Goran EK,Utzinger J,von Müller L

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methoxyfenozide, an ecdysone receptor agonist is an effective larvicide against many pests of public health and veterinary importance including house fly, Musca domestica L. (Diptera: Muscidae). Methoxyfenozide is a bio-rational insecticide having many environmentally friendly attributes that make it compatible with i...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Shah RM,Abbas N,Shad SA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African horse sickness- and bluetongue virus are orbiviruses transmitted by Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) to horses and to ruminants, respectively. Since the last epizootic outbreak of African horse sickness in 2007 in Senegal, extensive investigations have been undertaken to improve our knowledg...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Fall M,Fall AG,Seck MT,Bouyer J,Diarra M,Lancelot R,Gimonneau G,Garros C,Bakhoum MT,Faye O,Baldet T,Balenghien T

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Triatoma williami is naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi, the ethiological agent of Chagas disease, the most significant cause of morbidity and mortality in South and Central America.The possibility of domiciliation of T. williami increases the risk of human T. cruzi vetorial transmission. Despite this, there is a...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lunardi RR,Gomes LP,Peres Câmara T,Arrais-Silva WW

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection with the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of human Chagas disease, results in life-long infection. Infective trypomastigotes circulate in the bloodstream and have the capacity to infect any cell type, including reproductive tissue. This study sought to assess the potential for sexual...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Martin DL,Lowe KR,McNeill T,Thiele EA,Roellig DM,Zajdowicz J,Hunter SA,Brubaker SA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis has plagued the Egyptian population since the antiquity. The disease is still a public health problem in Egypt, despite the tendency of being overlooked. In the first part of this review, the past and current trends of schistosomiasis in Egypt are reviewed, including history, epidemiology, morbidity, t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Othman AA,Soliman RH

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a global parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The disease is highly endemic in western China, especially in Tibetan areas, because of poor economic development and hygiene conditions, limited community knowledge of CE, a large scale of dogs, and home slaughtering of lives...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Li D,Gao Q,Liu J,Feng Y,Ning W,Dong Y,Tao L,Li J,Tian X,Gu J,Xin D

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00