Displaying items by tag: Brazil Hybridism between Biomphalaria cousini and Biomphalaria amazonica and its susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni Tatiana Maria Teodoro; Liana Konovaloff Jannotti-Passos; Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Mario J Grijalva; Esteban Guilhermo Baús; Roberta Lima Caldeira PAGE: 851-855 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700011 Raphidascaris (Sprentascaris) lanfrediae sp. nov. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) from the fish Satanoperca jurupari (Osteichthyes: Cichlidae) Marly de Fátima Carvalho de Melo; Jeannie Nascimento dos Santos; Elane Guerreiro Giese; Everton Gustavo Nunes dos Santos; Cláudia Portes Santos PAGE: 553-556 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500006 Leishmania infection in humans, dogs and sandflies in a visceral leishmaniasis endemic area in Maranhão, Brazil Ilana Mirian Almeida Felipe; Dorlene Maria Cardoso de Aquino; Oliver Kuppinger; Max Diego Cruz Santos; Maurício Eduardo Salgado Rangel; David Soeiro Barbosa; Aldina Barral; Guilherme Loureiro Werneck; Arlene de Jesus Mendes Caldas PAGE: 207-211 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200015 Two new biting midges from Pará, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Rosimeire Lopes da Trindade; Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer PAGE: 61-64 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000100010 Analysis of membrane protein genes in a Brazilian isolate of Anaplasma marginale Daniel SG Junior; Flábio R Araújo; Nalvo F Almeida Junior; Said S Adi; Luciana M Cheung; Stenio P Fragoso; Carlos AN Ramos; Renato Henrique M de Oliveira; Caroline S Santos; Gisele Bacanelli; Cleber O Soares; Grácia MS Rosinha; Adivaldo H Fonseca PAGE: 843-849 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700001 Molecular comparison of topotypic specimens confirms Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) dunhami Causey (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Colombian Amazon Freddy Ruiz; Yvonne-Marie Linton; David J Ponsonby; Jan E Conn; Manuela Herrera; Martha L Quiñones; Iván D Vélez; Richard C Wilkerson PAGE: 899-903 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700010 Serologic evidence of the recent circulation of Saint Louis encephalitis virus and high prevalence of equine encephalitis viruses in horses in the Nhecolândia sub-region in South Pantanal, Central-West Brazil Alex Pauvolid-Corrêa ; Fernando Neto Tavares; Eliane Veiga da Costa; Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy; Michele Murta; Aiesca Oliveira Pellegrin; Márcia Furlan Nogueira; Edson Elias da Silva PAGE: 829-833 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600017 The prevalence of schistosomiasis in school-aged children as an appropriate indicator of its prevalence in the community Ana Paula Braz Pereira; Tereza Cristina Favre; Aline Favre Galvão; Lilian Beck; Constança Simões Barbosa; Otávio Sarmento Pieri PAGE: 563-569 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400036 Factors related to transmission of and infection with Schistosoma mansoni in a village in the South-eastern Region of Brazil Martin Johannes Enk; Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima; Heliton da Silva Barros; Cristiano Lara Massara; Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho; Virginia Torres Schall PAGE: 570-577 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400037 Temporal distribution of ten calyptrate dipteran species of medicolegal importance in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rodrigo Rocha Barbosa; Cátia Antunes de Mello-Patiu; Alexandre Ururahy-Rodrigues; Celso Guimarães Barbosa; Margareth Maria de Carvalho Queiroz PAGE: 191-198 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000200014 Studies on the sandfly fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from transmission areas of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in state of Acre, Brazil Alfredo CR Azevedo; Simone M Costa; Maria CG Pinto; Janis L Souza; Henrique C Cruz; Joaquim Vidal; Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 760-767 | DOI: S0074-02762008000800003 Ecological aspects of Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in palms of the Chapada do Araripe in Ceará, Brazil Fernando Braga Stehling Dias; Cláudia Mendonça Bezerra; Evandro Marques de Menezes Machado; Cláudio Casanova; Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 824-830 | DOI: S0074-02762008000800014 Characterization of Shigella spp. by antimicrobial resistance and PCR detection of ipa genes in an infantile population from Porto Velho (Western Amazon region), Brazil Tatiane Silva; Paulo Afonso Nogueira; Gleiciene Félix Magalhães; Andréa Fagundes Grava; Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva; Patrícia Puccinelli Orlandi PAGE: 731-733 | DOI: S0074-02762008000700017 Study of the relationship between Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti egg and adult densities, dengue fever and climate in Mirassol, state of São Paulo, Brazil Margareth Regina Dibo; Ana Patricia Chierotti; Mariana Silveira Ferrari; Adriano Luis Mendonça; Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto PAGE: 554-560 | DOI: S0074-02762008000600008 Regional pattern of the molecular types of Cryptococcus neoformans and Cryptococcus gattii in Brazil Luciana Trilles; Márcia dos Santos Lazéra; Bodo Wanke; Raquel Vasconcelos Oliveira; Gláucia Gonçalves Barbosa; Marília Martins Nishikawa; Bernardina Penarrieta Morales; Wieland Meyer PAGE: 455-462 | DOI: S0074-02762008000500008 Culicoides baniwa sp.nov. from the Brazilian Amazon Region with a synopsis of the hylas species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer; Camila Pinto Damasceno; Victor Py-Daniel; Gustavo R Spinelli PAGE: 851-857 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000600005 Ecological niche modelling and differentiation between Rhodnius neglectus Lent, 1954 and Rhodnius nasutus Stål, 1859 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in Brazil Taíza Almeida Batista; Rodrigo Gurgel-Gonçalves PAGE: 1165-1170 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800014 Capillostrongyloides arapaimae sp. n. (Nematoda: Capillariidae), a new intestinal parasite of the arapaima Arapaima gigas from the Brazilian Amazon Cláudia Portes Santos ; Frantiu0161ek Moravec; Rossana Venturieri PAGE: 392-395 | DOI: S0074-02762008000400013 Candidate gene analysis of ocular toxoplasmosis in Brazil: evidence for a role for toll-like receptor 9 (TLR9) Alba L Peixoto-Rangel; E Nancy Miller; Léa Castellucci; Sarra E Jamieson; Ricardo Guerra Peixe; Liliani de Souza Elias; Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira; Lílian MG Bahia-Oliveira; Jenefer M Blackwell PAGE: 1187-1190 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800019 Proven and putative vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil: aspects of their biology and vectorial competence Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel; Ralph Lainson PAGE: 937-954 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000700001 Human bartonellosis: seroepidemiological and clinical features with an emphasis on data from Brazil - A Review C Lamas; A Curi; MN Bóia; ERS Lemos PAGE: 221-235 | DOI: S0074-02762008000300001 Camallanus tridentatus (Drasche) (Nematoda: Camallanidae): new taxonomically important morphological data Cláudia Portes Santos; Frantiu0161ek Moravec PAGE: 93-99 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100014 Systematics of Anopheles lanei Galvão and Amaral, a species of the subgenus Nyssorhynchus Blanchard (Diptera: Culicidae) Luana Valente Senise; Maria Anice Mureb Sallum PAGE: 959-967 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800011 Abundance of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) and urban transmission of visceral leishmaniasis in Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira; Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati; Orcy de Oliveira; Gilliard Rezende de Oliveira; Italo Alexander Cabello Espindola; Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval; Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil PAGE: 869-874 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800008 A thirty years follow-up study on Schistosomiasis mansoni in a community of Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria José Conceição; José Borges-Pereira; José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 1007-1009 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800019 First record of molluscs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Chen, 1935) (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Brazil Roberta Lima Caldeira; Cristiane LGF Mendonça; Christiane Oliveira Goveia; Henrique L Lenzi; Carlos Graeff-Teixeira; Walter S Lima; Ester M Mota; Iracy Lea Pecora; Aline Maria Zigiotto de Medeiros; Omar dos Santos Carvalho PAGE: 887-889 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000700018 Parasitism of two zoonotic reservoirs Dasyprocta leporina and D. fuliginosa (Rodentia) from Amazonas, with Trichostrongylina nematodes (Heligmonellidae): description of a new genus and a new species Alessandra Queiroga Gonçalves; Roberto Magalhães Pinto; Marie-Claude Durette-Desset PAGE: 763-768 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000600017 Neocucullanus neocucullanus Travassos, Artigas et Pereira, 1928 (Nematoda: Cucullanidae) from the Characidae fish, Brycon hilarii Valenciennes, 1850, from Brazil Aurélia Saraiva; Fabiana Aparecida da Silva; Ângela Teresa Silva-Souza PAGE: 669-672 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600015 Prevalence and pathology of the nematode Heterakis gallinarum, the trematode Paratanaisia bragai, and the protozoan Histomonas meleagridis in the turkey, Meleagris gallopavo Beatriz Brener; Rogério Tortelly; Rodrigo Caldas Menezes; Luís C Muniz-Pereira; Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 677-681 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600017 Camallanus cotti Fujita, 1927 (Nematoda, Camallanoidea) in ornamental aquarium fishes: pathology and morphology Rodrigo Caldas Menezes; Rogério Tortelly; Roberto Tortelly-Neto; Dely Noronha; Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 683-687 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600018 Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil Evandro Amaral Trachta e Silva; Ivan Literák; Bretislav Koudela PAGE: 573-576 | DOI: S0074-02762006000500016 Man biting rate seasonal variation of malaria vectors in Roraima, Brazil Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros; Nildimar Alves Honório PAGE: 299-302 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000024 Eimeria lepidosirenis n.sp. (Apicomplexa:Eimeriidae) of the South American lungfish Lepidosiren paradoxa (Osteichthyes:Dipnoi) from Amazonian Brazil R Lainson; Lucia Ribeiro PAGE: 327-329 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300018 Population genetic structure of the major malaria vector Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, using microsatellite markers Vera Margarete Scarpassa; Jan E Conn PAGE: 319-328 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000045 An ecoregional classification for the state of Roraima, Brazil. The importance of landscape in malaria biology Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas; Pantelis Tsouris; A Townsend Peterson; Nildimar Alves Honório; Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros; Ducinéia Barros de Aguiar; Helen da Costa Gurgel; Mércia Eliane de Arruda; Simão Dias Vasconcelos; José Francisco Luitgards-Moura PAGE: 349-358 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000052 Theileria electrophorin.sp., a parasite of the electric eel Electrophorus electricus (Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes: Gymnotidae) from Amazonian Brazil Ralph Lainson PAGE: 155-157 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000004 Description of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) falquetoi sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) a new species from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil Israel de Souza Pinto; Claudiney Biral dos Santos PAGE: 165-167 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000006 Observations on Eimeria species of Dasyprocta leporina (Linnaeus, 1758)(Rodentia: Dasyproctidae) from the state of Pará, North Brazil Ralph Lainson; Liliane A Carneiro; Fernando T Silveira PAGE: 183-189 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000008 Detection of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infection in vectors from Amazonian Brazil following mass Mectizan™ distribution Verônica Marchon-Silva; Julien Charles Caër; Rory James Post; Marilza Maia-Herzog; Octavio Fernandes PAGE: 197-202 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000010 Caamembecaia gratiosus n. gen., n. sp. (Acari: Trombiculidae), from Trinomys gratiosus (Gunter) (Rodentia: Echimydae), of Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil Gilberto S Gazêta; Marinete Amorim; David EP Bossi; Arício X Linhares; Nicolau M Serra-Freire PAGE: 137-139 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200003 The importance of Anopheles albitarsis E and An. darlingi in human malaria transmission in Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil Marinete Marins Póvoa; Raimundo Tadeu Lessa de Souza; Raimundo Nonato da Luz Lacerda; Edvaldo Santa Rosa; Deocleciano Galiza; James Rodrigues de Souza; Robert A Wirtz; Carl D Schlichting; Jan E Conn PAGE: 163-168 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200008 Tabanidae (Diptera) of Amazônia XX. Description of Tabanus pseudonebulosus n.sp. Inocêncio de Sousa Gorayeb; Antonio Thadeu Medeiros de Barros PAGE: 213-217 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200014 Taeniosis-cysticercosis complex in individuals of a peasants' settlement (Teodoro Sampaio, Pontal of Paranapanema, SP, Brazil) Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro; Selma de Bastos Zambeli de Freitas; Sueli Cristina Schadeck Zago; Nadia Araújo Miguel; Oswaldo Bill Primo; Alberto Hiroshi Iha; Noeli Maria Espíndola; Adelaide José Vaz; PAGE: 15-20 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100004 Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis through spatial analysis, in Belo Horizonte municipality, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Carina Margonari; Christian Rezende Freitas; Rosemary Campos Ribeiro; Ana Clara Mourão Moura; Marcos Timbó; Adriano Heckert Gripp; José Eduardo Pessanha; Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 31-38 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100007 Lutzomyia longipalpis in Brazil: a complex or a single species? A mini-review Luiz GSR Bauzer; Nataly A Souza; Rhayza DC Maingon; Alexandre A Peixoto PAGE: 01-12 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100001 High exposure to Tunga penetrans (Linnaeus, 1758) correlates with intensity of infestation Hermann Feldmeier; Judith Dorothea Kehr; Gabriele Poggensee; Jörg Heukelbach PAGE: 65-69 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100012 Identification of sex pheromones of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) populations from the state of São Paulo, Brazil Cláudio Casanova ; JGC Hamilton; JR Trigo; Antonio IP Costa PAGE: 113-115 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100023 Identification of human T-cell lymphotropic virus infection in a semi-isolated Afro-Brazilian quilombo located in the Marajó Island (Pará, Brazil) ACR Vallinoto ;GS Pontes; NA Muto; IGL Lopes; LFA Machado; VN Azevedo; FAPL Carvalhaes; SEB Santos; JF Guerreiro; MOG Ishak; R Ishak PAGE: 103-105 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100020 Low susceptibility of Achatina fulica from Brazil to infection with AngioIylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis Erli Neuhauss; Monaliza Fitarelli; Juliano Romanzini; Carlos Graeff-Teixeira PAGE: 49-52 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100007 The impact of two education methods on knowledge of schistosomiasis transmission and prevention among schoolchildren in a rural community in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria Flávia Gazzinelli; Dener Carlos dos Reis; Helmut Kloos; Gustavo Velásquez-Melendez; Izabela Rocha Dutra; Andréa Gazzinelli PAGE: 45-53 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900008 Assessment of schistosomiasis, through school surveys, in the Forest Zone of Pernambuco, Brazil Constança Simões Barbosa; Tereza Cristina Favre; Teresa Neuma Wanderley; Anna Cláudia Callou; Otávio Sarmento Pieri PAGE: 55-62 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900009 The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection before and after chemotherapy in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Brazil Andrea Gazzinelli; Allen Hightower; Philip T LoVerde; João Paulo Amaral Haddad; Wesley Rodrigues Pereira; Jeffrey Bethony; Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira; Helmut Kloos PAGE: 63-71 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900010 Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wanderlei; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 73-78 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900011 Non-formal education for schistosomiasis prevention: the experience of the Museu Arqueológico de Central, Bahia, Brazil Andreia Alves Soares; Silvana Carvalho Thiengo; Marilene de Sá Cadei; Martha Locks; Maria Beltrão; Monica Ammon Fernandez PAGE: 107-110 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900017 Attaining the minimum target of resolution WHA 54.19 for schistosomiasis control in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wandereley; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 125-132 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900020 Biomphalaria spp. (Preston, 1910) snails in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Zona da Mata Mineira mesoregion, ate of Minas Gerais, Brazil Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá; Elisabeth Cristina Almeida Bessa; Adalberto Mittherofhe; Milton Ferreira de Castro; Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Roberta Lima Caldeira; Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos; Ana Márcia Menezes de Mattos; Liliane Sena Pinheiro; Dirany Sacramento e Silva; Fabiana Oliveira Bastos; Gabriela Quirino Andreoli; Glauco Resende Bonato; Elaine Soares Coimbra PAGE: 179-184 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900028 The prospect of eliminating malaria transmission in some regions of Brazil Pedro Luiz Tauil PAGE: 105-106 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900013 Chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites in Brazil: consequences on disease morbidity and control Bianca Ervatti Gama; Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda; Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro; Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz PAGE: 159-166 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900020 Freshwater snails and schistosomiasis mansoni in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: VI – Noroeste Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo; Aline C Mattos; Sonia B Santos; Monica A Fernandez PAGE: 239-245 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900037 A new Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the Reticulatus species group from Brazilian Amazon Region Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer; Camila Pinto Damasceno; Rosimeire Lopes da Trindade; Victor Py-Daniel PAGE: 863-865 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700004 HLA-A*01 allele: a risk factor for dengue haemorrhagic fever in Brazil's population Sérgio Pereira Monteiro; Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil; Giselda Maria Kalil Cabello; Rogério Valls de Souza; Patrícia Brasil; Ingebourg Georg; Pedro Hernan Cabello; Liane De Castro PAGE: 224-230 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000200012 Primary resistance of HIV to antiretrovirals among individuals recently diagnosed at voluntary counselling and testing centres in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco Ana Maria Salustiano Cavalcanti; Ana Maria de Brito; Daniela Medeiros Salustiano; Kledoaldo Oliveira de Lima; Sirleide Pereira da Silva; Ricardo Sobhie Diaz; Heloisa Ramos Lacerda PAGE: 450-457 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400002 Declining prevalence of hepatitis A virus antibodies among children from low socioeconomic groups reinforces the need for the implementation of hepatitis A vaccination in Brazil Claudia Lamarca Vitral; Fidel Leonardo Navarro Ospina; Solange Artimos; Juliana Gil Melgaço; Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz; Vanessa Salete de Paula; Sérgio Bessa Luz; Marcos Freire; Luciane