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Notes on the sand fly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) in a region of Brazil
Variza, Paula Fassicolo; Pereira, Thiago Nunes; Oliveira, Joice Guilherme de; Fernandes, Millena; Avelar, Daniel Moreira deThe family Psychodidae has a cosmopolitan distribution with members that occur in many habitats, mainly in humid environments, and is most diverse in the tropics. Subfamilies Sycoracinae and Phlebotominae have females with hematophagous habits and the latter studied more due to medical and veterinary interest, since it includes species that can transmit diseases to animals and humans. The knowledge about the sa...
Evaluation of three recombinant proteins for the development of ELISA and immun...
Santos, Anna Raquel Ribeiro dos; Serufo, Ângela Vieira; Figueiredo, Maria Marta; Godoi, Lara Carvalho; Vitório, Jéssica Gardone; Marcelino, Andreza PainBACKGROUND Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) is an infectious disease that is a significant cause of death among infants aged under 1 year and the elderly in Brazil. Serodiagnosis is a mainstay of VL elimination programs; however, it has significant limitations due to low accuracy. OBJECTIVE This study aimed to evaluate three recombinant Leishmania infantum proteins (rFc, rC9, and rA2) selected from previous proteomi...
Evaluation of a new brand of immunochromatographic test for visceral leishmania...
Freire, Mariana Lourenço; Assis, Tália Santana Machado de; Avelar, Daniel Moreira de; Rabello, Ana; Cota, GláuciaImmunochromatographic tests based on the recombinant antigen K39 represent a major advance in diagnosing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in recent years. Some performance variations are expected and have occurred in the use of several commercial rapid tests, especially in different geographical settings. This is the first evaluation in the Americas of the test recently provided by the public health system in Brazil...
Epidemiological aspects of vector, parasite, and domestic reservoir in areas of...
Silva, Fabiana de Oliveira Lara; Michalsky, Érika Monteiro; Dias, Consuelo Latorre Fortes; Fiuza, Vanessa de Oliveira PiresAbout 97% of the human cases of the American visceral leishmaniasis (VL) occur in Brazil. In the last fewyears, the disease expanded to medium- and large-sized cities, in which surveillance and control actionshave been intensified, in an effort to control VL spreading. Our two-year study was conducted in BeloHorizonte, the sixth most populous city in Brazil, which is endemic for VL. We focused in two particular...