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	EPIDEMIOLOGY	Rhodnius prolixus fifth nymph cadaver with sporulating Beauveria bassiana. Click on the figure to read the article.
	SYSTEMATICS
	DIAGNOSIS
	BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
	CLINICAL STUDIES
	THERAPY AND CONTROL
	EXPERIMENTAL INFECTIONS
	BOOK REVIEW

EPIDEMIOLOGY

• Lymphatic Filariasis in Brazilian Urban Area (Maceió, Alagoas)
  - Gilberto Fontes, Eliana MM Rocha, Ana C Brito, Carlos Mauricio F Antunes
  
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• An Investigation on the Ecology of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal, 1859) and its Possible Role in the Transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi, in the Locality of Triunfo, Santa Maria Madalena municipal district, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  - Teresa Cristina M Gonçalves, Edson de Oliveira, Lidiamara S Dias, Magaly D Almeida, Wagner O Nogueira, Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires
  
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• Interrelationship between Ectoparasites and Wild Rodents from Tijucas do Sul, State of Paraná, Brazil
  - Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Márcia Arzua, Pedro Marcos Linardi, José Ramiro Botelho, Ives José Sbalqueiro
  
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• Seroprevalence of Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Students at the Seven-Fourteen Age Range, Londrina, PR, Brazil, in 1995
  - Ana Maria Bonametti, Adauto Castelo Filho, Luiz Roberto Ramos, Eide Dias Camargo, Paulo Mutuko Nakamura, José Luís da Silveira Baldy, Tiemi Matsuo
  
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• Soil Contamination and Human Infection by Toxocara sp. in the Urban Area of Lima, Peru
  - Susana A Zevallos Lescano, Pedro Paulo Chieffi, Benedito A Peres, Elisabete O de Mello, César Náquira Velarde, Adan Apaza Salinas, Carmen Estácio Rojas (Research Note)
  
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• Further Evidence of Humans as Source of Leishmania viannia for Sandflies
  - J Montoya-Lerma, R Palacios, L Osorio, C Jaramillo, H Cadena (Research Note)
  
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SYSTEMATICS

• Cosmocerca parva Travassos, 1925 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in Toads from Argentina
  - Cecilia Mordeglia, María Celina Digiani (Research Note)
  
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• Isoenzymatic Characterization of Colombian Strains of Trypanosoma cruzi
  - P Rodríguez, M Montilla, S Nicholls, I Zarante, C Puerta (Research Note)
  
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• Eimeria minasensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in the Domestic Goat Capra hircus, from Brazil
  - Andréa C Silva, José D Lima
  
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• On a New Species of Hysterothylacium (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from Cauque mauleanum (Pisces: Atherinidae) by Brightfield and Scanning Electron Microscopy
  - Patricio Torres, Paula Andrade, Ricardo Silva
  
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• Trypanosoma cruzi: Maintenance in Culture Modify Gene and Antigenic Expression of Metacyclic Trypomastigotes
  - Víctor T Contreras, Ana Rita De Lima, Gelu Zorrilla
  
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• First Report of Haematobia irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) as Vector of Dermatobia hominis (L.jr.) (Diptera: Cuterebridae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil
  - RC Leite, Z Rodríguez, JLH Faccini, PR Oliveira, AA Fernandes (Research Note)
  
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• Two New Species of Nematodes (Rhabditida: Diplogasteridae and Rhabditidae) Parasites of Gryllodes laplatae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) in Argentina
  - Guillermo R Reboredo, Nora B Camino
  
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• Fimbriaria fasciolaris and Cloacotaenia megalops (Eucestoda, Hymenolepididae), Cestodes from Brazilian Waterfowl
  - Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Suzana B Amato
  
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• Numerical Taxonomy of Old World Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae). 1. Considerations of Morphological Characters in the Genus Phlebotomus Rondani & Berté 1840
  - Philippe Rispail, Nicole Léger
  
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• Numerical Taxonomy of Old World Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae). 2. Restatement of Classification upon Subgeneric Morphological Characters
  - Philippe Rispail, Nicole Léger
  
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• A New Enzymatic Variant of Leishmania (Leishmania) forattinii Isolated from Proechimys iheringi (Rodentia, Echimydae) in Espírirto Santo, Brazil
  - Aloisio Falqueto, Elisa Cupolillo, Gerzia M Carvalho Machado, Luiz Eduardo de Carvalho-Paes, Gabriel Grimaldi Jr (Research Note)
  
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DIAGNOSIS

• Overdiagnosis of Intestinal Amoebiasis Associated to Serial Microscopical Examination of Faeces. Some Precisions on a Problem }
  - Luis Fonte, Ana M Montalvo, Esteban Alberti, Fidel Núñez, Lázara Rojas (Research Note)
  
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• Identification of Mycobacteria by Thin Layer Chromatographic Analysis of Mycolic Acids and Conventional Biochemical Method: Four Years of Experience
  - Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite,Clovis Wesley Oliveira de Souza, Sergio Roberto de Andrade Leite
  
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BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

• Basic Surface Properties of Mononuclear Cells from Didelphis marsupialis
  - Valéria Pereira Nacife, Maria de Nazareth Leal de Meirelles, Fernando Costa e Silva Filho
  
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• Prostaglandin A₁ Inhibits Replication of Classical Swine Fever Virus
  - Tânia Rosária Pereira Freitas, Lucio Ayres Caldas, Moacyr Alcoforado Rebello
  
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• The Metacyclic Stage-expressed Meta-1 Gene is Conserved between Old and New World Leishmania Species
  - Christof Berberich, Marcel Marín, José R Ramírez, Carlos Muskus, Ivan D Vélez (Research Note)
  
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• Haemolymph and Fat Body Metallo-protease Associated with Enterobacter cloacae Infection in the Bloodsucking Insect, Rhodnius prolixus
  - D Feder, JM Salles, ES Garcia, P Azambuja
  
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CLINICAL STUDIES

• Laryngeal Papillomatosis in an AIDS Patient
  - Ledy HS Oliveira, Silvia MB Cavalcanti, Denise D Andrade, Eliene C Fonseca (Research Note)
  
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THERAPY AND CONTROL

• Zinc Sulphate in the Treatment of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis: an in Vitro and Animal Study
  - Rafid A Najim, Khalifa E Sharquie, Imad B Farjou
  
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• Selection of Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae Isolates to Control Triatoma infestans
  - Christian Luz, Myrian S Tigano, Ionizete G Silva, Celia MT Cordeiro, Salah M Aljanabi
  
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EXPERIMENTAL INFECTIONS

• Ultrastructural Details of Cryptosporidium parvum Development in Calf Intestine
  - Mª José Rosales, Teresa Arnedo, Carmen Mascaró
  
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• Experimental Infection of Swine by Isospora suis Biester 1934 for Species Confirmation
  - Silvia Maria Oliveira Sayd, Urara Kawazoe
  
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• Experimental Infection of Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus and Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti with Wuchereria bancrofti
  - Cláudia ML Calheiros, Gilberto Fontes, Paul Williams, Eliana MM Rocha
  
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• The Effects of a DNA Virus Infection on the Reproductive Potential of Female Tsetse Flies, Glossina morsitans centralis and Glossina morsitans morsitans (Diptera: Glossinidae)
  - Rosemary C Sang, Walter GZO Jura, Leonard H Otieno, Richard W Mwangi
  
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BOOK REVIEW

• Malária Aviária en un País de la Región Neotropical - Venezuela
  - Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira
  
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