Pinto Gaspar; Luciane Almeida Amado; Elyne Montenegro Engstrom; Camila Dufrayer Fanzeres Monteiro Fortes; Tayla Coleta de Souza; Marisa Nishitani Dias; Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar; Francisco José Dutra Souto PAGE: 652-658 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500012 Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte; Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça; Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos; Roberta Lima Caldeira PAGE: 740-746 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600006 Genetic polymorphism in Taenia solium metacestodes from different Brazilian geographic areas Ivanildes Solange da Costa Barcelos; Maria Aparecida Souza; Janethe Deolinda de Oliveira Pena; Gleyce Alves Machado; Lísia Gomes Martins de Moura; Julia Maria Costa-Cruz PAGE: 24-30 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100004 HIV-1 tropism and CD4 T lymphocyte recovery in a prospective cohort of patients initiating HAART in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Andre Minhoto Lanca; Jeova Keny Baima Collares; João Leandro de Paula Ferreira; Danielle Malta Lima; Luis Fernando de Macedo Brigido; Rosangela Rodrigues; Benedito Antonio Lopes da Fonseca PAGE: 96-101 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100014 Evaluation of two coproscopic techniques for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a low-transmission area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira; Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho; Áureo Almeida de Oliveira; Cristiano Lara Massara; Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro; Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima; Martin Johannes Enk PAGE: 844-850 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700010 Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region Thuy-Huong Ta Tang; Rogelio López-Vélez; Marta Lanza; Anthony John Shelley; Jose Miguel Rubio; Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz PAGE: 823-828 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600016 The development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Trypanosoma vivax antibodies and its use in epidemiological surveys Claudio R Madruga; Flábio R Araújo; Gustavo Cavalcante-Goes; Charles Martins; Ingá B Pfeifer; Laura R Ribeiro; Raul H Kessler; Cleber O Soares; Midori Miguita; Elaine PS Melo; Robson FC Almeida; Manoel MSC Lima Jr. PAGE: 801-807 | DOI: S0074-02762006000700016 First encounter of subclinical human Leishmania (Viannia) infection in State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Aline Fagundes; Mauro CA Marzochi; Octavio Fernandes; Mauricio A Perez; Armando O Schubach; Tânia MP Schubach; Maria RR Amendoeira; Eliame Mouta-Confort; Keyla BF Marzochi PAGE: 1003-1005 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800018 Molecular and morphological characterization of heterorhabditid entomopathogenic nematodes from the tropical rainforest in Brazil Claudia Dolinski; Fernando L Kamitani; Inês R Machado; Carlos E Winter PAGE: 150-159 | DOI: S0074-02762008000200005 Phenotypic characterization of three clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará, Brazil CG Virginio; MFS Teixeira; CC Frota; VS Café; MFG Rocha; JJC Sidrim PAGE: 95-97 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100018 Genetic characterization of St. Louis encephalitis virus isolated from human in São Paulo, Brazil Cecília Luiza Simões dos Santos; Maria Anice Mureb Sallum; Heitor Moreira Franco; Fabíola Maiumi Oshiro; Iray Maria Rocco PAGE: 57-63 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100011 Mansonella ozzardi in Brazil: prevalence of infection in riverine communities in the Purus region, in the state of Amazonas Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel; Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa; Thiago Junqueira Izzo PAGE: 74-80 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100012 Night and crepuscular mosquitoes and risk of vector-borne diseases in areas of piassaba extraction in the middle Negro River basin, state of Amazonas, Brazil Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis; Nelson Ferreira Fé; Wilson Alecrim; José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 11-17 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100002 Use of geoprocessing to define malaria risk areas and evaluation of the vectorial importance of anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil Viviane Coutinho Meneguzzi ; Claudiney Biral dos Santos; Israel de Souza Pinto; Leandro Roberto Feitoza; Hideko Nagatani Feitoza; Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 567-569 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400006 Antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of Brazilian plant extracts - Clusiaceae Ivana B Suffredini; 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(Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a New Species of Isospora Schneider from a Bare-throated Bellbird, Procnias nudicollis (Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Cotingidae) from Brazil Markéta Doleu017ealová, Jordi Torres, Hugo Fernández, David Modrý PAGE: 829-830 Therapy of Tungiasis: a Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial with Oral Ivermectin Jörg Heukelbach, Sabine Franck, Hermann Feldmeier PAGE: 873-876 Antiretroviral Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates from the Federal District, Central Brazil Daniela M Cerqueira, Regina MS Amorim, Ruiter R Silva, Geni NL Camara, Marcelo M Brígido, Cláudia RF Martins PAGE: 877-882 Parvovirus B19 infections in state of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: 526 sera analyzed by IgM-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction MCL Mendonça, SB Ribeiro, JNSS Couceiro, MG von Hubinger PAGE: 847-852 A genotyping study of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 drug resistance in a small Brazilian municipality Walter A Eyer-Silva, Mariza G Morgado PAGE: 869-873 Clinical and pathological importance of vacA allele heterogeneity and cagA status in peptic ulcer disease in patients from North Brazil Luisa Caricio Martins, Tereza Cristina de Oliveira Corvelo, Samia Demachki, Marialva TF Araujo, Mônica Baraúna Assumpção, Simone Cristina Araujo Jucá Vilar, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Hivana Patricia Melo Barbosa, Amanda Alves Fecury, Renata Kelly Costa do Amaral, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos PAGE: 875-881 Candida colonization in intensive care unit patients' urine Xisto Sena Passos, Werther Souza Sales, Patrícia Jackeline Maciel, Carolina Rodrigues Costa, Karla Carvalho Miranda, Janine de Aquino Lemos, Miranildes de Abreu Batista, Maria do Rosário Rodrigues Silvarn PAGE: 925-928 Antileishmanial and trypanocidal activity of Brazilian Cerrado plants Mariana Laundry de Mesquita, Julie Desrivot, Christian Bories, Alain Fournet, José Elias de Paula, Philippe Grellier, Laila Salmen Espindola PAGE: 783-787 Study on Phlebotomine Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna in Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Carina Margonari de Souza, Jose Eduardo Pessanha*, Ricardo Andrade Barata, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Daniela Carmargos Costa, Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 795-803 Dengue Virus Detection by Using Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction in Saliva and Progeny of Experimentally Infected Aedes albopictus from Brazil Márcia Gonçalves de Castro, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira*, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr*, Marize Pereira Miagostovich*, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 809-814 Distribution and Schistosoma mansoni Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata in Different Habitats in a Rural Area in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Environmental and Epidemiological Aspects Helmut Kloos, Liana Kanovaloff Janotti Passos, Philip LoVerde, Rodrigo Correa Oliveira, Andréa Gazzinelli PAGE: 673-681 Spatial Analysis of the Distribution of Leprosy in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil Ana Cláudia Dorta Montenegro, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr-Pontes, Maurício Lima Barreto, Hermann Feldmeier PAGE: 683-686 Association of Human Leukocyte Antigen DQ1 and Dengue Fever in a White Southern Brazilian Population José Roberto Polizel, Danilo Bueno, Jeane Eliete L Visentainer, Ana Maria Sell, Sueli Donizete Borelli, Luiza Tamie Tsuneto, Marcia Machado O Dalalio, Maria Teresa M Coimbra, Ricardo Alberto Moliterno PAGE: 559-562 Feeding Preference of the Sand Flies Lutzomyia umbratilis and L. spathotrichia (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in an Urban Forest Patch in the City of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Liliane Coelho da Rocha Nery, Elias S Lorosa*, Antonia Maria Ramos Franco PAGE: 571-574 Blood and Intestinal Parasites of Squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Amazonian Brazil Ralph Lainson, Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Brígido*, Fernando Tobias Silveira PAGE: 577-579 Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Porteirinha, an Area of American Visceral Leishmaniasis Transmission in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ricardo Andrade Barata, João Carlos França da Silva, Roberto Teodoro da Costa, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Jaime Costa da Silva, Edvá Vieira de Paula, Aluízio Prata, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 481-487 Cross-sectional Study Defines Difference in Malaria Morbidity in Two Yanomami Communities on Amazonian Boundary between Brazil and Venezuela Teodardo José Marcano, Anastácio Morgado, Carlos Eduardo Tosta*, José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 369-376 Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Jaguaruana, Ceará, Brazil. I. Presence of Triatomines and Index ofTrypanosoma cruzi Infection in Four Localities of a Rural Area Otília Sarquis, José Borges-Pereira, José Roberto Mac Cord, Taís Ferreira Gomes, Pedro Hernán Cabello, Marli Maria Lima PAGE: 263-270 Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: IV - Sul Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo, Aline C Mattos, M Fernanda Boaventura, Monica A Fernandez PAGE: 275-280 Comparison between Splenic and Lymph Node Aspirations as Sampling Methods for the Parasitological Detection of Leishmania chagasi Infection in Dogs Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo, Daniela Farias Larangeira, Joelma Trigo, Paulo Henrique Palis Aguiar, Washington Luís Conrado dos-Santos, Lain Pontes-de-Carvalho PAGE: 195-197 A Comparative Study of Congenital Toxoplasmosis between Public and Private Hospitals from Uberlândia, MG, Brazil Gesmar Rodrigues Silva Segundo, Deise Aparecida Oliveira Silva, José Roberto Mineo, Marcelo Simão Ferreira* PAGE: 13-17 Patterns of antenal sensilla of Panstrongylus megistus from three Brazilian states MM Villela, S Catalá, J Juberg, IG Silva, JCP Dias PAGE: 699-702 Prevalence and genetic diversity of astroviruses in children with and without diarrhea in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil Yvone B Gabbay , Cláudia Regina NE da Luz, Ivete V Costa, Elielma L Cavalcante-Pepino, Maisa S Sousa, Krynssya K Oliveira, Ana Lucia Monteiro Wanzeller, Joana D'Arc P Mascarenhas, José Paulo G Leite, Alexandre C Linhares PAGE: 709-714 Isolation and isoenzyme characterization of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from a case of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeast centre of the state of São Paulo MC Pinto, JA daRosa, ZMT Fernandes, MAS Graminha, JC Mine, SM Allegretti, S Delort, C Riedel, EL Paes, E Cupolillo PAGE: 733-734 Serological survey of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, and Anaplasma marginale antibodies in cattle from the semi-arid region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays Silvia L Barros*, Claudio R Madruga, Flabio R Araújo, Carlos F Menk*, Maria Angela O de Almeida*, Elaine PS Melo, Raul H Kessler PAGE: 513-517 Peridomiciliary colonies of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal, 1859) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in rural areas of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil Claudiney Biral dos Santos, Adelson Luiz Ferreira*, Gustavo Rocha Leite*, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira*, Andressa Alencastre Fuzari Rodrigues*, Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 471-473 Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients from one center in Recife, Brazil Ana Cecília C de Albuquerque , Maria Rosângela CD Coêlho, Edmundo PA Lopes, Marcilio Figueiredo Lemos, Regina Célia Moreira PAGE: 467-470 Further observations on clinical, histopathological, and immunological features of borderline disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Fernando T Silveira, Ralph Lainson, Carlos EP Corbett PAGE: 525-534 Therapeutic failure of praziquantel in the treatment of Schistosoma haematobium infection in Brazilians returning from Africa Iran Mendonça da Silva, Roberto Thiengo, Maria José Conceição, Luis Rey, Henrique Leonel Lenzi, Edson Pereira Filho, Paulo César Ribeiro PAGE: 445-449 Genetic characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi natural clones from the state of Paraíba, Brazil Christian Barnabé, M Tibayrenc, Carlos Brisola Marcondes* PAGE: 273-275 Myxobolus insignis sp. n. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea, Myxobolidae), a parasite of the Amazonian teleost fishSemaprochilodus insignis (Osteichthyes, Prochilodontidae) JC Eiras, JCO Malta, AMB Varella, GC Pavanelli PAGE: 245-247 Pathology and first occurrence of the kidney trematode Paratanaisia bragai (Santos, 1934) Freitas, 1959 (Digenea: Eucotylidae) in Phasianus colchicus L., 1758, from Brazil Delir Corrêa Gomes, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Rogério Tortelly*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 285-288 The Genus Cyclospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), with a description of Cyclospora schneideri n.sp. in the snake Anilius scytale scytale (Aniliidae) from Amazonian Brazil _ A Review Ralph Lainson PAGE: 103-110 Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil Cláudia L Vitral, Marcelo A Pinto, Lia L Lewis-Ximenez, Yuri E Khudyakov, Débora R dos Santos, Ana Maria C Gaspar PAGE: 117-122 Onychomycosis in Ceará (Northeast Brazil): epidemiological and laboratory aspects RSN Brilhante, RA Cordeiro, DJA Medrano, MFG Rocha, AJ Monteiro, CSP Cavalcante, TEF Meireles, JJC Sidrim PAGE: 131-135 Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the double-collared seed eater, Sporophila caerulescens (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), from Eastern Brazil Paulo Roberto de Carvalho Filho, Gisele Santos de Meireles, Carlos Torres Ribeiro, Carlos Wilson Gomes Lopes PAGE: 151-154 Lethargic crab disease: multidisciplinary evidence supports a mycotic etiology Walter A Boeger, Marcio R Pie, Antonio Ostrensky*, Luciana Patella PAGE: 161-167 Histophatology and ultrastructure of Henneguya caudalongula sp. n. infecting Prochilodus lineatus (Pisces: Prochilodontidae) cultivated in the state of São Paulo, Brazil Edson A Adriano, Sarah Arana, Nelson S Cordeiro PAGE: 177-181 Diagnosis of Brazilian vesiculoviruses by reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction Daniela Wey Bonutti, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo PAGE: 193-196 Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations Patrícia Beloto Bertola, Caroline Cotrim Aires, Sandra Elisa Favorito, Gustavo Graciolli, Marcos Amaku, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha PAGE: 25-32 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genotyping in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: assessing subtype and drug-resistance associated mutations in HIV-1 infected individuals failing highly active antiretroviral therapy JC Couto-Fernandez, C Silva-de-Jesus, VG Veloso, M Rachid, RSG Gracie, SL Chequer-Fernandez, SM Oliveira, D Arakaki-Sanchez, PJN Chequer, MG Morgado PAGE: 73-78 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 neutralization by plasma from B or F genotype infected individuals V Bongertz, SLM Teixeira, B Grinztejn, JH Pilotto, VG Veloso, MG Morgado, FI Bastos, EP Ouverney PAGE: 85-89 Is human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome decreasing among Brazilian injection drug users? Recent findings and how to interpret them Francisco I Bastos, Vera Bongertz*, Sylvia Lopes Teixeira*, Mariza G Morgado*, Mariana A Hacker PAGE: 91-96 Antiretroviral resistance mutations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected patients enrolled in genotype testing at the Central Public Health Laboratory, São Paulo, Brazil: preliminary results Rosangela Rodrigues, Carla Maria Pasquareli Vazquez, Jeova Keny Colares, Renata Marconi Custodio, Francisco Bonásser Filho, Lenice do Rosário Souza, Maria Clara Gianna, Cristiano Corrêa de Azevedo Marques, Luís Fernando de Macedo Brígido PAGE: 97-102 Dengue Viruses Activity in Piauí, Brazil José Adail Fonseca de Castro, Hélida Monteiro de Andrade, Semiramis Jamil Hadad do Monte, Adalberto Socorro da Silva, Karlla Celma Batista Lima Gomes, Leila Fernandes de Brito e Amaral, Flávio de Oliveira Cipriano, Juciane Vaz do Rego, Marcos Antônio da Mota Araújo, Symonara Karina Medeiros Faustino, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Marize Pereira Miagostovich PAGE: 1021-1023 Risk of Hepatitis C among Brazilian Ex-soccer Players Francisco José Dutra Souto, Alessandro Gonçalves da Silva, Fábio Yonamine PAGE: 1025-1026 Infection Rate of Babesia spp. Sporokinetes in Engorged Boophilus microplus from an Area of Enzootic Stability in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria G Quintão-Silva, Múcio FB Ribeiro* PAGE: 999-1002 Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis American Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil A Falqueto, PA Sessa, AL Ferreira, VP Vieira, CB Santos, JBM Varejão, E Cupolillo, R Porrozzi, LE Carvalho-Paes, G Grimaldi Jr PAGE: 1003-1010 Nodular Typhlitis Associated with the Nematodes Heterakis gallinarum and Heterakis isolonche in Pheasants: Frequency and Pathology with Evidence of Neoplasia Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Rogério Tortelly*, Delir Corrêa Gomes, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 1011-1016 Haematozoan Parasites of the Lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) from Amazonian Brazil: a Preliminary Note Ralph Lainson, Manoel C de Souza, Constância M Franco PAGE: 1067-1070 Siphonaptera Parasites of Wild Rodents and Marsupials Trapped in Three Mountain Ranges of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil Leandro Bianco de Moraes, David Eduardo Paolinetti Bossi, Arício Xavier Linhares PAGE: 1071-1076 Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius, 1805) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as New Biological Vector of Eggs ofDermatobia hominis (Linnaeus Jr., 1781) (Diptera: Oestridae) in Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clarissa Rezende Marinho, Leandro Silva Barbosa, Ana Claudia Granthon de Azevedo, Margareth M de Carvalho Queiroz, Mariângela Aguiar Valgode, Valéria Magalhães Aguiar Coelho PAGE: 937-938 Uncertainties Regarding Dengue Modeling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Paula Mendes Luz, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Eduardo Massad*, Claudio José Struchiner PAGE: 871-878 Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Types in Women with Pre-neoplastic and Neoplastic Cervical Lesions in the Federal District of Brazil Geni NL Camara, Daniela M Cerqueira, Ana PG Oliveira, Evandro O Silva, Luciano GS Carvalho, Cláudia RF Martins PAGE: 879-883 Foco de Doença de Chagas em Arcádia, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Elias Seixas Lorosa, Márcio Valério Monteiro Pinto Valente, Vanda Cunha, Herman Lent, José Jurberg PAGE: 885-887 Recent Observations on the Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna of the State of Rondônia, Western Amazônia, Brazil: the Importance of Psychdopygus davisi as a Vector of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Luis HS Gil, Sergio A Basano, Adelson A Souza, Maria GS Silva, Iorlando Barata, Edna A Ishikawa, Luís MA Camargo, Jeffrey J Shaw PAGE: 751-755 Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections during an Epidemic Period in Salvador, Brazil. Viral Antigenic Group Analysis and Description of Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects Fernanda Edna Araújo Moura, Leonardo Carletto Borges, Silvana Augusta Rodrigues Portes, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves Ramos, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira* PAGE: 739-743 Acute