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Sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in an area of leishmaniasis transmission in the municipality of Rio Branco, state of Acre, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Notifications concerning American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis have increased in recent years in the state of Acre, Brazil. Despite identification of distinct Leishmania species isolated from cutaneous lesions, there are still no records of ...
Thais Araujo-Pereira, Andressa A Fuzari, José Dilermado Andrade Filho, Daniela Pita-Pereira, Constança Britto, Reginaldo P Brazil   +5 more
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Nucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase1 (TcNTPDase-1) gene expression is increased due to heat shock and in infective forms of Trypanosoma cruzi

Parasites & Vectors, 2014
Background Ecto-Nucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolases (Ecto-NTPDases) are enzymes that hydrolyze tri- and/or di-phosphate nucleotides. Evidences point to their participation in Trypanosoma cruzi virulence and infectivity.
Natália Lins Silva-Gomes, Vitor Ennes-Vidal, Julliane Castro Ferreira Carolo, Marcos Meuser Batista, Maria Nazaré Soeiro, Rubem Menna-Barreto, Otacilio Cruz Moreira   +6 more
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Expression of active trypsin-like serine peptidases in the midgut of sugar-feeding female Anopheles aquasalis

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Anopheles aquasalis is a dipteran of the family Culicidae that is widely distributed in the coastal regions of South and Central America.
Geovane Dias-Lopes, Andre Borges-Veloso, Leonardo Saboia-Vahia, Gilberto B. Domont, Constança Britto, Patricia Cuervo, Jose Batista De Jesus   +6 more
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Avaliação das ações de controle da hanseníase no município de Governador Valadares, Brasil, no período de 2001 a 2006

Hansenologia Internationalis, 2010
A hanseníase é uma doença infecto-contagiosa de evolução crônica que se manifesta principalmente através de sinais e sintomas dermatoneurológicos: lesões na pele e nos nervos periféricos.
Sabrina Gomes Morais, Luiz Cosme Cotta Malaquias, Alexandre Castelo Branco, Patrícia Maria Fonseca Escalda, Franscisco Carlos Félix Lana   +4 more
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Role of FAK signaling in chagasic cardiac hypertrophy

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction are a significant complication of chronic Chagas disease, with heart failure, stroke, and sudden death related to disease progression.
Amanda R. Tucci, Francisco O. R. de Oliveira, Jr, Guilherme C. Lechuga, Gabriel M. Oliveira, Ana Carolina Eleuterio, Liliane B. de Mesquita, Priscila S.G. Farani, Constança Britto, Otacílio C. Moreira, Mirian Claudia S. Pereira   +9 more
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Lymphatic Endothelial Cell in Endemic Bancroftian Filariasis: A Focus on the Lymphatics of the Tunica Vaginalis Testis

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2018, Issue 1, 2018., 2018
Background. In endemic areas, lymphangiectasia is the fundamental alteration to live Wuchereria bancrofti adult worms which, in adult males, are usually found in the lymphatic vessels of the spermatic cord; accordingly, hydrocele/filaricele is the most common clinical manifestation of bancroftian filariasis.
Jose Figueredo-Silva, Joaquim Norões, Gerusa Dreyer, Shyam Sundar   +3 more
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In-depth characterization of trypsin-like serine peptidases in the midgut of the sugar fed Culex quinquefasciatus

Parasites & Vectors, 2015
Background Culex quinquefasciatus is a hematophagous insect from the Culicidae family that feeds on the blood of humans, dogs, birds and livestock. This species transmits a wide variety of pathogens between humans and animals.
André Borges-Veloso, Leonardo Saboia-Vahia, Geovane Dias-Lopes, Gilberto B. Domont, Constança Britto, Patricia Cuervo, Jose B. De Jesus   +6 more
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Detection and genotyping of Trypanosoma cruzi from açai products commercialized in Rio de Janeiro and Pará, Brazil

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Several cases of food-borne acute Chagas disease (ACD) have been reported in the Brazilian Amazon so far. Up to 2004, the occurrence of ACD by oral transmission, associated with food consumption, was rare.
Renata Trotta Barroso Ferreira, Maria Luiza Cabral, Ronald Sodré Martins, Paula Finamore Araujo, Sérgio Alves da Silva, Constança Britto, Maria Regina Branquinho, Paola Cardarelli-Leite, Otacilio C. Moreira   +8 more
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Exploring the Association of Surface Plasmon Resonance with Recombinant MHC:Ig Hybrid Protein as a Tool for Detecting T Lymphocytes in Mice Infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis

BioMed Research International, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
A surface plasmon resonance‐ (SPR‐) based recognition method applying H‐2 Ld:Ig/peptides complexes for ex vivo monitoring cellular immune responses during murine infection with Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis is described. Lymphocytes from lesion‐draining popliteal lymph nodes were captured on a carboxylated sensor chip surface previously ...
Lenilton Silva da Silveira-Júnior, Franklin Souza-Silva, Bernardo Acácio Santini Pereira, Léa Cysne-Finkelstein, Geraldo Barroso Cavalcanti Júnior, Carlos Roberto Alves, Abhay Satoskar   +6 more
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Evidence for Tissue Toxicity in BALB/c Exposed to a Long‐Term Treatment with Oxiranes Compared to Meglumine Antimoniate

BioMed Research International, Volume 2017, Issue 1, 2017., 2017
Leishmaniasis remains a serious public health problem in developing countries without effective control, whether by vaccination or chemotherapy. Part of the failure of leishmaniasis control is due to the lack of new less toxic and more effective drugs able to eliminate both the lesions and the parasite.
Luiz Filipe Gonçalves Oliveira, Franklin Souza-Silva, Léa Cysne-Finkelstein, Kíssila Rabelo, Juliana Fernandes Amorim, Adriana de Souza Azevedo, Saulo Cabral Bourguignon, Vitor Francisco Ferreira, Marciano Viana Paes, Carlos Roberto Alves, Philippe Holzmuller   +10 more
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