abstract：BACKGROUND:Dengue incidence has grown dramatically around the world in recent years. Vector control is the only method to reduce dengue incidence due to the lack of a vaccine available. By understanding the factors contributed to the vector densities such as environmental and sociological factors, dengue prevention and...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Adnan RA,Ramli MF,Othman HF,Asha'ri ZH,Ismail SNS,Samsudin S

更新日期：2021-01-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate the feasibility and outcomes of using Gravid Oviposition Sticky (GOS) trap and dengue NS1 antigen tests for indoor and outdoor dengue/Aedes surveillance in the field. A one-year community-based study was carried out at Sungai Buloh Hospital Quarters, Selangor, Malaysia. GOS trap...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Liew JWK,Selvarajoo S,Phang WK,Mah Hassan M,Redzuan MS,Selva Kumar S,de Silva JR,Lau YL,Vythilingam I

更新日期：2021-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The critical step of Trichinella spiralis infection is that the muscle larvae (ML) are activated to intestinal infective larvae (IIL) which invade the intestinal columnar epithelium to further develop. The IIL excretory/secretory (ES) proteins play an important role in host-parasite interaction. Proteolytic enzymes ar...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Ren HN,Zhuo TX,Bai SJ,Bai Y,Sun XY,Dan Liu R,Long SR,Cui J,Wang ZQ

更新日期：2021-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional anthelmintics such as albendazole could not achieve complete cure of trichinellosis till now. The antimalarial mefloquine mediates oxidative stress and disrupts lysosomal functions leading to cell death. Therefore, the aim of this work was to investigate the effect of mefloquine on experimental acute and ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Elmehy DA,Ismail HIH,Soliman NA,Amer BS,Elkaliny HH,El-Ebiary AA,Gamea GA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schistosomiasis is a neglected disease caused by helminth flatworms of the genus Schistosoma, affecting over 240 million people in more than 70 countries. The treatment relies on a single drug, praziquantel, making urgent the discovery of new compounds. Aurones are a natural type of flavonoids that display interesting...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Pereira VRD,da Silveira LS,Mengarda AC,Alves Júnior IJ,da Silva OOZ,Miguel FB,Silva MP,Almeida ADC,Torres DDS,Pinto PF,Coimbra ES,de Moraes J,Couri MRC,da Silva Filho AA

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blastospores or conidia (formulated or not) of entomopathogenic fungi were assessed against Aedes aegypti larvae. Larvae (L2) were exposed to 105, 106, 107, and 108 propagules mL-1 water suspension. Mineral oil at 0.1%, 0.5%, or 1.0% (v/v) was employed to observe the effect on larval survival. The 0.1% mineral oil did...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： de Oliveira Barbosa Bitencourt R,Reis Dos Santos Mallet J,Mesquita E,Silva Gôlo P,Fiorotti J,Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt V,Guedes Pontes E,da Costa Angelo I

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The COVID-19 epidemic spread rapidly through China and subsequently proliferated globally leading to a pandemic situation around the globe. Human-to-human transmission, as well as asymptomatic transmission of the infection, have been confirmed. As of April 03, 2020, public health crisis in China due to COVID-19 was po...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Khan IM,Haque U,Zhang W,Zafar S,Wang Y,He J,Sun H,Lubinda J,Rahman MS

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is a fatal but preventable disease that remains notoriously underreported. Weak data availability hampers advocacy, constitutes a barrier to resource allocation and inhibits effective prevention and control. To gain better insight into the global rabies burden and human vaccine demand several studies were funde...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Léchenne M,Traore A,Hattendorf J,Kallo V,Oussiguere A,Tetchi M,Moyengar R,Traore AK,Moto DD,Ngandolo R,Bonfoh B,Zinsstag J

更新日期：2020-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of cercarial infections in freshwater snails collected from the Chai Nat province of Central Thailand. Moreover, we aimed to develop a duplex PCR technique, using the ITS2 and candidate MT-ND1 gene, to determine the dissemination of H. taichui and H. pumilio, respectively...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Dunghungzin C,Chontananarth T