Schistosomiasis Outbreak in the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: Alert about the Risk of Unnoticed Transmission Increased by Growing Rural Tourism Martin J Enk, Amanda Amorim, Virginia T Schall PAGE: 745-750 A New Species of Henneguya, a Gill Parasite of Astyanax altiparanae (Pisces: Characidae) from Brazil, with Comments on Histopathology and Seasonality Bianca Barassa, Nelson S Cordeiro, Sarah Arana* PAGE: 761-765 A Comparative Parasitologic Study on Biomphalaria glabrata Snail and C3H/He Mice Infected with Human and Murine Isolates of Schistosoma mansoni Derived from Sumidouro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nilcéa Freire, Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, José Roberto Machado-Silva, Luís Rey PAGE: 783-787 Host-ectoparasite Specificity in a Small Mammal Community in an Area of Atlantic Rain Forest (Ilha Grande, State of Rio de Janeiro), Southeastern Brazil Emerson Brum Bittencourt, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha* PAGE: 793-798 Prevalence of cagA and vacA Genes in Isolates from Patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated Gastroduodenal Diseases in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Carlos AA Brito, Lenôra MB Silva, Norma Jucá, Nilma C Leal, Wayner de Souza, Dulciene Queiroz, Francisco Cordeiro, Norma Lucena Silva PAGE: 817-821 In Vitro Susceptibility Characteristics of Cryptococcus neoformans Varieties from AIDS Patients in Goiânia, Brazil Orionalda de FL Fernandes, Xisto S Passos, Lúcia KH Souza, André TB Miranda, Carlos Henrique PV Cerqueira, Maria do Rosário R Silva PAGE: 839-841 Schistosomiasis mansoni: Follow-up of Control Program Based on Parasitologic and Serologic Methods in a Brazilian Community of Low Endemicity Lanny Cristina Burlandy-Soares, Luiz Cândido de Souza Dias, Hermínia Yohko Kanamura, Edward José de Oliveira, Ricardo Mario Ciaravolo PAGE: 853-859 Prevalence of Toxocara Infection in Schoolchildren from the Butantã Region, São Paulo, Brazil Jussara MS Alderete, Cristina MA Jacob, Antonio C Pastorino, Guita R Elefant, Ana PM Castro, Angela BF Fomin, Pedro P Chieffi PAGE: 593-597 Hepatitis B and C in the Hemodialysis Unit of Tocantins, Brazil: Serological and Molecular Profiles Karla P Souza, Jônio A Luz, Sheila A Teles, Megmar AS Carneiro, Luciana A Oliveira, Adriane S Gomes, Márcia A Dias, Selma A Gomes, Clara FT Yoshida, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 599-603 The Epidemiologic Importance of Triatoma brasiliensis as a Chagas Disease Vector in Brazil: a Revision of Domiciliary Captures during 1993-1999 Jane Costa, Carlos Eduardo Almeida Ellen M Dotson, Antônia Lins, Márcio Vinhaes, Antônio Carlos Silveira, Charles Ben Beard PAGE: 443-449 Prevalence of Clostridium spp. and Clostridium difficile in Children with Acute Diarrhea in São Paulo City, Brazil Claudia EA Ferreira, Viviane Nakano, Edison L Durigon, Mario J Avila-Campos PAGE: 451-454 The Association of Genetic Markers and Malaria Infection in the Brazilian Western Amazonian Region B Beiguelman, FP Alves, MM Moura, V Engracia, ACS Nunes, MIO Heckmann, RGM Ferreira, LH Pereira da Silva, EP Camargo, H Krieger PAGE: 455-460 Molecular Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 in the State of Ceará, Northeast, Brazil Sandra Rocha Gadelha, Nice Shindo, José Napoleão Monte Cruz, Mariza Gonçalves Morgado, Bernardo Galvão-Castro PAGE: 461-464 Description of the Female of Sciopemyia servulolimai (Damasceno & Causey) (Diptera: Psychodidae) José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Eunice A Bianchi Galati, Raimundo Nonato de Sousa, Alda Lima Falcão PAGE: 503-505 Larval Biometry of Simulium rubrithorax (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Size Comparison between Populations in the States of Minas Gerais and Roraima, Brazil Miriam Adriana Alvan-Aguilar, Neusa Hamada PAGE: 507-511 Coexistence of Antibodies to Tick-borne Agents of Babesiosis and Lyme Borreliosis in Patients from Cotia County, State of São Paulo, Brazil Natalino Hajime Yoshinari, Milena Garcia Abrão, Virginia Lúcia Nazário Bonoldi, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Claudio Roberto Madruga, Alessandra Scofield, Carlos Luis Massard, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca PAGE: 311-318 Isolation and Identification of Mycobacteria from Livestock Specimens and Milk Obtained in Brazil Clarice Q Fujimura Leite, Ivone S Anno, Sergio R de Andrade Leite, Eliana Roxo, Glenn P Morlock, Robert C Cooksey PAGE: 319-323 Determinants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevalence in Homosexual and Bisexual Men Screened for Admission to a Cohort Study of HIV Negatives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Project Horizonte Mariângela Carneiro, Fabíola Adriane Cardoso, Marília Greco, Edson Oliveira, Júlio Andrade, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes, Project Horizonte team PAGE: 325-329 Comparative Immunological Recognition of Proteins from New Guinea "C" Dengue Virus Type 2 Prototype and from a Dengue Virus Type 2 Strain Isolated in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Luzia M de C Côrtes*, Ortrud M Barth, Josery R Pantoja*, Carlos R Alves* PAGE: 331-334 Description of Simulium damascenoi (Diptera: Simuliidae) Male and the Black-Fly Species from the State of Amapá, Brazil Neusa Hamada, Rosaly Ale-Rocha, Sérgio Luíz Bessa Luz* PAGE: 353-360 Brazilian Flavivirus Phylogeny Based on NS5 Flávia Graciela Baleotti, Marcos Lázaro Moreli , Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo PAGE: 379-382 Antigenic Characterization of Brazilian Isolates of Anaplasma marginale Jaqueline B Oliveira*, Claudio R Madruga, Maria AM Schenk, Raul H Kessler, Midori Miguita, Flábio R Araújo PAGE: 395-400 Human Papillomavirus Prevalence among Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia III and Invasive Cervical Cancer from Goiânia, Brazil SH Rabelo-Santos, L Zeferino, LL Villa, JP Sobrinho, RG Amaral, AV Magalhães PAGE: 181-184 Dispersal of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in an Urban Endemic Dengue Area in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nildimar Alves Honório, Wellington da Costa Silva, Paulo José Leite, Jaylei Monteiro Gonçalves, Leon Philip Lounibos, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 191-198 The Type Specimens of Chewing Lice (Insecta, Mallophaga) Deposited in the Entomological Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Margareth Cardozo-de-Almeida, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Jane Costa PAGE: 233-240 A New Species of Acantholochus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) Parasitic on Centropomus undecimalis (Osteichthyes: Centropomidae) from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Luiz ER Tavares, José L Luque PAGE: 241-245 Isoenzymatic Variability among Five Anopheles Species Belonging to the Nyssorhynchus and Anopheles Subgenera of the Amazon Region, Brazil Joselita Maria Mendes dos Santos, Juracy de Freitas Maia, Wanderli Pedro Tadei, Gloria Alícia Diaz Rodriguez PAGE: 247-253 Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Enzymatic Cleavage in the Identification of Helicobacterspp. in Gastric Mucosa of Human Beings from North Paraná, Brazil PL Camargo, AA Alfieri, APFRL Bracarense, R Menoli, SR Spinosa, MK Hagiwara PAGE: 265-268 Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among an Afro-descendant Community in Brazil Ana RC Motta-Castro, Clara FT Yoshida, Elba RS Lemos, Jaqueline M Oliveira, Rivaldo V Cunha, Lia L Lewis-Ximenez, Pedro H Cabello, Kátia MB Lima, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 13-17 Epidemiological Features of Rotavirus Infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso, Célia Maria Almeida Soares, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e Souza, Marli da Silva Pereira de Azevedo, Regina Maria Bringel Martins, Divina Aparecida de Oliveira Queiróz, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito, Veridiana Munford, Maria Lúcia Rácz PAGE: 25-29 The Patterns of Tungiasis in Araruama Township, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Silvia Cristina Barbosa-Silva, Marinete Amorim, Paulo César Ribeiro*, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire PAGE: 31-36 Proteocephalidean Larvae (Cestoda) in Naturally Infected Cyclopid Copepods of the Upper Paraná River Floodplain, Brazil Dina Lúcia Morais Falavigna, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli PAGE: 69-72 Ixodes (Multidentatus) paranaensis n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) a Parasite of Streptoprocne biscutata (Sclater 1865) (Apodiformes: Apodidae) Birds in Brazil Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Márcia Arzua, Mauro Pichorim, James E Keirans PAGE: 93-102 Development of Hepatozoon caimani (Carini, 1909) Pessôa, De Biasi & De Souza, 1972 in the Caiman Caiman c. crocodilus, the Frog Rana catesbeiana and the Mosquito Culex fatigans Ralph Lainson, Ilan Paperna, Roberto D Naiff PAGE: 103-113 Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Children in São Paulo, Brazil Beatriz EC Guth, Sônia RTS Ramos, Aloysio MF Cerqueira, João RC Andrade, Tânia AT Gomes PAGE: 1085-1089 Isolation of Fungi in Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) Captured at Two Natural Breeding Grounds in the Municipality of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Márcia de Senna Nunes Sales, Gisela Lara da Costa, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt PAGE: 1107-1110 Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) II: Trophic Resources and Ecological Observations of Five Populations Collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Rosemere Duarte, Raquel Guerra do Nascimento, Raquel S Pacheco, Jane Costa PAGE: 1127-1131 Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Wild Animals from the Porto-Primavera Hydroelectric Power Station Area, Brazil Marcelo B Labruna, Cátia D de Paula, Thiago F Lima, Dênis A Sana PAGE: 1133-1136 Drug Resistance and Genotypes of Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected and Non-infected Tuberculosis Patients in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista, Maraníbia Cardoso Oelemann*, Diltor Vladimir Araújo Opromolla, Philip Noel Suffys* PAGE: 1147-1152 A New Species of Anoplodiscus (Monogenea: Anoplodiscidae) Parasitic on Pagrus pagrus (Osteichthyes: Sparidae) from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aline R Paraguassú, José L Luque, Dimitri R Alves PAGE: 1197-1199 Parasitic Arthropods of Some Wild Rodents from Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station, State of São Paulo, Brazil David Eduardo Paolinetti Bossi, Arício Xavier Linhares, Helena de Godoy Bergallo* PAGE: 959-963 Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Human Parvovirus B19 Infection in an Urban Area in Brazil (Niterói City Area, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Solange Artimos de Oliveira,Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho, Antonio Carlos de Medeiros Pereira, Tereza Filomena Faillace, Sérgio Setúbal,Jussara Pereira do Nascimento PAGE: 965-970 Complete Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of a Brazilian Dengue Virus Type 2 Strain Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Marize Pereira Miagostovich, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Dianna Edgil, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Lee W Riley*, Eva Harris* PAGE: 991-995 Evaluation of the Direct Agglutination Test and the rK39 Dipstick Test for the Sero-diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Henk DFH Schallig, Marilene Canto-Cavalheiro, Eduardo S da Silva PAGE: 1015-1018 Dynamics of Evolution and Resistance to Starvation of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal 1859) (Reduviidae: Triatominae), Submitted to Two Different Regimens of Food Deprivation Carlos José de Carvalho Moreira, Maria Celeste Dias Spata PAGE: 1049-1055 Gregarine Cephaloidophora communis Mawrodiadi, 1908 in the Barnacle Euraphia rhyzophorae, Oliveira, 1940 from Brazil Dyrce Lacombe, Sophie Jakowska*, Edalton Silva PAGE: 1057-1061 Caballerocotyla lenti n. sp., a Capsalid Monogenean from Auxis thazard (Scombridae) from off the Southeastern Coast of Brazil Cristina D Mogrovejo, Cláudia P Santos* PAGE: 1067-1071 Seasonality of Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), Occurring Sympatrically in Area of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coelho, Maurício L Vilela, Alexandre A Peixoto*, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 759-765 Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Different Hemodialysis Units in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Solange U Busek, Élio H Babá, Hélcio A Tavares Filho, Lermíno Pimenta, Abraão Salomão, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Guilherme C Oliveira PAGE: 775-778 Occurrence of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa, Cryptosporidiidae) in Crotalus durissus terrificus(Serpentes, Viperidae) in Brazil Andréa Satie Matsubara Karasawa, Reinaldo José da Silva, Luciene Maura Mascarini, Thomaz Henrique Barrella*, Carlos Alberto de Magalhães Lopes* PAGE: 779-781 Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mario León Silva-Vergara, José Carlos Costa Júnior, Cristina Hueb Barata, Vítor Guilherme Maluf Curi, Carlos Giovanni Tiveron Júnior, Alan César Teixeira PAGE: 783-787 Dengue Virus Type 3 Isolation from Aedes aegypti in the Municipality of Nova Iguaçu, State of Rio de Janeiro Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Nildimar A Honório, Márcia G Castro, Hermann G Schatzmayr, Marize P Miagostovich,João CR Alves, Wellington C Silva, Paulo J Leite, Rita MR Nogueira PAGE: 799-800 Anopheles halophylus, a New Species of the Subgenus Nyssorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil Teresa Fernandes Silva do Nascimento, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 801-811 Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemipter Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Raquel S Pacheco, François Noireau, Jane Costa PAGE: 829-834 Phorcotabanus cinereus (Wiedemann, 1821) (Diptera, Tabanidae), an Ornithophilic Species of Tabanid in Central Amazon, Brazil Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, José Albertino Rafael*, Augusto Loureiro Henriques* PAGE: 839-842 Patterns of Infection with the Nematodes Syphacia obvelata and Aspiculuris tetraptera in Conventionally Maintained Laboratory Mice Telma Bazzano, Tamy Ingrid Restel, Roberto Magalhães Pinto*, Delir Corrêa Gomes* PAGE: 847-853 Biology of Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) (Acari: Ixodidae) on Some Laboratory Hosts in Brazil Daniel Sobreira Rodrigues, Henrique Ávila de Carvalho, André Almeida Fernandes, Carolina Maria Viana Freitas, Romário Cerqueira Leite, Paulo Roberto de Oliveira PAGE: 853-856 Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: II - Centro Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo, Monica A Fernandez, M Fernanda Boaventura, Sonia B Santos*, Aline C Mattos PAGE: 621-626 Transmission of Leishmania in Coffee Plantations of Minas Gerais, Brazil Bruce Alexander, Emerson Barbosa de Oliveria, Emily Haigh, Lourenço Leal de Almeida PAGE: 627-630 Search for Borrelia sp. in Ticks Collected from Potential Reservoirs in an Urban Forest Reserve in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: a Short Report IP da Costa, VLN Bonoldi*, NH Yoshinari* PAGE: 631-635 Seroepidemiological Markers of Enterically Transmitted Viral Hepatitis A and E in Individuals Living in a Community Located in the North Area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Damião Carlos Moraes dos Santos, Francisco José Dutra Souto, Débora Regina Lopes dos Santos, Cláudia Lamarca Vitral, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar PAGE: 637-640 Triatoma vandae sp. n. do Complexo oliveirai Encontrada no Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Rodolfo U Carcavallo, José Jurberg, Dayse da Silva Rocha, Cleber Galvão, François Noireau, Herman Lent PAGE: 649-654 Redescription of Travassiella avitellina Rego & Pavanelli, 1987 (Proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae, Zygobothriinae), a Parasite of Paulicea luetkeni (Siluriformes) from South America Alain de Chambrier, Alicia Alida Gil de Pertierra* PAGE: 657-661 Effect of Diflubenzuron on Immature Stages of Haematobia irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Juliana Junqueira da Silva, Júlio Mendes PAGE: 679-682 Community Ecology of the Metazoan Parasites of Pink Cusk-eel, Genypterus brasiliensis (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae), from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dimitri R Alves, José L Luque, Aline R Paraguassú PAGE: 683-689 Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria I: One Year Clinical Isolates Identification in Tertiary Hospital Aids Reference Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Pre Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era Rosa Maria Carvalho Ferreira, Maria Helena Féres Saad, Marlei Gomes da Silva, Leila de Souza Fonseca PAGE: 725-729 Preliminary Assays Indicate that Antonia ovata (Loganiaceae) and Derris amazonica (Papilionaceae), Ichthyotoxic Plants Used for Fishing in Roraima, Brazil, Have an Insecticide Effect on Lutzomyia longipalpis&nb José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Eloy Guillermo Castellón Bermudez, Arnaldo Felisberto Imbiriba da Rocha, Pantelis Tsouris, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas PAGE: 737-742 Clinical and Mycological Study of Scalp White Piedra in the State of Paraíba, Brazil Zélia Braz Vieira da Silva Pontes, Adriano Lira Ramos, Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima, Maria de Fátima de Lacerda Guerra, Neuza Maria Cavalcante Oliveira, Jozemar Pereira dos Santos PAGE: 747-750 Influence of Specific Treatment on the Morbidity of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in an Endemic Area of Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria José Conceição*, J Borges-Pereira* PAGE: 755-757 Ecology of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in the North of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil Alfredo CR Azevedo, Nataly A Souza, Cláudio RV Meneses, Wagner A Costa, Simone M Costa, José B Lima*, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 459-464 A Longitudinal Study on the Natural Infection of Biomphalaria straminea and B. glabrata by Schistosoma mansoni in an Endemic Area of Schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil Tereza C Favre, Otávio S Pieri, Luciana C Zani, Jainne M Ferreira, Glauce G Domás, Lilian H Beck, Constança S Barbosa* PAGE: 465-475 Pelecitus helicinus Railliet & Henry, 1910 (Filarioidea, Dirofilariinae) and Other Nematode Parasites of Brazilian Birds Yoshika Oniki, JM Kinsella, Edwin O Willis PAGE: 597-598 Hepatitis A Outbreak in a Public School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Livia Melo Villar, Maria do Carmo Esteves da Costa*, Vanessa Salete de Paula, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar PAGE: 301-305 Ultrastructural, Antigenic and Physicochemical Characterization of the Mojuí dos Campos (Bunyavirus) Isolated from Bat in the Brazilian Amazon Region Ana LM Wanzeller, José AP Diniz, Maria LC Gomes, Ana CR Cruz, Manoel CP Soares, Wanderley de Souza, Amélia PA Travassos da Rosa, Pedro FC Vasconcelos PAGE: 307-311 A New Species of Kritskyia (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) Parasite of Urinary Bladder of Prochilodus lineatus(Prochilodontidae, Characiformes) from the Floodplain of the High Paraná River, Brazil Ricardo M Takemoto, Maria de los Angeles P Lizama*, Gilberto C Pavanelli* PAGE: 313-315 Identification of Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Subtypes Using Restrited Fragment Length Polymorphism in a Cohort of Asymptomatic Carriers and Patients with HTLV-I-associated Myelopathy/tropical Spastic Paraparesis from São Paulo, Brazil Aluisio AC Segurado, Cláudia Biasutti, Rogério Zeigler, Cristhieni Rodrigues, Cristine D Damas, Maria Lúcia SG Jorge, Paulo E Marchiori* PAGE: 329-333 Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Study of Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Typing in Hospital Infection Cases in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil MM Loureiro, BA de Moraes, VLF Mendonça, MRR Quadra*, GS Pinheiro*, MD Asensi PAGE: 387-394 Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil Cecília Pereira de Souza, Kelly Grace Magalhães, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos, Glaucia Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Fabio Ribeiro*, Naftale Katz* PAGE: 407-410 Prevalence of Trypanosoma lewisi in Rattus norvegicus from Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Pedro Marcos Linardi, José Ramiro Botelho PAGE: 411-414 Streblidae (Diptera) of Phyllostomid Bats from Minas Gerais, Brazil Alexsander Araújo