-; A peptide (SmB2LJ; r175-194) that belongs to a conserved domain from Schistosoma mansoni SmATPDase 2 and is shared with potato apyrase, as predicted by in silico analysis as antigenic, was synthesised and its immunostimulatory property was analysed. When inoculated in BALB/c mice, this peptide induced high levels of SmB2LJ-specific IgG1 and IgG2a subtypes, as detected by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay. In...
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Estima-se que haja hoje no país cerca de 2,5 milhões de portadores de esquistossomose mansoni — popularmente conhecida como barriga d’água —, afora mais 25 milhões de brasileiros expostos ao risco de contrair a doença. Esta obra, comemorativa ao centenário da descoberta do Schistosoma mansoni no Brasil pelo pesquisador baiano Manuel Augusto da Silva Pirajá, está sendo considerada a mais completa e atual já prod...
A Esquistossomíase Hematóbica ou Esquistossomíase Urinária é um dos principais problemas de Saúde Pública na África e no Oriente Médio. Uma única dose de praziquantel 40 mg/kg de peso, continua sendo o tratamento de escolha para esta infecção. Os objetivos deste seguimento foram: avaliar o período pós-tratamento de um paciente infectado com Schistosoma haematobium e não submetido à re-exposição e, identificar a...
The development of resistance in three stages throughout an active infection (pre-ovular, acute and initial chronic stages) was studied, comparing the total number of adult worms recovered from the reinfected group and the control groups. It was shown that Nectomys squamipes was unable to develop resistance in the tested conditions and, on the other hand, reinfection in the pre-ovular period of the parasite led...
Specimens of Sarasinula marginata were collected in kitchen and house gardens of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The suscetibility of these molluscs for Angiostrongylus costaricensis was tested by infecting 15 laboratory - reared slugs (F1). The positivity demonstrated was of 80.0%.; Espécimes de Sarasinula marginata foram coletadas em hortas e jardins residenciais de Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. A suscetibilida...
Biomphalaria glabrata (control), B. tenagophila and B. straminea from our laboratory colonies initiated with molluscs collected in the municipality of Belo Horizonte, MG (Brasil), were experimentally infected with first-stage larvae of Angiostrongylus costaricensis. The number of molluscs of each species exposed was 139, 77 and 149. About 25 days later, surviving molluscs were individually examined by artificia...
Um número crescente de casos de angiostrongilíase abdominal tem sido detectado no sul do Brasil. O principal hospedeiro do Angiostrongylus costaricensis na América Central, o rato do algodão (Sigmodon hispidus), não ocorre na América do Sul, exceto no norte do Peru, Colômbia e Venezuela. Foram realizadas capturas na área endêmica do Rio Grande do Sul (RS), visando identificar hospedeiros para obtenção de vermes...