更新日期：2020-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is a public health problem in the world especially in Côte d'Ivoire. The epidemiological surveillance of rabies revealed 10,197 exposures with 17 deaths in 2015 and 11,481 exposures with 18 deaths in 2016. The management of exposed people was based on WHO's intramuscular (IM) protocols (Essen and Zagreb). The u...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Tetchi M,Coulibaly M,Kallo V,Traoré GS,Issaka T,Joseph B,Gerber F,Lechenne M,Zinsstag J,Bonfoh B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:India and other Southeast Asian countries are severely affected by Japanese encephalitis (JE), one of the deadliest vector-borne disease threat to human health. Several epidemiological observations suggest climate variables play a role in providing a favorable environment for mosquito development and virus transmissio...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Singh H,Singh N,Mall RK

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiostrongylus cantonensis is the main cause of human eosinophilic meningitis. Humans are accidental hosts, becoming infected due to ingestion of raw intermediate (snails and slugs) or paratenic hosts. Once ingested, the larvae migrate towards the brain where they die, causing the disease. To develop better mollusk c...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mendes TMF,Carrilho E,Galinaro CA,Cabral FJ,Allegretti SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a key role in host-parasite interactions. Previous studies have shown that parasites can release microRNA (miRNA) containing EVs, which can transfer their contents to host cells and regulate gene expression in recipient cells. However, a little is known about the secretion of EVs by t...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Nawaz M,Malik MI,Zhang H,Gebremedhin MB,Cao J,Zhou Y,Zhou J

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balantioides coli is a known ciliated zoonotic protozoan that mainly causes diarrhea in humans and pigs. An efficient and reliable culture system for this parasite remains unavailable until now. In this study, a modified Dulbecco's modified eagle medium (DMEM) with pH 7.0-7.5, containing 5 mg/mL starch and 20% new cal...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Yan W,Wang T,Zhao L,Sun C

更新日期：2020-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:17-N-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (17-AAG, tanespimycin) is an inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), which has been studied in the treatment of cancer such as leukemia or solid tumors. Alternatively, 17-AAG may represent a promising therapeutic agent against leishmaniasis. However, the delivery of 17-AAG ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Pires VC,Magalhães CP,Ferrante M,Rebouças JS,Nguewa P,Severino P,Barral A,Veras PST,Formiga FR

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyses the relationship between landscape and environmental variables estimated from high-resolution satellite images with the temporal variation of the abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis and Migonemyia migonei, vectors of leishmaniasis, in Corrientes city. At 8 collection sites, 14 samples were conducted between...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Martín ME,Stein M,Willener JA,Kuruc JA,Estallo EL

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to systematically review evidence pertaining to the safety and efficacy of nitazoxanide in treating infectious diarrhea. On September 21, 2017, we identified relevant studies using 12 databases. The estimates of the included studies were pooled as a risk ratio (RR). We conducted a network and pairwise random-...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Hashan MR,Elhusseiny KM,Huu-Hoai L,Tieu TM,Low SK,Minh LHN,Nghia TLB,Loc LQ,Y MN,Eid PS,Abed M,Elkolaly SS,Tawfik GM,Huy NT

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new Myxobolus species is described infecting gill filaments of the endangered ornamental fish Otocinclus cocama from Peruvian Amazon. In a total of 35 fish examined, five (14.3%) had myxozoan plasmodia. Taxonomic analysis was performed integrating multiple characters, including morphometrical, biological traits, ssr...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mathews PD,Mertins O,Milanin T,Espinoza LL,Flores-Gonzales AP,Audebert F,Morandini AC

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is a chronic and systemic disease; if untreated, it can cause death in a large number of cases. The therapy is based on the use of antimonials, which have been used for over 50 years. However, cases of resistance have been reported in some countries. In this context, miltefosine (MIL) was i...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： da Silva JC,Nunes JB,Gontijo VS,Malaquias LCC,de Freitas RP,Alves RB,Colombo FA,Laurenti MD,Marques MJ