Azevedo, Pedro Marcos Linardi PAGE: 421-422 Biting Indices, Host-seeking Activity and Natural Infection Rates of Anopheline Species in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil from 1996 to 1998 Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos, Márcio Yukió Neves Kató, Eliana Neves Mourão, Raimundo Tadeu Lessa de Souza, Raimundo Nonato da Luz Lacerda, Alexander Sibajev, Pantelis Tsouris, Marinete Marins Póvoa, Hooman Momen,Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas PAGE: 151-161 Frequency of Infection of Lutzomyia Phlebotomines with Leishmania braziliensis in a Brazilian Endemic Area as Assessed by Pinpoint Capture and Polymerase Chain Reaction José Carlos Miranda, Eliana Reis, Albert Schriefer, Marilda Gonçalves, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Lucas Carvalho, Octavio Fernandes, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Barral PAGE: 185-188 A Rural Community in a Brazilian Western Amazonian Region: Some Demographic and Epidemiological Patterns LMA Camargo, MM Moura, V Engracia, RC Pagotto, SA Basano,LH Pereira da Silva, EP Camargo, B Beiguelman, H Krieger PAGE: 193-195 Viral Hepatitis Markers in Antepartum and Postpartum Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar, Antonio Carlos Cavalieri D'Oro, Luiz Antonio Chilelli Mercadante, Cleber Ferreira Ginuino, Clara Fumiko Tachibana Yoshida PAGE: 203-204 Occurrence of Cryptosporidial Oocysts and Giardia Cysts in Bottled Mineral Water Commercialized in the City of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil RMB Franco, R Cantusio Neto* PAGE: 205-207 Redescription of the Male of Lutzomyia lutziana (Costa Lima) and Description of the Female (Diptera: Psychodidae) José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira*, Alda Lima Falcão, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil PAGE: 217-219 Intestinal Coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of Brazilian Lizards. Eimeria carmelinoi n.sp., from Kentropyx calcarataand Acroeimeria paraensis n.sp. from Cnemidophorus lemniscatus lemniscatus Ralph Lainson PAGE: 227-237 Descriptions of Lutzomyia (Evandromyia) georgii n. sp. and a Synopsis of the Series infraspinosa (Diptera: Psychodidae) Rui A Freitas, Toby V Barrett PAGE: 239-245 Multicenter Brazilian Study of Oral Candida Species Isolated from Aids Patients Priscilla de Laet Sant'Ana, Eveline Pípolo Milan, Roberto Martinez, Flávio Queiroz-Telles, Marcelo Simão Ferreira, Ana Paula Alcântara, Miriam T Carvalho, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo PAGE: 253-257 Cattle Dung Breeding Diptera in Pastures in Southeastern Brazil: Diversity, Abundance and Seasonallity Júlio Mendes, Arício Xavier Linhares* PAGE: 37-41 Neutralizing Antibodies to Enterovirus 71 in Belém, Brazil Maria de Lourdes C Gomes, Ceyla Maria O de Castro, Maria José C Oliveira, Edson Elias da Silva PAGE: 47-49 Ecological Data of Travassosnema travassosi travassosi (Dracunculoidea: Guyanemidae) from the Humour of the Eyes of Acestrorhynchus lacustris from Tibagi River, Paraná, Brazil Ângela Teresa Silva-Souza, Aurélia Saraiva* PAGE: 51-52 Species Diversity and Flagellate Infections in the Sand Fly Fauna near Porto Grande, State of Amapá, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae. Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Rui A Freitas, Roberto D Naiff, Toby V Barrett PAGE: 53-59 Myxobolus absonus sp. n. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) Parasitizing Pimelodus maculatus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a South American Freshwater Fish Eduardo F Cellere, Nelson S Cordeiro,Edson A Adriano PAGE: 79-80 First Report of Lappetascaris lutjani Rasheed, 1965 (Nematoda, Ascaridoidea, Anisakidae) Parasitizing Trachipterus arawatae (Pisces, Lampridiformes) on the Atlantic Coast of Brazil Joaquim Júlio Vicente, Michael Maia Mincarone*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 93-94 Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Antigens in Paraffin-embedded Liver Specimens from the Amazon Region, Brazil SRR Simonetti, HG Schatzmayr, OM Barth, JP Simonetti PAGE: 105-107 A Heminested Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Brazilian Rabies Isolates from Vampire Bats and Herbivores RM Soares, F Bernardi, SM Sakamoto, MB Heinemann, A Cortez, LM Alves, AD Meyer, FH Ito, LJ Richtzenhain PAGE: 109-111 Detection and Characterization of Rotavirus G and P Types from Children Participating in a Rotavirus Vaccine Trial in Belém, Brazil JDP Mascarenhas, AC Linhares, YB Gabbay, JPG Leite* PAGE: 113-117 An Autochthonous Case of Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972 Polycystic Echinococcosis in the State of Rondônia, Brazil Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, José Resende V Peixoto, Regina Maria Figueiredo de Oliveira, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 123-126 Cercarial Chaetotaxy and Sex Differentiation of Schistosoma mansoni Deriving from Humans and Nectomys squamipes (Muridae: Sigmondontinae) in Brazil Nilcéa Freire, José Roberto Machado-Silva, Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, Luís Rey PAGE: 127-132 Some Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) from Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil Gustavo Graciolli, Pedro Marcos Linardi PAGE: 139-141 High occurrence of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) spurious infection in a village in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil Débora do Rocio Klisiowicz, Larissa Reifur, Márcia Kiyoe Shimada, Juciliane Haidamak, Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Tatiane Ferreira PAGE: 371-373 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140315 Distribution of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) at Different Altitudes in an Endemic Region of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil Adelson Luiz Ferreira, Paulo Augusto Sessa, José Benedito Malta Varejão, Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 1061-1067 Tumour necrosis factor -308 and -238 promoter polymorphisms are predictors of a null virological response in the treatment of Brazilian hepatitis C patients Tarciana Grandi, Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva, Karine Medeiros Amaral5, Paulo Dornelles Picon, Cintia Costi, Nicole Nascimento da Fré, Marilu Fiegenbaum, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Christian Niel, Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 345-351 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130372 An Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Associated with Astrovirus Serotype 1 in a Day Care Center, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil AMV Silva, EG Leite, RMS Assis, S Majerowicz, JPG Leite PAGE: 1069-1073 Phlebotomine Sand Flies in the State of Piauí, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Antônio Carlos Lima da Silva*, Alda Lima Falcão PAGE: 1085-1087 Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis in Riverine Communities from the Western Region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin VSde Paula, ME Arruda, CLVitral, AMC Gaspar PAGE: 1123-1128 Infestation of Rhynchopsyllus pulex (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) on Molossus molossus (Chiroptera) in Southestern Brazil Carlos Esbérard PAGE: 1169-1170 Evaluation of the Acarofauna of the Domiciliary Ecosystem in Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Oscarina da Silva Ezequiel, Gilberto Salles Gazêta*, Marinete Amorim*, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire* PAGE: 911-916 Seasonality and Relative Abundance of Tabanidae (Diptera) Captured on Horses in the Pantanal, Brazil AntonioThadeu M Barros PAGE: 917-923 Dengue Virus Type 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rita Maria R Nogueira, Marize P Miagostovich, Ana Maria B de Filippis, Maria Aparecida S Pereira*, Hermann G Schatzmayr PAGE: 925-926 Identification of Entomopathogenic Bacillus Isolated from Simulium (Diptera, Simuliidae) Larvae and Adults CFG Cavados, RN Fonseca, JQ Chaves, L Rabinovitch, CJPC Araújo-Coutinho* PAGE: 1017-1021 The Marsupial Didelphis albiventris is an Improbable Host of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in an Endemic Area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Minas Gerais, Brazil ML Silva-Vergara, R Martinez*, MEB Malta*, LE Ramirez, FA Franco PAGE: 771-772 Sporotrichosis: an Emergent Zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro Mônica Bastos de Lima Barros, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Paulo Cezar Fialho Monteiro, Rosani Santos Reis, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Márcia dos Santos Lazéra, Tullia Cuzzi-Maya, Tânia Cristina Moita Blanco, Keyla Belizia Feldman Marzochi, Bodo Wanke, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle PAGE: 777-779 Lutzomyia aldafalcaoae sp. n. a New Species of Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Soraya Oliveira Santos, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Michael R Honer PAGE: 791-794 Mycobacterium bovis: Polymerase Chain Reaction Identification in Bovine Lymphonode Biopsies and Genotyping in Isolates from Southeast Brazil by Spolygotyping and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism MS Zanini, EC Moreira, MTP Lopes, RS Oliveira, SC Leão, RL Fioravanti, E Roxo, M Zumarraga, MI Romano, A Cataldi, CE Salas PAGE: 809-813 Polygodial, the Fungitoxic Component from the Brazilian Medicinal Plant Polygonum punctatum Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves, Fabiane Lacerda Ribeiro, Helmut Kloos, Carlos Leomar Zani PAGE: 831-833 Report of Didymocystis wedli Ariola, 1902 (Digenea; Didymozoidae) from Thunnus albacares in Brazil A Kohn,AL Santos, MFD Baptista-Farias PAGE: 951-954 Trypanosoma evansi Control and Horse Mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal AF Seidl, AS Moraes*, RAMS Silva* PAGE: 599-602 Small Rodents Fleas from the Bubonic Plague Focus Located in the Serra dos Órgãos Mountain Range, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Jeronimo Nunes da Costa PAGE: 603-609 Enteropathogens Associated with Diarrheal Disease in Infants of Poor Urban Areas of Porto Velho, Rondônia: a Preliminary Study Patrícia Puccinelli Orlandi, Tatiane Silva, Gleiciene Felix Magalhães,Fabiana Alves, Roberto Penna de Almeida Cunha, Rui Durlacher,Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva PAGE: 621-625 Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Goats by the Indirect Haemagglutination, Immunofluorescence and Immunoenzymatic Tests in the Region of Uberlândia, Brazil Josely F Figueiredo, Deise AO Silva, Dagmar D Cabral, José R Mineo PAGE: 687-692 Digenea and Acanthocephala of Elasmobranch Fishes from the Southern Coast of Brazil Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 1095-1101 Lista dos Exemplares Tipos de Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera) Depositados na Coleção Entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ML Felippe-Bauer, SJ de Oliveira* PAGE: 1109-1119 House Dust Mites in Brazil - An Annotated Bibliography Raquel S Binotti, João RO Muniz*, Ilma A Paschoal*, Angelo P do Prado, Celso H Oliveira* PAGE: 1177-1184 Dynamics of Haematobia irritans irritans (Diptera: Muscidae) Infestation on Nelore Cattle in the Pantanal, Brazil Antonio Thadeu M Barros PAGE: 445-450 Simulium cuasiexiguum, a New Blackfly Species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Minaçu Area in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil AJ Shelley, APA Luna Dias, M Maia-Herzog, CA Lowry, PR Garritano, M Penn, M Camargo PAGE: 483-496 Stomach Content Analyses of Simulium perflavum Roubaud 1906 (Diptera: Simuliidae) Larvae from Streams in Central Amazônia, Brazil Yamile B Alencar, Thelma A Veiga Ludwig, Climéia C Soares, Neusa Hamada PAGE: 561-576 Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Eduardo S Silva, Célia MF Gontijo, Raquel S Pacheco, Vanessa OP Fiuza, Reginaldo P Brazil PAGE: 285-291 Geographical Distribution of Biomphalaria Snails in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Cecília Pereira de Souza, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Sandra Costa Drummond,Alan Lane Melo, Carlos Tito Guimarães, Delza de Moura Soares, Omar dos Santos Carvalho PAGE: 293-302 First Report of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) umbratilis Ward & Frahia, 1977 outside of Amazonian Region, in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Valdir Q Balbino, Carlos B Marcondes, Bruce Alexander, Luciano KS Luna, Mônica MM Lucena, Antônio CS Mendes, Paulo P Andrade PAGE: 315-317 The Phlebotominae Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna of Two Atlantic Rain Forest Reserves in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coêlho, Maurício L Vilela, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 319-324 A New Sand Fly, Lutzomyia campograndensis sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira, José Dilermando Andrade Filho*, Alda Lima Falcão*, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil* PAGE: 325-329 Community Ecology of the Metazoan Parasites of White Croaker, Micropogonias furnieri (Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae), from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dimitri R Alves, José L Luque PAGE: 145-153 Respiratory Syncytial Virus Groups A and B in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 1990 to 1995 and 1998 Selir M Straliotto, Sandra M Nestor, Marilda M Siqueira* PAGE: 155-158 Malaria Vectors in the Municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil MM Póvoa, RA Wirtz*, RNL Lacerda, MA Miles**, D Warhurst** PAGE: 179-184 Pseudempleurosoma gibsoni n. sp., a New Ancyrocephalid Monogenean from Paralonchurus brasiliensis(Sciaenidae) from off the Southeastern Coast of Brazil Cláudia P Santos, Elizabeth D Mourão, Melissa Q Cárdenas PAGE: 215-219 Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated in Brazil and France S Spindola de Miranda, AL Kritski, I Filliol, C Mabilat, G Panteix,E Drouet PAGE: 247-250 Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Selected Brazilian Populations Karen S Trinta*, Maria Isabel M Liberto*, Vanessa S de Paula, Clara FT Yoshida, Ana MC Gaspar PAGE: 25-29 Nova Espécie do Complexo oliveirai (Nova Denominação para o Complexo matogrossensis) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Rodolfo U Carcavallo, José Jurberg, Herman Lent, Cleber Galvão, Mário Steindel, Carlos José Carvalho Pinto PAGE: 71-79 Nematodes of Elasmobranch Fishes from the Southern Coast of Brazil Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 81-87 Ecology of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. III - Daily Biting Rhythms and Lunar Cycle Influence Anthony Érico Guimarães, Carla Gentile, Catarina Macedo Lopes, Rubens Pinto de Mello PAGE: 753-760 Monitoring the Domiciliary and Peridomiciliary Invasion Process of Triatoma rubrovaria in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Marcio Costa Vinhaes, Josimar Ribeiro de Almeida, Antonio Carlos Silveira, Jane Costa PAGE: 761-768 Vector Competence of Culex quinquefasciatus Say from Different Regions of Brazil to Dirofilaria immitis Silvia Maria Mendes Ahid , Pádua Suely da Silva Vasconcelos, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira* PAGE: 769-775 Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Newborns in a Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil MM Loureiro, BA de Moraes, MRR Quadra, GS Pinheiro, PN Suffys, MD Asensi PAGE: 777-782 Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual and Bisexual Males from a Cohort of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Negative Volunteers (Project Horizonte), Belo Horizonte, Brazil L Lignani Jr, EI Oliveira, M Carneiro, M Greco, J Andrade, CM Antunes, DB Greco PAGE: 783-785 Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Didelphis marsupialis in Santa Catarina and Arvoredo Islands, Southern Brazil Edmundo C Grisard, Carlos J Carvalho-Pinto, Afonso F Scholz, Helena K Toma, Bruno R Schlemper Jr, Mário Steindel PAGE: 795-800 Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) tergospinosum New Species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in siolii Group from the Southern Part of the State of Amazonas, Brazil Neusa Hamada PAGE: 819-828 Lutzomyia naftalekatzi, a New Species of Phlebotomine Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Zona da Mata Region, Pernambuco, Brazil Alda Lima Falcão, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Francisco de Assis Almeida, Sinval P Brandão Filho PAGE: 843-848 Description of Males of Parabronema pecariae Ivaschkin, 1960 (Nematoda, Habronematoidea) Parasitizing Peccaries (Mammalia, Tayassuidae) in Brazil J Júlio Vicente, Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Dely Noronha, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 849-851 Rabies in Tamarins (Callithrix jacchus) in the State of Ceará, Brazil, a Distinct Viral Variant? Nélio Batista-Morais, Benedito Neilson-Rolim, Humberto Hugo Matos-Chaves*, João de Brito-Neto*, Lúcia Maria-da-Silva PAGE: 609-610 Sylvatic Vectors Invading Houses and the Risk of Emergence of Cases of Chagas Disease in Salvador, State of Bahia, Northeast Brazil Artur G Dias-Lima, Ítalo A Sherlock PAGE: 611-613 Species and Serovars of the Genus Listeria lsolated from Different Sources in Brazil from 1971 to 1997 Ernesto Hofer, Rosmery Ribeiro, Deise Paranhos Feitosa PAGE: 615-620 Detection of Poxvirus in Cattle Associated with Human Cases in the State of Rio de Janeiro: Preliminary Report Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos,Carlos Mazur, Armando Schubach, Selma Majerowicz, Tatiana Rozental, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Maria Cristina Bustamante,Ortrud Monika Barth PAGE: 625-627 Posterior Spiracles of Fourth Instar Larvae of Four Species of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) under Scanning Electron Microscopy Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Raul Guerra de Queiroz, Richard Douglas Ward* PAGE: 689-691 Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in Blood Donors Infected with Human T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus Type 1 in São Paulo City, Brazil Pedro P Chieffi, Carlos S Chiattone, Elder N Feltrim, Rita CS Alves, Maria A Paschoalotti PAGE: 711-712 Rearing of Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817), Intermediate Host of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) Cecília Pereira de Souza, Kelly Grace Magalhães PAGE: 739-741 Risk Factors for Tuberculosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Persons. A Case-control Study in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (1985-1996) Antonio Carlos de Castro Toledo Jr., Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco,Carlos Maurício Figueiredo Antunes PAGE: 437-443 Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Leontopithecus rosalia at the Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cristiane V Lisboa, James Dietz, Andrew J Baker, Nédia N Russel,Ana M Jansen PAGE: 445-452 A Review of the Ticks (Acari, Ixodida) of Brazil, Their Hosts and Geographic Distribution - 1. The State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil DE Evans, JR Martins, AA Guglielmone PAGE: 453-470 Oswaldotrema nacinovici gen. nov. sp. nov. (Digenea: Philophthalmidae) from Numenius phaeopus (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Brazil Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 301-304 Studies on Populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Brazil Alfredo CR de Azevedo, Fernando A Monteiro, Pedro H Cabello,Nataly A de Souza, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 305-322 Biological Screening of Brazilian Medicinal Plants Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves, Andréia Fonseca Silva, Mitzi Brandão,Telma Sueli Mesquita Grandi, Elza de Fátima A Smânia,Artur Smânia Júnior, Carlos Leomar Zani PAGE: 367-373 Population Dynamics and Feeding Behavior of Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata, Main Vectors of Chagas Disease in Northeastern Brazil Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares, Luciene das Graças Evangelista,Luciano Soares Laranja, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 151-155 Redescription of Tejidotaenia appendiculata (Baylis, 1947) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a Parasite ofTupinambis teguixin (Sauria: Teiidae) from South America Amilcar Arandas Rego, Alain de Chambrier PAGE: 161-165 Age Structure and Abundance in Populations of Muscoid Flies from a Poultry Facility in Southeast Brazil Rita MP Avancini, Gerson AR Silveira PAGE: 259-264 Ecology of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. I - Monthly Frequency and Climatic Factors Anthony Érico Guimarães, Rubens Pinto de Mello, Catarina Macedo Lopes, Carla Gentile PAGE: 1-16 Ecology of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. II - Habitat Distribution Anthony Érico Guimarães, Carla Gentile, Catarina Macedo Lopes,Rubens Pinto de Mello PAGE: 17-28 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Human Milk FR Novak, JAG Almeida, MB Warnken, BT Ferreira-Carvalho,AN Hagler PAGE: 29-33 A New Culicoides from The Amazonian Region, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer, Rosana de S Veras, Eloy G Castellon,Nancy A Moreira PAGE: 35-37 A New Nematode Species (Seuratoidea, Cucullanidae) Parasitizing Parauchenipterus striatulus (Steindachner, 1876) (Pisces, Auchenipteridae) in Brazil Narcisa IB Moreira, Gilberto N Rocha, Hélio MA Costa PAGE: 39-41 The Fine Structure of the Endogenous Stages of Isospora hemidactyli Carini, 1936 in the Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia from North Brazil I Paperna,R Lainson PAGE: 43-47 Eimeria curvata n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in Columbina talpacoti and Scardafella squammata (Aves: Columbidae) from Brazil Edson A Adriano,Patricia J Thyssen, Nelson S Cordeiro PAGE: 53-55 Further Studies on the Molecular Systematics of Biomphalaria Snails from Brazil Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson,Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 57-66 On Two Nematodes from Brazilian Birds and Description of a New Species (Acuarioidea, Schistorophinae) Parasitizing Laterallus viridis (Müller, 1776) (Gruiformes, Rallidae) Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Joaquim Júlio Vicente, Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Dely Noronha PAGE: 751-755 Larval Preference of Psaroniocompsa incrustata (Lutz, 1910) (Diptera: Simuliidae) for Different Colors of Artificial Substrates in Breeding Grounds, at Pium River, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Jansen F Medeiros, Herbet TA Andrade, José C Hurtado Guerrero PAGE: 849-850 Survey of Canine Heartworm in the City of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Leucio Câmara Alves , Leila Vânia de Almeida Silva, Maria Aparecida da Gloria Faustino, John Wilson McCall, Prasit Supakonderj, Norma Wolmer Labarthe, Milton Sanchez, Ortiz Caires PAGE: 587-590 Parasitism of Ixodes (Multidentatus) auritulus Neumann Márcia Arzua, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti PAGE: 597-603 Intestinal Parasites of Some Diarrhoeic HIV-Seropositive Individuals in North Brazil, with Particular Reference toIsospora belli Wenyon, 1923 and Dientamoeba fragilis Jepps & Dobell, 1918 Ralph Lainson, Beatriz AM da Silva PAGE: 611-613 Redescription of Rhamnocercus stichospinus Seamster and Monaco, 1956 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), Parasitic on Menticirrhus american Nilton N Chaves, José Luis Luque,Anderson D Cezar PAGE: 615-618 The Type Specimens of Sucking Lice (Anoplura) Deposited in the Entomological Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Margareth Cardozo-de-Almeida, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Jane Costa PAGE: 625-628 Studies on Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pereirai Annereaux, 1946 (Nematoda: Camallanidae), with New Host Records and New Morphological Data on the Larval Stages Cláudia Portes Santos, Melissa Querido Cárdenas, Herman Lent PAGE: 635-640 Field Studies with the Bacterial Larvicide INPALBAC for Simulium spp. Control in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Lucia BLF Mardini, Maria Amelia T Souza, Leon Rabinovitch, Regina SA Alves, Claudia MB Silva PAGE: 679-681 Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Inmates of the Penitentiary Complex of the Region of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil Neusa Maria Osti, Antonio Fernando Pestana de Castro, Lucila Costallat Ricci PAGE: 479-483 Re-descriptions of Isospora ameivae Carini, 1932 in the Teiid Lizard Ameiva ameiva and Isospora hemidactyli Carini, 1936 in the Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia, with Particular Reference to thei R Lainson, I Paperna PAGE: 459-466 Protection against Toxoplasmosis in Mice Immunized with Different Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii Incorporated into Liposomes Mohamed MA Elsaid, Ricardo WA Vitor, Frederic JG Frézard, Maria S Martins PAGE: 485-490 Distribution of Sandflies (Diptera:Psychodidae) on Tree-trunks in a Non-flooded Area of the Ducke Forest Reserve, Manaus, AM, Brazil MRS Cabanillas, EG Castellón PAGE: 289-296 A Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny Indicates Close Relationships between Populations of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from the Rain-forest Regions of Amazônia and Northeast Brazil EAY Ishikawa, PD Ready, AA de Souza, JC Day, EF Rangel, CR Davies, JJ Shaw PAGE: 339-345 Comparison between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive and Negative Patients with Tuberculosis in Southern Brazil Lucélia Henn, Fabiano Nagel, Felipe Dal Pizzol PAGE: 377-381 Partial Lack of Susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata Strains from ltanhomi (Minas Gerais, Brazil) after Fourteen Years of Laboratory Maintenance Maria José Conceição,Acyr Corrêa, Andréa Teixeira, Débora C Moura, Osvaldo C Silva, Sônia CF Silva PAGE: 425-426 Peridomiciliary Infestation with Triatoma sordida Stal, 1859 in the County of Serra do Ramalho, Bahia, Brazil Herton Helder Rocha Pires, Érika Carime Borges, Regina Esteves de Andrade, Elias Seixas Lorosa, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 147-149 Batflies Parasitic on Some Phyllostomid Bats in Southeastern Brazil: Parasitism Rates and Host-parasite Relationships Carlos A Komeno,Arício X Linhares PAGE: 151-156 Description of Pythonella scleruri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from a Brazilian Bird Rufous-Breasted-Leaftosser Sclerurus scan Urara Kawazoe, Hélio Gouvêa PAGE: 157-159 Characterization of Rhodnius neglectus from Two Regions of Brazil Using Isoenzymes, Genitalia Morphology and Morphometry Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares, Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa,Jean-Pierre Dujardin, Christopher John Schofield, Ariovaldo Moura Siqueira, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 161-166 The Seroprevalence of Equine Trypanosomosis in the Pantanal Alberto MR Dávila, Silvana S Souza, Cristiane Campos, Roberto Aguilar MS Silva PAGE: 199-202 Estimated Financial Impact of Trypanosoma vivax on the Brazilian Pantanal and Bolivian Lowlands Andrew Seidl, Alberto MR Dávila, Roberto AMS Silvarn PAGE: 269-272 High Rates of Positive Hemocultures in Children and Teenagers Seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cloé D Fernandes, Fátima M Tiecher, Daniela D Fernandes, Nádia MP Henriques, Mário Steindel PAGE: 7-8 Identification of a Transmission Focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the Southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Celso B dos Anjos, Valderes C de Oliveira, Carlos FP Velloso, Maria Bernardete S da Fonseca, Cristiana Valar, Caroline Moraes, Cinara T Garrido, Ronaldo S do Amaral Risk Factors for Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I among Injecting Drug Users in Northeast Brazil: Possibly Greater Efficiency of Male to Female Transmission Inês Dourado, Tarcísio Andrade, Catherine L Carpenter, Bernardo Galvão-Castro PAGE: 13-18 Is Lutzomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) more Endophagic than Lutzomyia whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho, 1939) Because it is more Attracted to Light? Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Mara Cristina Pinto, Clive Davies PAGE: 21-22 Comparative Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplified Minicircles of Kinetoplast DNA of a Stable Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi from São Felipe, Bahia, its Clones and Subclones: Possibility of Predominance of a Principal Clone in th Rozalia F Campos, Marilda S Gonçalves, Eliana AG dos Reis, Mitermayer G dos Reis, Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 23-29 Ophyra aenescens (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) a New Biological Vector of Dermatobia hominis (L. Jr) (Diptera: Cuterebridae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil Z Rodríguez, RC Leite, PR Oliveira PAGE: 53-54 Insecticide Resistance in a Culex quinquefasciatus Strain from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tania González, Juan A Bisset, Cristina Díaz, María M Rodríguez, Mauro Blanco Brandolini PAGE: 121-122 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 Teresa Cristina M Gonçalves, Edson de Oliveira, Lidiamara S Dias, Magaly D Almeida, Wagner O Nogueira, Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires PAGE: 711-717 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 PAGE: 727-732 Eimeria minasensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in the Domestic Goat Capra hircus, from Brazil Andréa C Silva, José D Lima PAGE: 741-744 Fimbriaria fasciolaris and Cloacotaenia megalops (Eucestoda, Hymenolepididae), Cestodes from Brazilian Waterfowl Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Suzana B Amato PAGE: 767-772 Molecular Epidemiology of Den-2 Virus In Brazil MP Miagostovich, RMR Nogueira, HG Schatzmayr, RS Lanciotti PAGE: 625-626 Acanthocollaritrema umbilicatum Travassos, Freitas & Bührnheim, 1965 (Digenea: Acanthocollaritrematidae) from the Common Snook, Centropomus undecimalis, from Itamaracá, State of Pernambuco, Brazil Ricardo Berteaux Robaldo, Isaíras Pereira Padovan PAGE: 303-307 Cytokine Profile and Natural Killer Activity among Brazilian HIV-1-Infected Subjects AJS Duarte, MA Hong, LS Camargo, DF Nunes, A Carvalho, MN Sato,G Benard, LFM Brígido, J Casseb PAGE: 403-404 Retrospective Study on Dengue in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil RV da Cunha, MP Miagostovich, Z Petrola, ESM de Araújo, D Cortez, V Pombo, RV de Souza, RMR Nogueira, HG Schatzmayr PAGE: 155-159 Strongyloides stercoralis and other Enteroparasites in Children at Uberlândia City, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Eleuza Rodrigues Machado, Julia Maria Costa-Cruz PAGE: 161-164 Amphimerus bragai N. Sp. (Digenea: Opisthorchiidae), a Parasite of the Rodent Nectomys squamipes (Cricetidae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil Antonio HA de Moraes Neto, Vernon E Thatcher, Reinalda M Lanfredi PAGE: 181-186 The Ultrastructure of the Gastrodermis and the Nutrition of the Gill Parasitic Atriaster heterodus Lebedev and Paruchin, 1969 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) Cláudia P Santos, Thais Souto-Padrón,Reinalda M Lanfredi PAGE: 277-282 Bovine Trypanosomiasis in Bolivian and Brazilian Lowlands Roberto Aguilar Machado Santos Silva, Angel Egüez, Gustavo Morales, Erick Eulert, Aurelio Montenegro , Ramón Ybañez, Andrew Seidl, Alberto Martín Rivera Dávila, Laura Ramirez PAGE: 29-32 First Report of Biomphalaria glabrata in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Izabel Michelin Nunes*, Roberta Lima Caldeira PAGE: 39-40 Rapid Elisa for Plague AM Araujo, ATS Petribú, GHTS Barbosa, JRP Diniz, AMP Almeida, LB Carvalho Jr PAGE: 111-112 Succession and Abundance of Staphylinidae in Cattle Dung in Uberlândia, Brazil Jorge Anderson Guimarães, Júlio Mendes PAGE: 127-131 Spasskyellina mandi n. sp. (Proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae), Parasite of Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1857 (Pisces: Pimelodidae) of the Paraná River, Paraná, Brazil Gilberto C Pavanelli, Ricardo M Takemoto PAGE: 723-726 Control of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Ravena (Sabará, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil) through Water Supply and Quadrennial Treatments Pedro Coura-Filho, Roberto Sena Rocha, Simone da Silva Lamartine, Márcio William C Farah, Dilermando Fazito de Resende, José Oswaldo Costa, Naftale Katz PAGE: 659-664 A Low Stringency Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach to the Identification of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. tenagophila, Intermediate Snail Hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Andrew JG Simpson,Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 739-744 Outbreak of Trypanosomiasis Due to Trypanosoma vivax (Ziemann, 1905) in Bovines of the Pantanal, Brazil Roberto Aguilar Machado Santos Silva, Joaquim Augusto da Silva, Rui Carlos Schneider, João de Freitas, Donizete Mesquita, Terezinha Mesquita, Laura Ramirez, Alberto Martín Rivera Dávila, Maria Eletícia Barbosa Pereira PAGE: 561-562 Ultrastructure of the Tegument of Prosorhynchoides arcuatus (Linton, 1900) Bray, 1984 (Trematoda, Bucephalidae) Simone C Cohen , Anna Kohn, Ortrud M Barth PAGE: 463-470 Nematode Parasites of Brazilian Piciformes Birds: a General Survey with Description of Procyrnea anterovulvatan. sp. 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A thirty years follow-up study on Schistosomiasis mansoni in a community of Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria José Conceição; José Borges-Pereira; José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 1007-1009 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800019
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Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the lesser seed-finch, Oryzoborus angolensis (Passeriformes: Emberizidae) from Brazil Evandro Amaral Trachta e Silva; Ivan Literák; Bretislav Koudela PAGE: 573-576 | DOI: S0074-02762006000500016
Man biting rate seasonal variation of malaria vectors in Roraima, Brazil Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros; Nildimar Alves Honório PAGE: 299-302 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000024
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Population genetic structure of the major malaria vector Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Brazilian Amazon, using microsatellite markers Vera Margarete Scarpassa; Jan E Conn PAGE: 319-328 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000045
An ecoregional classification for the state of Roraima, Brazil. The importance of landscape in malaria biology Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas; Pantelis Tsouris; A Townsend Peterson; Nildimar Alves Honório; Fábio Saito Monteiro de Barros; Ducinéia Barros de Aguiar; Helen da Costa Gurgel; Mércia Eliane de Arruda; Simão Dias Vasconcelos; José Francisco Luitgards-Moura PAGE: 349-358 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000052
Theileria electrophorin.sp., a parasite of the electric eel Electrophorus electricus (Osteichthyes: Cypriniformes: Gymnotidae) from Amazonian Brazil Ralph Lainson PAGE: 155-157 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000004
Description of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) falquetoi sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) a new species from the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil Israel de Souza Pinto; Claudiney Biral dos Santos PAGE: 165-167 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000006
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Detection of Onchocerca volvulus (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) infection in vectors from Amazonian Brazil following mass Mectizan™ distribution Verônica Marchon-Silva; Julien Charles Caër; Rory James Post; Marilza Maia-Herzog; Octavio Fernandes PAGE: 197-202 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000010
Caamembecaia gratiosus n. gen., n. sp. (Acari: Trombiculidae), from Trinomys gratiosus (Gunter) (Rodentia: Echimydae), of Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil Gilberto S Gazêta; Marinete Amorim; David EP Bossi; Arício X Linhares; Nicolau M Serra-Freire PAGE: 137-139 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200003
The importance of Anopheles albitarsis E and An. darlingi in human malaria transmission in Boa Vista, state of Roraima, Brazil Marinete Marins Póvoa; Raimundo Tadeu Lessa de Souza; Raimundo Nonato da Luz Lacerda; Edvaldo Santa Rosa; Deocleciano Galiza; James Rodrigues de Souza; Robert A Wirtz; Carl D Schlichting; Jan E Conn PAGE: 163-168 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200008
Tabanidae (Diptera) of Amazônia XX. Description of Tabanus pseudonebulosus n.sp. Inocêncio de Sousa Gorayeb; Antonio Thadeu Medeiros de Barros PAGE: 213-217 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200014
Taeniosis-cysticercosis complex in individuals of a peasants' settlement (Teodoro Sampaio, Pontal of Paranapanema, SP, Brazil) Luiz Euribel Prestes-Carneiro; Selma de Bastos Zambeli de Freitas; Sueli Cristina Schadeck Zago; Nadia Araújo Miguel; Oswaldo Bill Primo; Alberto Hiroshi Iha; Noeli Maria Espíndola; Adelaide José Vaz; PAGE: 15-20 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100004
Epidemiology of visceral leishmaniasis through spatial analysis, in Belo Horizonte municipality, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Carina Margonari; Christian Rezende Freitas; Rosemary Campos Ribeiro; Ana Clara Mourão Moura; Marcos Timbó; Adriano Heckert Gripp; José Eduardo Pessanha; Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 31-38 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100007
Lutzomyia longipalpis in Brazil: a complex or a single species? A mini-review Luiz GSR Bauzer; Nataly A Souza; Rhayza DC Maingon; Alexandre A Peixoto PAGE: 01-12 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100001
High exposure to Tunga penetrans (Linnaeus, 1758) correlates with intensity of infestation Hermann Feldmeier; Judith Dorothea Kehr; Gabriele Poggensee; Jörg Heukelbach PAGE: 65-69 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100012
Identification of sex pheromones of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) populations from the state of São Paulo, Brazil Cláudio Casanova ; JGC Hamilton; JR Trigo; Antonio IP Costa PAGE: 113-115 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100023
Identification of human T-cell lymphotropic virus infection in a semi-isolated Afro-Brazilian quilombo located in the Marajó Island (Pará, Brazil) ACR Vallinoto ;GS Pontes; NA Muto; IGL Lopes; LFA Machado; VN Azevedo; FAPL Carvalhaes; SEB Santos; JF Guerreiro; MOG Ishak; R Ishak PAGE: 103-105 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100020
Low susceptibility of Achatina fulica from Brazil to infection with AngioIylus costaricensis and A. cantonensis Erli Neuhauss; Monaliza Fitarelli; Juliano Romanzini; Carlos Graeff-Teixeira PAGE: 49-52 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100007
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The spatial distribution of Schistosoma mansoni infection before and after chemotherapy in the Jequitinhonha Valley in Brazil Andrea Gazzinelli; Allen Hightower; Philip T LoVerde; João Paulo Amaral Haddad; Wesley Rodrigues Pereira; Jeffrey Bethony; Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira; Helmut Kloos PAGE: 63-71 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900010
Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wanderlei; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 73-78 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900011
Non-formal education for schistosomiasis prevention: the experience of the Museu Arqueológico de Central, Bahia, Brazil Andreia Alves Soares; Silvana Carvalho Thiengo; Marilene de Sá Cadei; Martha Locks; Maria Beltrão; Monica Ammon Fernandez PAGE: 107-110 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900017
Attaining the minimum target of resolution WHA 54.19 for schistosomiasis control in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wandereley; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 125-132 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900020
Biomphalaria spp. (Preston, 1910) snails in the municipality of Juiz de Fora, Zona da Mata Mineira mesoregion, ate of Minas Gerais, Brazil Sandra Helena Cerrato Tibiriçá; Elisabeth Cristina Almeida Bessa; Adalberto Mittherofhe; Milton Ferreira de Castro; Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Roberta Lima Caldeira; Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos; Ana Márcia Menezes de Mattos; Liliane Sena Pinheiro; Dirany Sacramento e Silva; Fabiana Oliveira Bastos; Gabriela Quirino Andreoli; Glauco Resende Bonato; Elaine Soares Coimbra PAGE: 179-184 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900028
The prospect of eliminating malaria transmission in some regions of Brazil Pedro Luiz Tauil PAGE: 105-106 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900013
Chemoresistance of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax parasites in Brazil: consequences on disease morbidity and control Bianca Ervatti Gama; Marcus Vinicius Guimarães Lacerda; Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro; Maria de Fátima Ferreira-da-Cruz PAGE: 159-166 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900020
