Introduction: This study assessed the prevalence of Mansonella ozzardi in riverine communities of the Tefé River, Amazonas, Brazil. Methods: The prevalence of M. ozzardi was estimated by microscopic examination of thick blood smears. Results: The M. ozzardi prevalence rate was 6.3% (19/300). Filarial infection was found in 8 of the 11 communities surveyed, with prevalence rates varying from 2.5% to 22.2%. Concl...
Substances that inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis could potentially be used as antibiotics. These substances could also be added to test culture media to improve the speed of tuberculosis diagnosis. The aim of this work was to investigate the influence of culture filtrates of endophytic fungi isolated from P. aduncum L. on the growth of M. tuberculosis. To achieve this objective, the following me...
Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-20T12:31:37Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Alita Moura de Lima.pdf: 2197035 bytes, checksum: 64774d32c0950f346e45e0226627e35a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-10-31; Funda????o de Amparo ?? Pesquisa do Estado do Amazonas; Tuberculosis (TB), an infectious disease that occurs in 90% of cases in the lungs, is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although TB has been described sinc...