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Epidemiological characteristics and trends of leprosy in children and adolescen...
Moraes, Paulo Cezar de; Eidt, Letícia Maria; Koehler, Alessandra; Pagani, Danielle Machado; Scroferneker, Maria LúciaLeprosy is an infectious and contagious disease affecting skin and nerves. The number of cases in individuals under 15 years old is one of the parameters used in Brazil as an indicator of endemic permanence of the disease and its continuous transmission. Rio Grande do Sul State, in Southern Brazil, is low-endemic to leprosy. However, the disease remains a public health problem. This is a retrospective, observat...
Secretion of five extracellular enzymes by strains of chromoblastomycosis agents
Souza, Thais Furtado de; Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia; Costa, Juliana Mônica da; Carissimi, Mariana; Corbellini, Valeriano AntonioThe gelatinase, urease, lipase, phospholipase and DNase activities of 11 chromoblastomycosis agents constituted by strains of Fonsecaea pedrosoi, F. compacta, Phialophora verrucosa, Cladosporium carrionii, Cladophialophora bantiana and Exophiala jeanselmei were analyzed and compared. All strains presented urease, gelatinase and lipase activity. Phospholipase activity was detected only on five of six strains of ...
In situ identification of Fasciola hepatica antigens
Marques, Sandra Márcia Tietz; Scroferneker, Maria Lúcia; Quadros, Rosiléia M deThe aim of the present study was to assess excretory-secretory antigens and somatic antigens of Fasciola hepatica, specific antibodies, and to identify reactive sites in histological sections of adult parasites by means of immunohistochemistry. The immune response was observed through the intense reaction of cells that surround the ventral sucker of Fasciola hepatica. Immunohistochemistry is a sensitive and eas...