Freshwater snails and schistosomiasis mansoni in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: VI – Noroeste Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo; Aline C Mattos; Sonia B Santos; Monica A Fernandez PAGE: 239-245 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900037
A new Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) of the Reticulatus species group from Brazilian Amazon Region Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer; Camila Pinto Damasceno; Rosimeire Lopes da Trindade; Victor Py-Daniel PAGE: 863-865 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700004
HLA-A*01 allele: a risk factor for dengue haemorrhagic fever in Brazil's population Sérgio Pereira Monteiro; Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil; Giselda Maria Kalil Cabello; Rogério Valls de Souza; Patrícia Brasil; Ingebourg Georg; Pedro Hernan Cabello; Liane De Castro PAGE: 224-230 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000200012
Primary resistance of HIV to antiretrovirals among individuals recently diagnosed at voluntary counselling and testing centres in the metropolitan region of Recife, Pernambuco Ana Maria Salustiano Cavalcanti; Ana Maria de Brito; Daniela Medeiros Salustiano; Kledoaldo Oliveira de Lima; Sirleide Pereira da Silva; Ricardo Sobhie Diaz; Heloisa Ramos Lacerda PAGE: 450-457 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400002
Declining prevalence of hepatitis A virus antibodies among children from low socioeconomic groups reinforces the need for the implementation of hepatitis A vaccination in Brazil Claudia Lamarca Vitral; Fidel Leonardo Navarro Ospina; Solange Artimos; Juliana Gil Melgaço; Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz; Vanessa Salete de Paula; Sérgio Bessa Luz; Marcos Freire; Luciane Pinto Gaspar; Luciane Almeida Amado; Elyne Montenegro Engstrom; Camila Dufrayer Fanzeres Monteiro Fortes; Tayla Coleta de Souza; Marisa Nishitani Dias; Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar; Francisco José Dutra Souto PAGE: 652-658 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500012
Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematode: Metastrongyloidea) in molluscs from harbour areas in Brazil Omar dos Santos Carvalho; Ronaldo Guilherme Carvalho Scholte; Cristiane Lafeta Furtado de Mendonça; Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos; Roberta Lima Caldeira PAGE: 740-746 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600006
Genetic polymorphism in Taenia solium metacestodes from different Brazilian geographic areas Ivanildes Solange da Costa Barcelos; Maria Aparecida Souza; Janethe Deolinda de Oliveira Pena; Gleyce Alves Machado; Lísia Gomes Martins de Moura; Julia Maria Costa-Cruz PAGE: 24-30 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100004
HIV-1 tropism and CD4 T lymphocyte recovery in a prospective cohort of patients initiating HAART in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil Andre Minhoto Lanca; Jeova Keny Baima Collares; João Leandro de Paula Ferreira; Danielle Malta Lima; Luis Fernando de Macedo Brigido; Rosangela Rodrigues; Benedito Antonio Lopes da Fonseca PAGE: 96-101 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100014
Evaluation of two coproscopic techniques for the diagnosis of schistosomiasis in a low-transmission area in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Liliane Maria Vidal Siqueira; Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho; Áureo Almeida de Oliveira; Cristiano Lara Massara; Nídia Francisca de Figueiredo Carneiro; Anna Carolina Lustosa Lima; Martin Johannes Enk PAGE: 844-850 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000700010
Nested PCR to detect and distinguish the sympatric filarial species Onchocerca volvulus, Mansonella ozzardi and Mansonella perstans in the Amazon Region Thuy-Huong Ta Tang; Rogelio López-Vélez; Marta Lanza; Anthony John Shelley; Jose Miguel Rubio; Sérgio Luiz Bessa Luz PAGE: 823-828 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600016
The development of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Trypanosoma vivax antibodies and its use in epidemiological surveys Claudio R Madruga; Flábio R Araújo; Gustavo Cavalcante-Goes; Charles Martins; Ingá B Pfeifer; Laura R Ribeiro; Raul H Kessler; Cleber O Soares; Midori Miguita; Elaine PS Melo; Robson FC Almeida; Manoel MSC Lima Jr. PAGE: 801-807 | DOI: S0074-02762006000700016
First encounter of subclinical human Leishmania (Viannia) infection in State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Aline Fagundes; Mauro CA Marzochi; Octavio Fernandes; Mauricio A Perez; Armando O Schubach; Tânia MP Schubach; Maria RR Amendoeira; Eliame Mouta-Confort; Keyla BF Marzochi PAGE: 1003-1005 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800018
Molecular and morphological characterization of heterorhabditid entomopathogenic nematodes from the tropical rainforest in Brazil Claudia Dolinski; Fernando L Kamitani; Inês R Machado; Carlos E Winter PAGE: 150-159 | DOI: S0074-02762008000200005
Phenotypic characterization of three clinical isolates of Burkholderia pseudomallei in Ceará, Brazil CG Virginio; MFS Teixeira; CC Frota; VS Café; MFG Rocha; JJC Sidrim PAGE: 95-97 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100018
Genetic characterization of St. Louis encephalitis virus isolated from human in São Paulo, Brazil Cecília Luiza Simões dos Santos; Maria Anice Mureb Sallum; Heitor Moreira Franco; Fabíola Maiumi Oshiro; Iray Maria Rocco PAGE: 57-63 | DOI: S0074-02762006000100011
Mansonella ozzardi in Brazil: prevalence of infection in riverine communities in the Purus region, in the state of Amazonas Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, Victor Py-Daniel; Ulysses Carvalho Barbosa; Thiago Junqueira Izzo PAGE: 74-80 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100012
Night and crepuscular mosquitoes and risk of vector-borne diseases in areas of piassaba extraction in the middle Negro River basin, state of Amazonas, Brazil Martha Cecília Suárez-Mutis; Nelson Ferreira Fé; Wilson Alecrim; José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 11-17 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100002
Use of geoprocessing to define malaria risk areas and evaluation of the vectorial importance of anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Espírito Santo, Brazil Viviane Coutinho Meneguzzi ; Claudiney Biral dos Santos; Israel de Souza Pinto; Leandro Roberto Feitoza; Hideko Nagatani Feitoza; Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 567-569 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400006
Antibacterial and cytotoxic activity of Brazilian plant extracts - Clusiaceae Ivana B Suffredini; Mateus LB Paciencia; Daniela C Nepomuceno; Riad N Younes; Antonio D Varella PAGE: 287-290 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300011
Frequency of serovars and antimicrobial resistance in Shigella spp. from Brazil Gisele Peirano; Flávia dos Santos Souza; Dalia dos Prazeres Rodrigues; Shigella Study Group PAGE: 245-250 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300003
Diphtheria-neutralizing antibody levels in healthy adults from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fabricia Pires Pimenta; Paulo Vieira Damasco; José Cerbino Neto; Guilherme Santoro Lopes; Raphael Hirata Jr; Lucimar Gonçalves Milagres; Ana Luíza Mattos-Guaraldi PAGE: 459-462 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400019
Comparison between indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for Anaplasma marginale antibodies with recombinant major surface protein 5 and initial body antigens Virgínia MG Silva; Flábio R Araújo; Claudio R Madruga; Cleber O Soares; Raul H Kessler; Maria AO Almeida; Stênio P Fragoso; Lenita R Santos; Carlos AN Ramos; Gisele Bacanelli; Roberto AA Torres Júnior PAGE: 511-516 | DOI: S0074-02762006000500005
Sexually transmitted infections, bacterial vaginosis, and candidiasis in women of reproductive age in rural Northeast Brazil: a population-based study Fabíola Araújo Oliveira; Viola Pfleger; Katrin Lang; Jörg Heukelbach; Iracema Miralles; Francisco Fraga; Anastácio Queiroz Sousa; Marina Stoffler-Meilicke; Ralf Ignatius; Ligia Franco Sansigolo Kerr; Hermann Feldmeier PAGE: 751-756 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000600015
Spoligotyping of clinical Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil Silvana Spíndola de Miranda; Wânia da Silva Carvalho; Philip Noel Suffys; Afrânio Lineu Kritski; Martha Oliveira; Noemi Zarate; Thierry Zozio; Nalin Rastogi; Brigitte Gicquel PAGE: 267-273 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000300003
High prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis and other mycobacteria among HIV-infected patients in Brazil: a systematic review Ricardo H Bammann ; Liliana A Zamarioli; Valdir S Pinto; Carla MP Vázquez; Marcelo N Litvoc; Giselle B Klautau; Fernando A Fiúza de Melo; Nilton J Cavalcante; Lucilaine Ferrazoli PAGE: 838-841 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600019
The role of population movement in the epidemiology and control of schistosomiasis in Brazil: a preliminary typology of population movement Helmut Kloos; Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira; Dener Carlos dos Reis; Ed Wilson Rodrigues; Luciana Alves Silveira Monteiro; Andrea Gazzinelli PAGE: 578-586 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400038
First report of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) in Achatina fulica (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Southeast and South Brazil Arnaldo Maldonado Júnior; Raquel O Simões; Ana Paula M Oliveira; Esther M Motta; Mônica A Fernandez; Zilene M Pereira; Simone S Monteiro; Eduardo J Lopes Torres; Silvana Carvalho Thiengo PAGE: 938-941 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000700019
In vitro susceptibility to antifungal agents of environmental Cryptococcus spp. isolated in the city of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil Reginaldo dos Santos Pedroso; Joseane Cristina Ferreira; Regina Celia Candido PAGE: 239-243 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300002
Prevalence and level of antibodies to the circumsporozoite protein of human malaria parasites in five states of the Amazon region of Brazil Mercia E Arruda; Robert H Zimmerman; Renata MC Souza; Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira PAGE: 367-372 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000041
Human bocavirus 1 and 3 infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Brazil Teresinha Teixeira de Sousa; Menira Souza; Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori; Ana Maria Tavares Borges; Paulo Sucasas da Costa; Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 800-804 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000600015
Hepatitis B virus screening in contacts of blood donors with antibodies against core protein (anti-HBc), but without surface antigen (HBsAg) Hildenete Monteiro Fortes; Luciano Corrêa Ribeiro; Gustavo Faria Perazolo; Francisco José Dutra Souto PAGE: 195-199 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200011
Epidemiological pattern and mortality rates for hepatitis A in Brazil, 1980-2002 - A review Cláudia L Vitral; Ana Maria C Gaspar; Francisco José D Souto PAGE: 119-127 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200001
Astrovirus infection in children living in the Central West region of Brazil Rodrigo Alessandro Tôgo Santos; Ana Maria Tavares Borges; Paulo Sérgio Sucasas da Costa; José Marcus Sócrates Teixeira; Loreny Gimenes Giugliano; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite; Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 209-213 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000019
Seroepidemiological study of herpes simplex virus type 2 in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Flávia Cunha Santos; Solange Artimos de Oliveira; Sérgio Setúbal; Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho; Tereza Faillace; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite; Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde; The HSV International Seroprevalence Study Group PAGE: 315-319 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300016
Complete genetic characterization of a Brazilian dengue virus type 3 strain isolated from a fatal outcome Marize Pereira Miagostovich; Flávia Barreto dos Santos; Túlio Machado Fumian; Flávia Ramos Guimarães; Eliane Veiga da Costa; Fernando Neto Tavares; Janice Oliveira Coelho; Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira PAGE: 307-313 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300015
Detection and molecular characterization of group A rotavirus from hospitalized children in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2004 Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa; Rosane Maria Assis; Alexandre Madi Fialho; Márcio Neves Bóia; Daniele Pires Dias Alves; Carolina Maria Miranda de Assis Martins; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite PAGE: 291-294 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300012
First detection of a human astrovirus type 8 in a child with diarrhea in Belém, Brazil: comparison with other strains worldwide and identification of possible three lineages Yvone B Gabbay; Alexandre C Linhares; Darleise S Oliveira; Lilian S Nakamura; Joana D'Arc P Mascarenhas; Rosa Helena P Gusmão; Marcos B Heinemann; Olinda Macêdo; José Paulo G Leite PAGE: 531-534 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000032
Lack of tax diversity for tropical spastic paraparesis/human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-I) associated myelopathy development in HTLV-I-infected subjects in São Paulo, Brazi J Casseb; LMI Fukumori; MPP Vergara; S Sanabani; PE Marchiori; AJS Duarte; ACP de Oliveira PAGE: 273-276 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300008
Seropositivity for hepatitis B virus, vaccination coverage, and vaccine response in dentists from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Sonia MF Batista; Márcia SA Andreasi; Ana MT Borges; Andréa SC Lindenberg; Anísio L Silva; Thiago D Fernandes; Edy F Pereira; Eline AM Basmage; Divina DP Cardoso PAGE: 263-267 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300006
Seroepidemiology of hepatitis B virus infection and high rate of response to hepatitis B virus Butang® vaccine in adolescents from low income families in Central Brazil Michele Dias da S Oliveira; Regina MB Martins; Marcos A Matos; Renata C Ferreira; Márcia A Dias; Megmar AS Carneiro; Ana Luiza N Junqueira; Sheila A Teles PAGE: 251-256 | DOI: S0074-02762006000300004
Prevalence of hepatitis A virus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, by molecular and serological procedures, 1995-2002 Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori; Célia Maria de Almeida Soares; Ana Maria Tavares Borges; Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 423-426 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400013
Early infection and asymptomatic spread of hepatitis A virus in a public child care center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Should attending children under two years of age be vaccinated? Liliane M Morais; Vanessa S de Paula; Milton R Arantes; Maria LA Oliveira; Ana Maria C Gaspar PAGE: 401-405 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400010
Molecular evidence that human immunodeficiency virus type 1 dissemination in a small Brazilian city was already taking place in the early 1990s Walter A Eyer-Silva; Gonzalo Bello; Mariza G Morgado PAGE: 647-649 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000500018
Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus markers among blood donors in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1998-2005 Ana FB Andrade; Michelle Oliveira-Silva; Suely GC Silva; Iara JF Motta; Cibele R Bonvicino PAGE: 673-676 | DOI: S0074-02762006000600016
Rotavirus and adenovirus in Rondônia Gleiciene Félix Magalhães; Paulo Afonso Nogueira; Andréa Fagundes Grava; Marilene Penati; Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva; Patricia Puccinelli Orlandi PAGE: 555-557 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000067
Detection of calicivirus from fecal samples from children with acute gastroenteritis in the West Central region of Brazil Ana Maria Tavares Borges; José Marcus Sócrates Teixeira; Paulo Sérgio Sucasas da Costa; Loreny Gimenes Giugliano; Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori; Rachel de Carvalho e Franco; Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite; Divina das Dores de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 721-724 | DOI: S0074-02762006000700003
Autochthonous horizontal transmission of a CRF02_AG strain revealed by a human immunodeficiency virus type 1 diversity survey in a small city in inner State of Rio de Janeiro, Southeast Brazil Walter A Eyer-Silva; Mariza G Morgado PAGE: 809-815 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000112
Concurrent infection with dengue virus type-2 and DENV-3 in a patient from Ceará, Brazil Fernanda Montenegro de Carvalho Araújo; Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira; Josélio Maria Galvão de Araújo; Izabel Letícia Cavalcante Ramalho; Maria Lucia Feitosa de Sá Roriz; Maria Elizabeth Lisboa de Melo; Ivo Castelo Branco Coelho PAGE: 925-928 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800017
Antiretroviral resistance in individuals presenting therapeutic failure and subtypes of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in the Northeast Region of Brazil Ana Maria Salustiano Cavalcanti; Heloisa Ramos LacerdaII; Ana Maria de Brito; Sirleide Pereira; Daniela Medeiros; Suelene Oliveira PAGE: 785-792 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000109
Human immunodeficiency virus type- 1 subtypes of infected patients in Espírito Santo, Brazil Valéria P Cabral; Carla B Cunha; Eneida FL Magalhaes; Lauro F Pinto-Neto; José Carlos Couto-Fernandez; Reynaldo Dietze; Mariza G Morgado; Rodrigo Ribeiro-Rodrigues PAGE: 881-885 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800010
Primary resistance of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 in a reference center in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Luzidalva Barbosa de Medeiros, Heloísa Ramos Lacerda, Ana Maria Salustiano Cavalcanti, Maria de Fátima Pessoa Militão de Albuquerque PAGE: 845-849 | DOI: S0074-02762006000800004
Molecular characterization of astrovirus in stool samples from children in São Paulo, Brazil Hugo Reis Resque; Veridiana Munford; Juliana Galera Castilho; Herika Schmich; Thabata Alessandra Ramos Caruzo; Maria Lucia Rácz PAGE: 969-974 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800012
Antigenic and genomic characterization of adenovirus associated to respiratory infections in children living in Northeast Brazil Fernanda EA Moura; Jacó RL de Mesquita; Silvana AR Portes; Eduardo AG Ramos; Marilda M Siqueira PAGE: 937-941 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000800008
Dengue virus type 3 in Brazil: a phylogenetic perspective Josélio Maria Galvão de Araújo ; Gonzalo Bello; Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr; Flávia Barreto dos Santos; Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira PAGE: 526-529 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000300021
Echovirus 30 associated with cases of aseptic meningitis in state of Pará, Northern Brazil Ceyla Maria Oeiras de Castro; Darleise S Oliveira; Olinda Macedo; Maria José L Lima; Marquete B Santana; Ana Lucia Monteiro Wanzeller; Edna da Silveira; Maria de Lourdes Contente Gomes PAGE: 444-450 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000300008
The circulation of human astrovirus genotypes in the Central West Region of Brazil Paula Andreia Silva; Rodrigo Alessandro Tôgo Santos; Paulo Sérgio Sucasas Costa; José Marcus Sócrates Teixeira; Loreny Gimenes Giugliano; Márcia Sueli Assis Andreasi; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite; Ecakart Schreier; Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 655-658 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400021
Prevalence of HIV type 1 drug resistance mutations in treatment-naïve and experienced patients from resource-limited settings with universal access to antiretroviral therapy: a survey in two small Brazilian cities Walter A Eyer-Silva; José Carlos Couto-Fernandez; Carlos Silva-de-Jesus; Mariza G Morgado PAGE: 143-149 | DOI: S0074-02762008000200004
Molecular characterization of the NSP4 gene of human group A rotavirus samples from the West Central region of Brazil Talissa de Moraes Tavares; Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito; Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori; Erika Regina Leal de Freitas; Juliana Alves Parente; Paulo Sérgio Sucasas da Costa; Loreny Gimenes Giugliano; Márcia Sueli Assis Andreasi; Célia Maria Almeida Soares; Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 288-294 | DOI: S0074-02762008000300011