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptospirosis, a disease that occurs worldwide, especially in tropical regions, is caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospira and affects mammals, amphibians, and reptiles. Boa constrictor snakes are commonly found in Atlantic rainforest fragments in peri‑urban areas, which indicates a greater possibility of the conta...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Rodamilans GM,Fonseca MS,Paz LN,Fernandez CC,Biondi I,Lira-da-Silva RM,Meyer R,Pinna MH,Portela RD

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Worldwide, Bartonella species are known to infect a wide range of mammalian and arthropod hosts, including humans. The current study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Bartonella spp. in synanthropic mammals captured in peri-urban areas from Central-Western and Southern Brazil and their ectoparasites. For this aim...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Gonçalves LR,Harrus S,Herrera HM,Gutiérrez R,Pedrassani D,Nantes WAG,Santos FM,Porfírio GEO,Barreto WTG,de Macedo GC,Assis WO,Campos JBV,da Silva TMV,Biolchi J,de Sousa KCM,Nachum-Biala Y,Barros-Battesti DM,Machado RZ,

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omega-3 and omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids are synthesized from the essential fatty acids alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid, respectively. They are pivotal components of all mammalian cells and were found to be useful in prevention and treatment of a variety of health problems owing to their anti-inflammator...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Alhusseiny SM,El-Beshbishi SN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rabies is one of the most dreadful diseases and a major viral zoonosis which has been shown to cause an almost 100% fatality rate in infected victims. It is characterized by acute progressive encephalitis in mammals. This study determined the genotypic characteristics of rabies virus in dogs slaughtered for human cons...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Suleiman MA,Kwaga JKP,Okubanjo OO,Abarshi MM,Kia GSN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonorchiasis is caused by the ingestion of raw freshwater fish containing Clonorchis sinensis larvae. Health education is crucial in sustainable control of clonorchiasis but extremely challenging when dealing with adults. To investigate if education in children would be a beneficial long-term approach, a cluster-cont...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Qian MB,Gan XQ,Zhao JG,Zheng WJ,Li W,Jiang ZH,Zhu TJ,Zhou XN

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemoproteus species (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) are cosmopolitan bird blood parasites, which often cause relatively benign infections in adapted avian hosts, but severe and even lethal haemoproteosis might develop due to internal organ damage if these pathogens inhabit non-adapted (wrong) hosts. Haemoproteids of s...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Valkiūnas G,Ilgūnas M,Chagas CRF,Bernotienė R,Iezhova TA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria is transmitted by Plasmodium parasites through the bite of female Anopheles mosquitoes. One of the most important mosquito vectors in the Greater Mekong Subregion is Anopheles dirus. This study reports RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) transcriptome analysis of An. dirus at 18 hours and 7 days after a P. vivax-infected...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Boonkaew T,Mongkol W,Prasert S,Paochan P,Yoneda S,Nguitragool W,Kumpitak C,Sattabongkot J,Kubera A

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an emerging neglected tropical disease in Azad Jammu and Kashmir which is an underdeveloped area. Prevalence and parasite species identification are the key factors to control disease in a particular population, which were the objectives of the present study. Due to a lack of previous d...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Shaheen N,Qureshi NA,Qureshi MZ,Fatima H,Afzal M,Alhewairini SS

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the occurrence of digenean trematode larvae in snails from the Kenyan part of Lake Victoria. The survey included caenogastropod snails that have received less focus in parasitological studies in Africa: their trematodes are largely unknown. Out of 1145 snail specimens, 149 (13.0%) were infected...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Outa JO,Sattmann H,Köhsler M,Walochnik J,Jirsa F

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) combined with SYBR Green I was developed for the detection of Plasmodium knowlesi. Positive samples were indicated with a green color while negative samples were orange. To increase the efficiency of amplification, an interval mixing step of samples after 3 to ...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lai MY,Lau YL

更新日期：2020-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the Caribbean region of Colombia, Lutzomyia evansi is recognized as the vector for Leishmania infantum and Leishmania braziliensis. Identifying breeding sites and surveying abundance of immature phlebotomine sand flies in urban foci of leishmaniasis are useful tool to design new vector control strategies. The objec...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Estrada LG,Ortega E,Vivero RJ,Bejarano EE,Cadena H

