99(1) February 2004

Trypanosoma cruzi: Genetic Structure of Populations and Relevance of Genetic Variability to the Pathogenesis of Chagas Disease

Andréa M Macedo, Carlos R Machado, Riva P Oliveira*, Sérgio DJ Pena ⁺

PAGES 1-12 | DOI:

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Southernmost Finding of Lymnaea viatrix Orbigny, 1835 (Pulmonata: Lymnaeidae), Intermediate Host of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) (Trematoda: Digenea), in Urban and Rural Areas of Patagonia, Argentina

Florencia Kleiman ⁺, Silvia Pietrokovsky, W Lobato Paraense*, Cristina Wisnivesky-Colli

PAGES 23-24 | DOI:

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Brazilian Subtype B Variant Showed an Increasing Avidity of the Anti-V3 Antibodies over Time Compared to the Subtype B US/European Strain in São Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Casseb ⁺, Patricia Montanheiro, Shirley Komninakis, Adriana Brito, Alberto JS Duarte

PAGES 69-71 | DOI:

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Detection of Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor Types 1 and 2 among Fecal Escherichia coli Isolates from Brazilian Children with and without Diarrhea

Ana Terezinha Tavechio, Lilian Regina M Marques ⁺, Cecília Mari Abe*, Tânia AT Gomes*

PAGES 81-83 | DOI:

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Dominant Character of the Molecular Marker of a Biomphalaria tenagophila Strain (Mollusca: Planorbidae) Resistant to Schistosoma mansoni

Florence Mara Rosa, Roberta Lima Caldeira^I, Omar dos Santos Carvalho^I, Ana Lúcia Brunialti Godard^III, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho^II ⁺

PAGES 85-87 | DOI:

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A Comparative Study of Congenital Toxoplasmosis between Public and Private Hospitals from Uberlândia, MG, Brazil

Gesmar Rodrigues Silva Segundo, Deise Aparecida Oliveira Silva, José Roberto Mineo, Marcelo Simão Ferreira* ⁺

PAGES 13-17 | DOI:

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Malaria during Pregnancy in a Reference Centre from the Brazilian Amazon: Unexpected Increase in the Frequency of Plasmodium falciparum Infections

Flor Ernestina Martínez-Espinosa^{I II}, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro ⁺, Wilson Duarte Alecrim^{I II}

PAGES 19-21 | DOI:

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Changes Associated with Laboratory Rearing in Antennal Sensilla Patterns of Triatoma infestans, Rhodnius prolixus, and Rhodnius pallescens (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)

SS Catalá ⁺, DM Maida, H Caro-Riaño*, N Jaramillo*, J Moreno*

PAGES 25-30 | DOI:

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Taxonomic Reports of Otobothrioidea (Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from Elasmobranch Fishes of the Southern Coast Off Brazil

Marcelo Knoff ⁺, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente^I, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi^II, Delir Corrêa Gomes

PAGES 31-36 | DOI:

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Simulium lobatoi, New Species of Blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the States of Mato Grosso and Goiás, Central Brazil

APA Luna Dias, LM Hernández* ⁺, M Maia-Herzog, AJ Shelley*

PAGES 37-43 | DOI:

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Simulium (Chirostilbia) bifenestratum (Diptera, Simuliidae), a New Black-fly Species from the Atlantic Forest, State of São Paulo, Brazil

Neusa Hamada ⁺, Mateus Pepinelli*

PAGES 45-52 | DOI:

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Whole Blood Assay to Access T Cell-immune Responses to Mycobacterium tuberculosis Antigens in Healthy Brazilian Individuals

Paulo RZ Antas, Fernando LL Cardoso, Eliane B Oliveira, Patrícia KC Gomes, Kátia S Cunha*, Euzenir N Sarno, Elizabeth P Sampaio ⁺

PAGES 53-55 | DOI:

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Therapy of Venezuelan Patients with Severe Mucocutaneous or Early Lesions of Diffuse Cutaneous Leishmaniasis with a Vaccine Containing Pasteurized Leishmania Promastigotes and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin - Preliminary Report

Jacinto Convit ⁺, Marian Ulrich, María Argelia Polegre, Angela Avila, Noris Rodríguez, Marilina Mazzedo, Belkis Blanco

PAGES 57-62 | DOI:

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Plasminogen Interaction with Trypanosoma cruzi

Laura Almeida , Gilmer Vanegas, Marina Calcagno, Juan Luis Concepción, Luisana Avilan ⁺

PAGES 63-67 | DOI:

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In Vivo Binding of the Cry11Bb Toxin of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. medellin to the Midgut of Mosquito Larvae (Diptera: Culicidae)

Lina María Ruiz, César Segura^I, Judith Trujillo^II, Sergio Orduz^III⁺

PAGES 73-79 | DOI:

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Strongyloides ratti Antigenic Components Recognized by IgE Antibodies in Immunoblotting as an Additional Tool for Improving the Immunodiagnosis in Human Strongyloidiasis

Rosângela Maria Rodrigues ⁺⁺, Mônica Camargo Sopelete, Deise Aparecida de Oliveira Silva, Jair Pereira Cunha-Júnior, Ernesto Akio Taketomi, Julia Maria Costa-Cruz ⁺

PAGES 89-93 | DOI:

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Viremic Blood Donor Found by a Rapid Screening Method in a Season of High Human Parvovirus B19 Activity in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Sérgio Setúbal ⁺, Cláudia Alessandra da Silva Cárdias^I, Solange Artimos de Oliveira, Jussara Pereira do Nascimento^{I II}

PAGES 95-99 | DOI:

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Circulating Filarial Antigen in the Hydrocele Fluid from Individuals Living in a Bancroftian Filariasis Area _ Recife, Brazil _ Detected by the Monoclonal Antibody Og4C3-assay

Abraham Rocha ⁺, Guilherme Lima^I, Zulma Medeiros, Ana Aguiar-Santos, Sandra Alves, Ulisses Montarroyos^II, Paula Oliveira, Fátima Béliz, Maria José Netto, André Furtado^III

PAGES 101-105 | DOI:

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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Determined by the E Test, Löwenstein-Jensen Proportion, and DNA Sequencing Methods among Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates Discrepancies, Preliminary Results

Maria Inês Moura Freixo^I, Paulo CS Caldas^II, Abbadi Said^III, Fátima Martins^II, Rossana Coimbra Brito^IV,Leila de Souza Fonseca^I, Maria Helena Féres Saad ⁺

PAGES 107-110 | DOI:

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Drug Susceptibility Testing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by the Broth Microdilution Method with 7H9 Broth

Ahmet Yilmaz Coban ⁺, Asuman Birinci, Bora Ekinci, Belma Durupinar

PAGES 111-113 | DOI:

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Laboratory Evaluation of Methanolic Extract of Atlantia monophylla (Family: Rutaceae) against Immature Stages of Mosquitoes and Non-target Organisms

N Sivagnaname ⁺, M Kalyanasundaram

PAGES 115-118 | DOI:

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