Group A rotavirus genotypes and the ongoing Brazilian experience - A Review José Paulo Gagliardi Leite; Filipe Anibal Carvalho-Costa; Alexandre C Linhares PAGE: 745-753 | DOI: S0074-02762008000800001
Molecular characterisation of newly identified HIV-1 infections in Curitiba, Brazil: preponderance of clade C among males with recent infections João Leandro de Paula Ferreira; Mariana Thomaz; Rosangela Rodrigues; David Harrad; Cristina Mendes Oliveira; Carmem Aparecida de Freitas Oliveira; João Paulo Gervasio Batista; Tomoko Sezazake Ito; Luis Fernando de Macedo Brigido PAGE: 800-808 | DOI: S0074-02762008000800010
Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users from Salvador-BA, Brazil Maria Betânia S Silva; Tarcísio M Andrade; Luciano K Silva; Itatiana F Rodart; Gisele B Lopes; Theomira MA Carmo; Maria Alice S Zarife; Inês Dourado; Mitermayer G Reis PAGE: 299-303 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000300009
HIV/AIDS-associated visceral leishmaniasis in patients from an endemic area in Central-west Brazil Priscilla Alexandrino-de-Oliveira; Joanna Reis Santos-Oliveira; Maria Elizabeth Cavalheiros Dorval; Francisco das Chagas Brandão Da-Costa; Gracy Regina Oliveira Leite Pereira; Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha; Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago; Alda Maria Da-Cruz PAGE: 692-697 | DOI: S0074-02762010000500016
Molecular characterization of G and P-types bovine rotavirus strains from Goiás, Brazil: high frequency of mixed P-type infections Thabata Alessandra Ramos Caruzo; Willia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito; Veridiana Munford; Maria Lúcia Rácz PAGE: 1040-1043 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000800014
Acute diarrhoea in a community cohort of children who received an oral rotavirus vaccine in Northeast Brazil Sarah Cristina Fontes Vieira; Ricardo Queiroz Gurgel; Andrew Kirby; Isis Pinheiro Barreto; Liane Desiderio de Souza; Oderlan Carvalho Oliveira; Jailson de Barros Correia; Winifred Dove; Nigel A Cunliffe; Luis E Cuevas PAGE: 330-334 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000300012
Projecting the effectiveness of RotaTeq® against rotavirus-related hospitalisations in Brazil Antoine Chaouki El Khoury; Thomas Christopher Mast; Max Ciarlet; Leona Markson; Michelle Gail Goveia; Veridiana Munford; Maria Lucia Rácz PAGE: 541-545 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500004
Genetic diversity of noroviruses in Brazil Julia Monassa Fioretti; Mônica Simões Rocha Ferreira; Matias Victoria; Carmen Baur Vieira; Maria da Penha Trindade Pinheiro Xavier; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite; Marize Pereira Miagostovich PAGE: 942-947 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000800008
Sequence analysis of the 2009 pandemic influenza A H1N1 virus haemagglutinin gene from 2009-2010 Brazilian clinical samples João Leandro de Paula Ferreira; Samanta Etel Treiger Borborema; Luis Fernando de Macedo Brígido; Maria Isabel de Oliveira; Terezinha Maria de Paiva; Cecília Luiza Simões dos Santos PAGE: 613-616 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500014
Experimental infection of dogs with a Brazilian strain of Rickettsia rickettsii: clinical and laboratory findings Eliane M Piranda; João Luis H Faccini; Adriano Pinter; Tais B Saito; Richard C Pacheco; Mitika K Hagiwara; Marcelo B Labruna PAGE: 696-701 | DOI: S0074-02762008000700012
Susceptibility of Biomphalaria amazonica and Biomphalaria occidentalis from Manso Dam, Mato Grosso, Brazil to infection with three strains of Schistosoma mansoni Monica Ammon Fernandez; Silvana Carvalho Thiengo PAGE: 235-237 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900036
Response to treatment in Brazilian patients with chronic hepatitis C is associated with a single-nucleotide polymorphism near the interleukin-28B gene Tarciana Grandi; Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva; Karine Medeiros Amaral; Paulo Dornelles Picon; Cintia Costi; Nicole Nascimento da Fré; Marilu Fiegenbaum; Christian Niel; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 48-53 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762013000100008
Triatoma jatai sp. nov. in the state of Tocantins, Brazil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Teresa Cristina Monte Gonçalves, Simone Caldas Teves-Neves, Jacenir Reis dos Santos-Mallet, Ana Laura Carbajal-de-la-Fuente, Catarina Macedo Lopes PAGE: 429-437 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013006
Nontuberculous mycobacteria in respiratory samples from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in the state of Rondônia, Brazil Cleoni Alves Mendes de Lima, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Maraníbia Aparecida Cardoso Oelemann, Jesus Pais Ramos, Paulo Cezar Caldas, Carlos Eduardo Dias Campos, Márcia Aparecida da Silva Pereira, Fátima Fandinho Onofre Montes, Maria do Socorro Calixto de Oliveira, Philip Noel Suffys, Maria Manuela da Fonseca Moura PAGE: 457-462 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013010
Pseudascarophis brasiliensis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Cystidicolidae) parasitic in the Bermuda chub Kyphosus sectatrix (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) from southeastern Brazil Felipe Bisaggio Pereira, Aldenice de Nazaré Pereira, Juan Tomás Timi, José Luis Luque PAGE: 476-480 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108042013013
Revalidation and redescription of Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma Galvão, 1956 and an identification key for the Triatoma brasiliensis complex (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Jane Costa, Nathália Cordeiro Correia, Vanessa Lima Neiva, Teresa Cristina Monte Gonçalves, Márcio Felix DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013016
Susceptibility of Biomphalaria straminea from Peixe Angical dam, Tocantins, Brazil to infection with three strains of Schistosoma mansoni Monica Ammon Fernandez; Silvana Carvalho Thiengo PAGE: 488-491 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400023
Serologic survey of West Nile virus in horses from Central-West, Northeast and Southeast Brazil Jaqueline Raymondi Silva, Larissa Campos de Medeiros, Vinícius Pinho dos Reis, Juliana Helena Chávez, Thiago Demarchi Munhoz, Gustavo Puia Borges, Otavio Augusto Brioschi Soares, Carlos Henrique Coelho de Campos, Rosângela Zacarias Machado, Cristiane Divan Baldani, Maria Luana Cristiny Rodrigues Silva, Joice Lara Maia Faria6, Edson Elias da Silva, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo PAGE: 921-923 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130052
Evaluation of the WHO classification of dengue disease severity during an epidemic in 2011 in the state of Ceará, Brazil Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti/, Lia Alves Martins Mota, Gustavo Porto Lustosa, Mayara Carvalho Fortes, Davi Alves Martins Mota, Antônio Afonso Bezerra Lima, Ivo Castelo Branco Coelho, Maria Paula Gomes Mourão PAGE: 93-98 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140384
Genomic detection of a virus lineage replacement event of dengue virus serotype 2 in Brazil, 2019 Jaqueline Goes de Jesus, Karina Rocha Dutra, Flavia Cristina da Silva Sales, Ingra Morales Claro, Ana Carolina Terzian, Darlan da Silva Candido, Sarah C Hill3, Julien Thézé, Celeste Torres, Tatiana Lang D’Agostini, Alvina Clara Felix, Andreia F Negri Reis, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara, André L de Abreu, Júlio HR Croda, Wanderson K de Oliveira, Ana Maria Bispo de Filipis, Maria do Carmo Rodrigues dos Santos Camis, Camila Malta Romano, Nick J Loman, Oliver G Pybus, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Mauricio L Nogueira, Nuno Rodrigues Faria DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190423
Parasite load and risk factors for poor outcome among children with visceral leishmaniasis. A cohort study in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2010-2011 Maria Vitória Assumpção Mourão, Antonio Toledo Jr,Luciana Inácia Gomes, Verônica Vieira Freire, Ana Rabello PAGE: 147-153 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140257
Examining ERBB2 as a candidate gene for susceptibility to leprosy (Hansen’s disease) in Brazil Sérgio Ricardo Fernandes Araújo, Sarra Elisabeth Jamieson, Kathryn Margaret Dupnik, Glória Regina Monteiro, Maurício Lisboa Nobre, Márcia Sousa Dias, Pedro Bezerra Trindade Neto, Maria do Carmo Palmeira Queiroz, Carlos Eduardo Maia Gomes, Jenefer Mary Blackwell, Selma Maria Bezerra Jeronimo PAGE: 182-188 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130344
Taxonomic Reports of Otobothrioidea (Eucestoda, Trypanorhyncha) from Elasmobranch Fishes of the Southern Coast Off Brazil Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Reinalda Marisa Lanfredi, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 31-36
Simulium lobatoi, New Species of Blackfly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the States of Mato Grosso and Goiás, Central Brazil APA Luna Dias, LM Hernández*, M Maia-Herzog, AJ Shelley* PAGE: 37-43
Simulium (Chirostilbia) bifenestratum (Diptera, Simuliidae), a New Black-fly Species from the Atlantic Forest, State of São Paulo, Brazil Neusa Hamada, Mateus Pepinelli* PAGE: 45-52
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Brazilian Subtype B Variant Showed an Increasing Avidity of the Anti-V3 Antibodies over Time Compared to the Subtype B US/European Strain in São Paulo, Brazil Jorge Casseb, Patricia Montanheiro, Shirley Komninakis, Adriana Brito, Alberto JS Duarte PAGE: 69-71
Dominant Character of the Molecular Marker of a Biomphalaria tenagophila Strain (Mollusca: Planorbidae) Resistant to Schistosoma mansoni Florence Mara Rosa, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Ana Lúcia Brunialti Godard, Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho PAGE: 85-87
Oral Candida Flora from Brazilian Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Patients in the Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era NR Melo, H Taguchi, J Jorge, RJ Pedro, OP Almeida, K Fukushima, K Nishimura, M Miyaji PAGE: 425-431
Trichurid Nematodes in Ring-necked Pheasants from Backyard Flocks of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Frequency and Pathology Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Rogério Tortelly*, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 721-726
Antimicrobial Resistance of Enterococcus sp. Isolated from the Intestinal Tract of Patients from a University Hospital in Brazil Andresa Maschieto, Roberto Martinez*, Izabel Cristina Vanzato Palazzo, Ana Lúcia da Costa Darini PAGE: 763-767
Isospora araponga sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), a New Species of Isospora Schneider from a Bare-throated Bellbird, Procnias nudicollis (Vieillot, 1817) (Passeriformes: Cotingidae) from Brazil Markéta Doleu017ealová, Jordi Torres, Hugo Fernández, David Modrý PAGE: 829-830
Therapy of Tungiasis: a Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial with Oral Ivermectin Jörg Heukelbach, Sabine Franck, Hermann Feldmeier PAGE: 873-876
Antiretroviral Resistance and Genetic Diversity of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Isolates from the Federal District, Central Brazil Daniela M Cerqueira, Regina MS Amorim, Ruiter R Silva, Geni NL Camara, Marcelo M Brígido, Cláudia RF Martins PAGE: 877-882
Parvovirus B19 infections in state of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: 526 sera analyzed by IgM-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction MCL Mendonça, SB Ribeiro, JNSS Couceiro, MG von Hubinger PAGE: 847-852
A genotyping study of human immunodeficiency virus type-1 drug resistance in a small Brazilian municipality Walter A Eyer-Silva, Mariza G Morgado PAGE: 869-873
Clinical and pathological importance of vacA allele heterogeneity and cagA status in peptic ulcer disease in patients from North Brazil Luisa Caricio Martins, Tereza Cristina de Oliveira Corvelo, Samia Demachki, Marialva TF Araujo, Mônica Baraúna Assumpção, Simone Cristina Araujo Jucá Vilar, Felipe Bonfim Freitas, Hivana Patricia Melo Barbosa, Amanda Alves Fecury, Renata Kelly Costa do Amaral, Sidney Emanuel Batista dos Santos PAGE: 875-881
Candida colonization in intensive care unit patients' urine Xisto Sena Passos, Werther Souza Sales, Patrícia Jackeline Maciel, Carolina Rodrigues Costa, Karla Carvalho Miranda, Janine de Aquino Lemos, Miranildes de Abreu Batista, Maria do Rosário Rodrigues Silvarn PAGE: 925-928
Antileishmanial and trypanocidal activity of Brazilian Cerrado plants Mariana Laundry de Mesquita, Julie Desrivot, Christian Bories, Alain Fournet, José Elias de Paula, Philippe Grellier, Laila Salmen Espindola PAGE: 783-787
Study on Phlebotomine Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna in Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Carina Margonari de Souza, Jose Eduardo Pessanha*, Ricardo Andrade Barata, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Daniela Carmargos Costa, Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 795-803
Dengue Virus Detection by Using Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction in Saliva and Progeny of Experimentally Infected Aedes albopictus from Brazil Márcia Gonçalves de Castro, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira*, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr*, Marize Pereira Miagostovich*, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 809-814
Distribution and Schistosoma mansoni Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata in Different Habitats in a Rural Area in the Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Environmental and Epidemiological Aspects Helmut Kloos, Liana Kanovaloff Janotti Passos, Philip LoVerde, Rodrigo Correa Oliveira, Andréa Gazzinelli PAGE: 673-681
Spatial Analysis of the Distribution of Leprosy in the State of Ceará, Northeast Brazil Ana Cláudia Dorta Montenegro, Guilherme Loureiro Werneck, Ligia Regina Sansigolo Kerr-Pontes, Maurício Lima Barreto, Hermann Feldmeier PAGE: 683-686
Association of Human Leukocyte Antigen DQ1 and Dengue Fever in a White Southern Brazilian Population José Roberto Polizel, Danilo Bueno, Jeane Eliete L Visentainer, Ana Maria Sell, Sueli Donizete Borelli, Luiza Tamie Tsuneto, Marcia Machado O Dalalio, Maria Teresa M Coimbra, Ricardo Alberto Moliterno PAGE: 559-562
Feeding Preference of the Sand Flies Lutzomyia umbratilis and L. spathotrichia (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) in an Urban Forest Patch in the City of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil Liliane Coelho da Rocha Nery, Elias S Lorosa*, Antonia Maria Ramos Franco PAGE: 571-574
Blood and Intestinal Parasites of Squirrels (Rodentia: Sciuridae) in Amazonian Brazil Ralph Lainson, Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Brígido*, Fernando Tobias Silveira PAGE: 577-579
Phlebotomine Sand Flies in Porteirinha, an Area of American Visceral Leishmaniasis Transmission in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Ricardo Andrade Barata, João Carlos França da Silva, Roberto Teodoro da Costa, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Jaime Costa da Silva, Edvá Vieira de Paula, Aluízio Prata, Érika Michalsky Monteiro, Edelberto Santos Dias PAGE: 481-487
Cross-sectional Study Defines Difference in Malaria Morbidity in Two Yanomami Communities on Amazonian Boundary between Brazil and Venezuela Teodardo José Marcano, Anastácio Morgado, Carlos Eduardo Tosta*, José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 369-376
Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Jaguaruana, Ceará, Brazil. I. Presence of Triatomines and Index ofTrypanosoma cruzi Infection in Four Localities of a Rural Area Otília Sarquis, José Borges-Pereira, José Roberto Mac Cord, Taís Ferreira Gomes, Pedro Hernán Cabello, Marli Maria Lima PAGE: 263-270
Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: IV - Sul Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo, Aline C Mattos, M Fernanda Boaventura, Monica A Fernandez PAGE: 275-280
Comparison between Splenic and Lymph Node Aspirations as Sampling Methods for the Parasitological Detection of Leishmania chagasi Infection in Dogs Stella Maria Barrouin-Melo, Daniela Farias Larangeira, Joelma Trigo, Paulo Henrique Palis Aguiar, Washington Luís Conrado dos-Santos, Lain Pontes-de-Carvalho PAGE: 195-197
A Comparative Study of Congenital Toxoplasmosis between Public and Private Hospitals from Uberlândia, MG, Brazil Gesmar Rodrigues Silva Segundo, Deise Aparecida Oliveira Silva, José Roberto Mineo, Marcelo Simão Ferreira* PAGE: 13-17
Patterns of antenal sensilla of Panstrongylus megistus from three Brazilian states MM Villela, S Catalá, J Juberg, IG Silva, JCP Dias PAGE: 699-702
Prevalence and genetic diversity of astroviruses in children with and without diarrhea in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil Yvone B Gabbay , Cláudia Regina NE da Luz, Ivete V Costa, Elielma L Cavalcante-Pepino, Maisa S Sousa, Krynssya K Oliveira, Ana Lucia Monteiro Wanzeller, Joana D'Arc P Mascarenhas, José Paulo G Leite, Alexandre C Linhares PAGE: 709-714
Isolation and isoenzyme characterization of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis from a case of human cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeast centre of the state of São Paulo MC Pinto, JA daRosa, ZMT Fernandes, MAS Graminha, JC Mine, SM Allegretti, S Delort, C Riedel, EL Paes, E Cupolillo PAGE: 733-734
Serological survey of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, and Anaplasma marginale antibodies in cattle from the semi-arid region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays Silvia L Barros*, Claudio R Madruga, Flabio R Araújo, Carlos F Menk*, Maria Angela O de Almeida*, Elaine PS Melo, Raul H Kessler PAGE: 513-517
Peridomiciliary colonies of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal, 1859) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in rural areas of the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil Claudiney Biral dos Santos, Adelson Luiz Ferreira*, Gustavo Rocha Leite*, Gabriel Eduardo Melim Ferreira*, Andressa Alencastre Fuzari Rodrigues*, Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 471-473
Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients from one center in Recife, Brazil Ana Cecília C de Albuquerque , Maria Rosângela CD Coêlho, Edmundo PA Lopes, Marcilio Figueiredo Lemos, Regina Célia Moreira PAGE: 467-470
Further observations on clinical, histopathological, and immunological features of borderline disseminated cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis Fernando T Silveira, Ralph Lainson, Carlos EP Corbett PAGE: 525-534
Therapeutic failure of praziquantel in the treatment of Schistosoma haematobium infection in Brazilians returning from Africa Iran Mendonça da Silva, Roberto Thiengo, Maria José Conceição, Luis Rey, Henrique Leonel Lenzi, Edson Pereira Filho, Paulo César Ribeiro PAGE: 445-449
Genetic characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi natural clones from the state of Paraíba, Brazil Christian Barnabé, M Tibayrenc, Carlos Brisola Marcondes* PAGE: 273-275
Myxobolus insignis sp. n. (Myxozoa, Myxosporea, Myxobolidae), a parasite of the Amazonian teleost fishSemaprochilodus insignis (Osteichthyes, Prochilodontidae) JC Eiras, JCO Malta, AMB Varella, GC Pavanelli PAGE: 245-247
Pathology and first occurrence of the kidney trematode Paratanaisia bragai (Santos, 1934) Freitas, 1959 (Digenea: Eucotylidae) in Phasianus colchicus L., 1758, from Brazil Delir Corrêa Gomes, Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Rogério Tortelly*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 285-288
The Genus Cyclospora (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae), with a description of Cyclospora schneideri n.sp. in the snake Anilius scytale scytale (Aniliidae) from Amazonian Brazil _ A Review Ralph Lainson PAGE: 103-110
Serological evidence of hepatitis E virus infection in different animal species from the Southeast of Brazil Cláudia L Vitral, Marcelo A Pinto, Lia L Lewis-Ximenez, Yuri E Khudyakov, Débora R dos Santos, Ana Maria C Gaspar PAGE: 117-122
Onychomycosis in Ceará (Northeast Brazil): epidemiological and laboratory aspects RSN Brilhante, RA Cordeiro, DJA Medrano, MFG Rocha, AJ Monteiro, CSP Cavalcante, TEF Meireles, JJC Sidrim PAGE: 131-135
Three new species of Isospora Schneider, 1881 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the double-collared seed eater, Sporophila caerulescens (Passeriformes: Emberizidae), from Eastern Brazil Paulo Roberto de Carvalho Filho, Gisele Santos de Meireles, Carlos Torres Ribeiro, Carlos Wilson Gomes Lopes PAGE: 151-154
Lethargic crab disease: multidisciplinary evidence supports a mycotic etiology Walter A Boeger, Marcio R Pie, Antonio Ostrensky*, Luciana Patella PAGE: 161-167