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding geographic population dynamics of mosquitoes is an essential requirement for estimating the risk of mosquito-borne disease transmission and geographically targeted interventions. However, the use of population dynamics measures, such as the intrinsic growth rate, as predictors in spatio-temporal point pr...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Sedda L,Taylor BM,Eiras AE,Marques JT,Dillon RJ

更新日期：2020-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Mosquito-borne diseases affect millions of individuals worldwide; the area of endemic transmission has been increasing due to several factors linked to globalization, urban sprawl, and climate change. The Aedes aegypti mosquito plays a central role in the dissemination of dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and urban yellow fe...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Lorenz C,Chiaravalloti-Neto F,de Oliveira Lage M,Quintanilha JA,Parra MC,Dibo MR,Fávaro EA,Guirado MM,Nogueira ML

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The foodborne trematodiases pose a significant health problem to the animals as well as the human population living in close proximities with the livestock and are still considered as the neglected tropical diseases by the World Health Organisation. The digenetic trematode, Gigantocotyle explanatum infecting the liver...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Rehman A,Ullah R,Khan MAH,Abidi SMA

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reptile-associated Borrelia represent a monophyletic group of bacteria transmitted by several species of hard ticks, which has been reported to only infect amphibians and reptiles in Eurasia and Middle East, however, this bacterial group has not been studied in North America. The aim of this study was to assess th...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Morales-Diaz J,Colunga-Salas P,Romero-Salas D,Sánchez-Montes S,Estrada-Souza IM,Ochoa-Ochoa LM,Becker I,Flores-Primo A,Cruz-Romero A

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glugea eda n. sp. is described from the mesenteries of the striated fusilier, Caesio striata, collected from the Red Sea coast off Yanbu' al Bahr, Saudi Arabia. Numerous blackish xenomas, ranged from 3 to 5 mm, were found in the body cavity associated with the mesenteries. Mature spores are monomorphic, ellipsoidal wi...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mansour L,Zhang JY,Abdel-Haleem HM,Darwish AB,Al-Quraishy S,Abdel-Baki AS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:African animal trypanosomosis, transmitted cyclically by tsetse flies or mechanically by other biting flies, causes serious health problems in livestock. Although tsetse infestations have been observed in Blue Nile State in Sudan, tsetse was eradicated in West Kordofan in 1962, and no further studies have been carried...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Mossaad E,Ismail AA,Ibrahim AM,Musinguzi P,Angara TEE,Xuan X,Inoue N,Suganuma K

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a worldwide zoonosis caused by the Echinococcus granulosus larval stage. The currently available therapy for this disease is based on benzimidazoles, which are rarely curative and cause several adverse effects. Therefore, new treatment options are needed. Octreotide (Oct) is a somatostati...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Loos JA,Negro P,Cumino AC

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is one of the most important public health threats in many regions across Africa, Europe, and Asia. This study used ecological niche modeling analyses to map the environmental suitability of both CCHF virus (CCHFV), and its tick vectors (Amblyomma variegatum, Dermacentor marginat...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Okely M,Anan R,Gad-Allah S,Samy AM

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The genus Anaplasma currently comprises 6 bacterial species mostly pathogenic to animals and/or human, including the zoonotic species Anaplasma phagocytophilum, the causative agent of tick-borne fever (TBF) of ruminants, and of granulocytic anaplasmosis of horses, dogs and human. Recently, novel potentially non-pathog...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Zobba R,Ben Said M,Belkahia H,Pittau M,Cacciotto C,Pinna Parpaglia ML,Messadi L,Alberti A

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated plant-based immune-adjuvants from crude extracts of Phoenix dactylifera and Mentha piperita as promising adjuvants for vaccines because of the limited side effects associated with plant extracts. In addition, Montanide™ ISA 201 previously used in vaccines in cattle. Eight different infectious cory...

journal_title：Acta tropica

authors： Osman KM,Kamal OE,Deif HN,Ahmed MM

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00