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Immunopathological characterization of human cutaneous leishmaniasis lesions caused by Leishmania (Viannia) spp. in Amazonian Brazil
(Springer Verlag, 2017)
American cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) is a chronic infectious disease caused by different protozoan species of Leishmania, and it is endemic in both tropical and subtropical countries. Using immunohistochemistry, we ...
Generation, characterization and immunogenicity of a novel chimeric recombinant protein based on Plasmodium vivax AMA-1 and MSP1(19)
(Elsevier, 2017)
Plasmodium vivax is the most widely distributed malaria species and the most prevalent species of malaria in America and Asia. Vaccine development against P. vivax is considered a priority in the global program for the ...
Effectiveness of an immunohistochemical protocol for Leishmania detection in different clinical forms of American tegumentary leishmaniasis
(Elsevier, 2017)
American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is a neglected disease widely distributed in Latin America. In Brazil, it is caused by different Leishmania species belonging to the Subgenera Viannia and Leishmania. ATL diagnosis ...
Nutritional status of children with vivax malaria in the Amazon Basin
(Elsevier, 2017)
Objective: To investigate the nutritional status of children and adolescents with Plasmodium
vivax malaria who live in an endemic area with unstable transmission in the west of the
Amazon Basin. Moreover, we sought to ...
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) sawyeri, a new anopheline mosquito from Ceara, Brazil
(Entomological Society of America, 1943)
One of the most widely distributed anophelines of the Nyssorhynchns group is Anopheles argyritarsis Robineau-Desvoidy. Although the Species has been recognized for more than one hundred years, no very closely related forms ...
On palms, bugs, and Chagas disease in the Americas
(Elsevier, 2015)
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 ...
Sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Serra da Mocidade Nacional Park: report of vectors and putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and new records for the state of Roraima, Brazil
(Magnolia Press, 2018)
Phlebotomine sand flies are insects of medical importance, as they are vectors of viruses, bacteria and trypanosomatids of the genus Leishmania Ross, the causative agent of leishmaniasis (Forattini 1973). During the past ...
Clinical and immunological profiles of anaemia in children and adolescents with Plasmodium vivax malaria in the Pará state, Brazilian Amazon
(Elsevier, 2018)
Children and adolescents are at great risk for developing iron deficiency anaemia worldwide. In the tropical areas, malaria and intestinal parasites may also play an important role in anaemia pathogenesis. This study aimed ...
Comparative analysis of carbohydrate residues in the midgut of phlebotomines (Diptera: Psychodidae) from colony and field populations from Amazon, Brazil
(Elsevier, 2016)
Leishmaniasis are worldwide diseases that occur in 98 countries including Brazil, transmitted by the bite of female phlebotomines during blood feeding. In Brazil it is known that some species of sand flies as Lutzomyia ...
Observations on malaria in the presence and absence of Anopheles gambiae in an experimental area (Cumbe) Ceará, Brazil
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1943)
A malaria study of a small isolated community in Brazil was made during the year 1940 before and after the eradication of Anopheles gambiae from the area. The records for the first four months of 1940 showed a rising ...