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First description of autochthonous canine visceral leishmaniasis in the metropo...
Tonini,Marco André Loureiro; Lemos,Elenice Moreira; Reis,Alexandre Barbosa; Vital,Wendel Coura; Dias,Edelberto Santos; Dietze,ReynaldoINTRODUCTION: We investigated autochthonous canine visceral leishmaniasis (CVL) in the metropolitan region of Vitória (MRV), an area in which a human case was previously reported. METHODS: Serological, parasitological, and molecular tests were performed in 201 dogs. RESULTS: Twenty-six (13%) and 12 (6%) dogs were identified as positive using in-house enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and rK39 tests, res...
Anti-Toxocara antibodies detected in children attending elementary school in Vi...
Fragoso,Roberta Paranhos; Monteiro,Mariza Buriche Macedo; Lemos,Elenice Moreira; Pereira,Fausto Edmundo LimaINTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of anti-Toxocara antibodies in serum from 7-year-old children attending elementary school in Vitória-ES, Brazil and to correlate these antibodies with socio-demographic factors, the presence of intestinal helminths, blood eosinophil numbers, past history of allergy or asthma, and clinical manifestations of helminth infections. METHODS: The detect...
Avaliação do teste rápido utilizando o antígeno recombinante K39 no diagnóstico...
Lemos,Elenice Moreira; Carvalho,Silvio F. Guimarães; Dietze,Ralph Corey and ReynaldoEste estudo avaliou o desempenho teste rápido de imunocromatografia utilizando o antígeno rK39 (Kalazar Detected® InBios International, Seattle, WA, USA) e um teste de ELISA utilizando antígeno total, para o diagnóstico da leishmaniose visceral (LV) em 128 pacientes com diagnóstico parasitológico da doença. Como controle foram incluídos soros de 10 indivíduos saudáveis e de 50 pacientes portadores de outras inf...