Histophatology and ultrastructure of Henneguya caudalongula sp. n. infecting Prochilodus lineatus (Pisces: Prochilodontidae) cultivated in the state of São Paulo, Brazil Edson A Adriano, Sarah Arana, Nelson S Cordeiro PAGE: 177-181
Diagnosis of Brazilian vesiculoviruses by reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction Daniela Wey Bonutti, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo PAGE: 193-196
Bat flies (Diptera: Streblidae, Nycteribiidae) parasitic on bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) at Parque Estadual da Cantareira, São Paulo, Brazil: parasitism rates and host-parasite associations Patrícia Beloto Bertola, Caroline Cotrim Aires, Sandra Elisa Favorito, Gustavo Graciolli, Marcos Amaku, Ricardo Pinto-da-Rocha PAGE: 25-32
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genotyping in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: assessing subtype and drug-resistance associated mutations in HIV-1 infected individuals failing highly active antiretroviral therapy JC Couto-Fernandez, C Silva-de-Jesus, VG Veloso, M Rachid, RSG Gracie, SL Chequer-Fernandez, SM Oliveira, D Arakaki-Sanchez, PJN Chequer, MG Morgado PAGE: 73-78
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 neutralization by plasma from B or F genotype infected individuals V Bongertz, SLM Teixeira, B Grinztejn, JH Pilotto, VG Veloso, MG Morgado, FI Bastos, EP Ouverney PAGE: 85-89
Is human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome decreasing among Brazilian injection drug users? Recent findings and how to interpret them Francisco I Bastos, Vera Bongertz*, Sylvia Lopes Teixeira*, Mariza G Morgado*, Mariana A Hacker PAGE: 91-96
Antiretroviral resistance mutations in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 infected patients enrolled in genotype testing at the Central Public Health Laboratory, São Paulo, Brazil: preliminary results Rosangela Rodrigues, Carla Maria Pasquareli Vazquez, Jeova Keny Colares, Renata Marconi Custodio, Francisco Bonásser Filho, Lenice do Rosário Souza, Maria Clara Gianna, Cristiano Corrêa de Azevedo Marques, Luís Fernando de Macedo Brígido PAGE: 97-102
Dengue Viruses Activity in Piauí, Brazil José Adail Fonseca de Castro, Hélida Monteiro de Andrade, Semiramis Jamil Hadad do Monte, Adalberto Socorro da Silva, Karlla Celma Batista Lima Gomes, Leila Fernandes de Brito e Amaral, Flávio de Oliveira Cipriano, Juciane Vaz do Rego, Marcos Antônio da Mota Araújo, Symonara Karina Medeiros Faustino, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Marize Pereira Miagostovich PAGE: 1021-1023
Risk of Hepatitis C among Brazilian Ex-soccer Players Francisco José Dutra Souto, Alessandro Gonçalves da Silva, Fábio Yonamine PAGE: 1025-1026
Infection Rate of Babesia spp. Sporokinetes in Engorged Boophilus microplus from an Area of Enzootic Stability in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria G Quintão-Silva, Múcio FB Ribeiro* PAGE: 999-1002
Epidemiological and Clinical Features of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis American Cutaneous and Mucocutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil A Falqueto, PA Sessa, AL Ferreira, VP Vieira, CB Santos, JBM Varejão, E Cupolillo, R Porrozzi, LE Carvalho-Paes, G Grimaldi Jr PAGE: 1003-1010
Nodular Typhlitis Associated with the Nematodes Heterakis gallinarum and Heterakis isolonche in Pheasants: Frequency and Pathology with Evidence of Neoplasia Rodrigo Caldas Menezes, Rogério Tortelly*, Delir Corrêa Gomes, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 1011-1016
Haematozoan Parasites of the Lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) from Amazonian Brazil: a Preliminary Note Ralph Lainson, Manoel C de Souza, Constância M Franco PAGE: 1067-1070
Siphonaptera Parasites of Wild Rodents and Marsupials Trapped in Three Mountain Ranges of the Atlantic Forest in Southeastern Brazil Leandro Bianco de Moraes, David Eduardo Paolinetti Bossi, Arício Xavier Linhares PAGE: 1071-1076
Hemilucilia segmentaria (Fabricius, 1805) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as New Biological Vector of Eggs ofDermatobia hominis (Linnaeus Jr., 1781) (Diptera: Oestridae) in Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Clarissa Rezende Marinho, Leandro Silva Barbosa, Ana Claudia Granthon de Azevedo, Margareth M de Carvalho Queiroz, Mariângela Aguiar Valgode, Valéria Magalhães Aguiar Coelho PAGE: 937-938
Uncertainties Regarding Dengue Modeling in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Paula Mendes Luz, Cláudia Torres Codeço, Eduardo Massad*, Claudio José Struchiner PAGE: 871-878
Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Types in Women with Pre-neoplastic and Neoplastic Cervical Lesions in the Federal District of Brazil Geni NL Camara, Daniela M Cerqueira, Ana PG Oliveira, Evandro O Silva, Luciano GS Carvalho, Cláudia RF Martins PAGE: 879-883
Foco de Doença de Chagas em Arcádia, Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Elias Seixas Lorosa, Márcio Valério Monteiro Pinto Valente, Vanda Cunha, Herman Lent, José Jurberg PAGE: 885-887
Recent Observations on the Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna of the State of Rondônia, Western Amazônia, Brazil: the Importance of Psychdopygus davisi as a Vector of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Luis HS Gil, Sergio A Basano, Adelson A Souza, Maria GS Silva, Iorlando Barata, Edna A Ishikawa, Luís MA Camargo, Jeffrey J Shaw PAGE: 751-755
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections during an Epidemic Period in Salvador, Brazil. Viral Antigenic Group Analysis and Description of Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects Fernanda Edna Araújo Moura, Leonardo Carletto Borges, Silvana Augusta Rodrigues Portes, Eduardo Antônio Gonçalves Ramos, Marilda Mendonça Siqueira* PAGE: 739-743
Acute Schistosomiasis Outbreak in the Metropolitan Area of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais: Alert about the Risk of Unnoticed Transmission Increased by Growing Rural Tourism Martin J Enk, Amanda Amorim, Virginia T Schall PAGE: 745-750
A New Species of Henneguya, a Gill Parasite of Astyanax altiparanae (Pisces: Characidae) from Brazil, with Comments on Histopathology and Seasonality Bianca Barassa, Nelson S Cordeiro, Sarah Arana* PAGE: 761-765
A Comparative Parasitologic Study on Biomphalaria glabrata Snail and C3H/He Mice Infected with Human and Murine Isolates of Schistosoma mansoni Derived from Sumidouro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nilcéa Freire, Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, José Roberto Machado-Silva, Luís Rey PAGE: 783-787
Host-ectoparasite Specificity in a Small Mammal Community in an Area of Atlantic Rain Forest (Ilha Grande, State of Rio de Janeiro), Southeastern Brazil Emerson Brum Bittencourt, Carlos Frederico Duarte Rocha* PAGE: 793-798
Prevalence of cagA and vacA Genes in Isolates from Patients with Helicobacter pylori-associated Gastroduodenal Diseases in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Carlos AA Brito, Lenôra MB Silva, Norma Jucá, Nilma C Leal, Wayner de Souza, Dulciene Queiroz, Francisco Cordeiro, Norma Lucena Silva PAGE: 817-821
In Vitro Susceptibility Characteristics of Cryptococcus neoformans Varieties from AIDS Patients in Goiânia, Brazil Orionalda de FL Fernandes, Xisto S Passos, Lúcia KH Souza, André TB Miranda, Carlos Henrique PV Cerqueira, Maria do Rosário R Silva PAGE: 839-841
Schistosomiasis mansoni: Follow-up of Control Program Based on Parasitologic and Serologic Methods in a Brazilian Community of Low Endemicity Lanny Cristina Burlandy-Soares, Luiz Cândido de Souza Dias, Hermínia Yohko Kanamura, Edward José de Oliveira, Ricardo Mario Ciaravolo PAGE: 853-859
Prevalence of Toxocara Infection in Schoolchildren from the Butantã Region, São Paulo, Brazil Jussara MS Alderete, Cristina MA Jacob, Antonio C Pastorino, Guita R Elefant, Ana PM Castro, Angela BF Fomin, Pedro P Chieffi PAGE: 593-597
Hepatitis B and C in the Hemodialysis Unit of Tocantins, Brazil: Serological and Molecular Profiles Karla P Souza, Jônio A Luz, Sheila A Teles, Megmar AS Carneiro, Luciana A Oliveira, Adriane S Gomes, Márcia A Dias, Selma A Gomes, Clara FT Yoshida, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 599-603
The Epidemiologic Importance of Triatoma brasiliensis as a Chagas Disease Vector in Brazil: a Revision of Domiciliary Captures during 1993-1999 Jane Costa, Carlos Eduardo Almeida Ellen M Dotson, Antônia Lins, Márcio Vinhaes, Antônio Carlos Silveira, Charles Ben Beard PAGE: 443-449
Prevalence of Clostridium spp. and Clostridium difficile in Children with Acute Diarrhea in São Paulo City, Brazil Claudia EA Ferreira, Viviane Nakano, Edison L Durigon, Mario J Avila-Campos PAGE: 451-454
The Association of Genetic Markers and Malaria Infection in the Brazilian Western Amazonian Region B Beiguelman, FP Alves, MM Moura, V Engracia, ACS Nunes, MIO Heckmann, RGM Ferreira, LH Pereira da Silva, EP Camargo, H Krieger PAGE: 455-460
Molecular Epidemiology of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 in the State of Ceará, Northeast, Brazil Sandra Rocha Gadelha, Nice Shindo, José Napoleão Monte Cruz, Mariza Gonçalves Morgado, Bernardo Galvão-Castro PAGE: 461-464
Description of the Female of Sciopemyia servulolimai (Damasceno & Causey) (Diptera: Psychodidae) José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Eunice A Bianchi Galati, Raimundo Nonato de Sousa, Alda Lima Falcão PAGE: 503-505
Larval Biometry of Simulium rubrithorax (Diptera: Simuliidae) and Size Comparison between Populations in the States of Minas Gerais and Roraima, Brazil Miriam Adriana Alvan-Aguilar, Neusa Hamada PAGE: 507-511
Coexistence of Antibodies to Tick-borne Agents of Babesiosis and Lyme Borreliosis in Patients from Cotia County, State of São Paulo, Brazil Natalino Hajime Yoshinari, Milena Garcia Abrão, Virginia Lúcia Nazário Bonoldi, Cleber Oliveira Soares, Claudio Roberto Madruga, Alessandra Scofield, Carlos Luis Massard, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca PAGE: 311-318
Isolation and Identification of Mycobacteria from Livestock Specimens and Milk Obtained in Brazil Clarice Q Fujimura Leite, Ivone S Anno, Sergio R de Andrade Leite, Eliana Roxo, Glenn P Morlock, Robert C Cooksey PAGE: 319-323
Determinants of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Prevalence in Homosexual and Bisexual Men Screened for Admission to a Cohort Study of HIV Negatives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil: Project Horizonte Mariângela Carneiro, Fabíola Adriane Cardoso, Marília Greco, Edson Oliveira, Júlio Andrade, Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco, Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes, Project Horizonte team PAGE: 325-329
Comparative Immunological Recognition of Proteins from New Guinea "C" Dengue Virus Type 2 Prototype and from a Dengue Virus Type 2 Strain Isolated in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Luzia M de C Côrtes*, Ortrud M Barth, Josery R Pantoja*, Carlos R Alves* PAGE: 331-334
Description of Simulium damascenoi (Diptera: Simuliidae) Male and the Black-Fly Species from the State of Amapá, Brazil Neusa Hamada, Rosaly Ale-Rocha, Sérgio Luíz Bessa Luz* PAGE: 353-360
Brazilian Flavivirus Phylogeny Based on NS5 Flávia Graciela Baleotti, Marcos Lázaro Moreli , Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo PAGE: 379-382
Antigenic Characterization of Brazilian Isolates of Anaplasma marginale Jaqueline B Oliveira*, Claudio R Madruga, Maria AM Schenk, Raul H Kessler, Midori Miguita, Flábio R Araújo PAGE: 395-400
Human Papillomavirus Prevalence among Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia III and Invasive Cervical Cancer from Goiânia, Brazil SH Rabelo-Santos, L Zeferino, LL Villa, JP Sobrinho, RG Amaral, AV Magalhães PAGE: 181-184
Dispersal of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in an Urban Endemic Dengue Area in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nildimar Alves Honório, Wellington da Costa Silva, Paulo José Leite, Jaylei Monteiro Gonçalves, Leon Philip Lounibos, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 191-198
The Type Specimens of Chewing Lice (Insecta, Mallophaga) Deposited in the Entomological Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Margareth Cardozo-de-Almeida, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Jane Costa PAGE: 233-240
A New Species of Acantholochus (Copepoda: Bomolochidae) Parasitic on Centropomus undecimalis (Osteichthyes: Centropomidae) from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Luiz ER Tavares, José L Luque PAGE: 241-245
Isoenzymatic Variability among Five Anopheles Species Belonging to the Nyssorhynchus and Anopheles Subgenera of the Amazon Region, Brazil Joselita Maria Mendes dos Santos, Juracy de Freitas Maia, Wanderli Pedro Tadei, Gloria Alícia Diaz Rodriguez PAGE: 247-253
Use of Polymerase Chain Reaction and Enzymatic Cleavage in the Identification of Helicobacterspp. in Gastric Mucosa of Human Beings from North Paraná, Brazil PL Camargo, AA Alfieri, APFRL Bracarense, R Menoli, SR Spinosa, MK Hagiwara PAGE: 265-268
Seroprevalence of Hepatitis B Virus Infection among an Afro-descendant Community in Brazil Ana RC Motta-Castro, Clara FT Yoshida, Elba RS Lemos, Jaqueline M Oliveira, Rivaldo V Cunha, Lia L Lewis-Ximenez, Pedro H Cabello, Kátia MB Lima, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 13-17
Epidemiological Features of Rotavirus Infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, from 1986 to 2000 Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso, Célia Maria Almeida Soares, Menira Borges de Lima Dias e Souza, Marli da Silva Pereira de Azevedo, Regina Maria Bringel Martins, Divina Aparecida de Oliveira Queiróz, Wilia Marta Elsner Diederichsen de Brito, Veridiana Munford, Maria Lúcia Rácz PAGE: 25-29
The Patterns of Tungiasis in Araruama Township, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Silvia Cristina Barbosa-Silva, Marinete Amorim, Paulo César Ribeiro*, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire PAGE: 31-36
Proteocephalidean Larvae (Cestoda) in Naturally Infected Cyclopid Copepods of the Upper Paraná River Floodplain, Brazil Dina Lúcia Morais Falavigna, Luiz Felipe Machado Velho, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli PAGE: 69-72
Ixodes (Multidentatus) paranaensis n. sp. (Acari: Ixodidae) a Parasite of Streptoprocne biscutata (Sclater 1865) (Apodiformes: Apodidae) Birds in Brazil Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Márcia Arzua, Mauro Pichorim, James E Keirans PAGE: 93-102
Development of Hepatozoon caimani (Carini, 1909) Pessôa, De Biasi & De Souza, 1972 in the Caiman Caiman c. crocodilus, the Frog Rana catesbeiana and the Mosquito Culex fatigans Ralph Lainson, Ilan Paperna, Roberto D Naiff PAGE: 103-113
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characteristics of Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Children in São Paulo, Brazil Beatriz EC Guth, Sônia RTS Ramos, Aloysio MF Cerqueira, João RC Andrade, Tânia AT Gomes PAGE: 1085-1089
Isolation of Fungi in Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Muscidae) Captured at Two Natural Breeding Grounds in the Municipality of Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Márcia de Senna Nunes Sales, Gisela Lara da Costa, Vânia Rita Elias Pinheiro Bittencourt PAGE: 1107-1110
Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) II: Trophic Resources and Ecological Observations of Five Populations Collected in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Rosemere Duarte, Raquel Guerra do Nascimento, Raquel S Pacheco, Jane Costa PAGE: 1127-1131
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) on Wild Animals from the Porto-Primavera Hydroelectric Power Station Area, Brazil Marcelo B Labruna, Cátia D de Paula, Thiago F Lima, Dênis A Sana PAGE: 1133-1136
Drug Resistance and Genotypes of Strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolated from Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected and Non-infected Tuberculosis Patients in Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista, Maraníbia Cardoso Oelemann*, Diltor Vladimir Araújo Opromolla, Philip Noel Suffys* PAGE: 1147-1152
A New Species of Anoplodiscus (Monogenea: Anoplodiscidae) Parasitic on Pagrus pagrus (Osteichthyes: Sparidae) from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Aline R Paraguassú, José L Luque, Dimitri R Alves PAGE: 1197-1199
Parasitic Arthropods of Some Wild Rodents from Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station, State of São Paulo, Brazil David Eduardo Paolinetti Bossi, Arício Xavier Linhares, Helena de Godoy Bergallo* PAGE: 959-963
Clinical and Epidemiological Aspects of Human Parvovirus B19 Infection in an Urban Area in Brazil (Niterói City Area, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) Solange Artimos de Oliveira,Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho, Antonio Carlos de Medeiros Pereira, Tereza Filomena Faillace, Sérgio Setúbal,Jussara Pereira do Nascimento PAGE: 965-970
Complete Nucleotide Sequence Analysis of a Brazilian Dengue Virus Type 2 Strain Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Marize Pereira Miagostovich, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira, Dianna Edgil, Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Lee W Riley*, Eva Harris* PAGE: 991-995
Evaluation of the Direct Agglutination Test and the rK39 Dipstick Test for the Sero-diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Henk DFH Schallig, Marilene Canto-Cavalheiro, Eduardo S da Silva PAGE: 1015-1018
Dynamics of Evolution and Resistance to Starvation of Triatoma vitticeps (Stal 1859) (Reduviidae: Triatominae), Submitted to Two Different Regimens of Food Deprivation Carlos José de Carvalho Moreira, Maria Celeste Dias Spata PAGE: 1049-1055
Gregarine Cephaloidophora communis Mawrodiadi, 1908 in the Barnacle Euraphia rhyzophorae, Oliveira, 1940 from Brazil Dyrce Lacombe, Sophie Jakowska*, Edalton Silva PAGE: 1057-1061
Caballerocotyla lenti n. sp., a Capsalid Monogenean from Auxis thazard (Scombridae) from off the Southeastern Coast of Brazil Cristina D Mogrovejo, Cláudia P Santos* PAGE: 1067-1071
Seasonality of Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), Occurring Sympatrically in Area of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coelho, Maurício L Vilela, Alexandre A Peixoto*, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 759-765
Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Different Hemodialysis Units in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Solange U Busek, Élio H Babá, Hélcio A Tavares Filho, Lermíno Pimenta, Abraão Salomão, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Guilherme C Oliveira PAGE: 775-778
Occurrence of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa, Cryptosporidiidae) in Crotalus durissus terrificus(Serpentes, Viperidae) in Brazil Andréa Satie Matsubara Karasawa, Reinaldo José da Silva, Luciene Maura Mascarini, Thomaz Henrique Barrella*, Carlos Alberto de Magalhães Lopes* PAGE: 779-781
Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome in Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mario León Silva-Vergara, José Carlos Costa Júnior, Cristina Hueb Barata, Vítor Guilherme Maluf Curi, Carlos Giovanni Tiveron Júnior, Alan César Teixeira PAGE: 783-787
Dengue Virus Type 3 Isolation from Aedes aegypti in the Municipality of Nova Iguaçu, State of Rio de Janeiro Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Nildimar A Honório, Márcia G Castro, Hermann G Schatzmayr, Marize P Miagostovich,João CR Alves, Wellington C Silva, Paulo J Leite, Rita MR Nogueira PAGE: 799-800
Anopheles halophylus, a New Species of the Subgenus Nyssorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil Teresa Fernandes Silva do Nascimento, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira PAGE: 801-811
Triatoma rubrovaria (Blanchard, 1843) (Hemipter Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Raquel S Pacheco, François Noireau, Jane Costa PAGE: 829-834
Phorcotabanus cinereus (Wiedemann, 1821) (Diptera, Tabanidae), an Ornithophilic Species of Tabanid in Central Amazon, Brazil Francisco Limeira-de-Oliveira, José Albertino Rafael*, Augusto Loureiro Henriques* PAGE: 839-842
Patterns of Infection with the Nematodes Syphacia obvelata and Aspiculuris tetraptera in Conventionally Maintained Laboratory Mice Telma Bazzano, Tamy Ingrid Restel, Roberto Magalhães Pinto*, Delir Corrêa Gomes* PAGE: 847-853
Biology of Amblyomma aureolatum (Pallas, 1772) (Acari: Ixodidae) on Some Laboratory Hosts in Brazil Daniel Sobreira Rodrigues, Henrique Ávila de Carvalho, André Almeida Fernandes, Carolina Maria Viana Freitas, Romário Cerqueira Leite, Paulo Roberto de Oliveira PAGE: 853-856
Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: II - Centro Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo, Monica A Fernandez, M Fernanda Boaventura, Sonia B Santos*, Aline C Mattos PAGE: 621-626
Transmission of Leishmania in Coffee Plantations of Minas Gerais, Brazil Bruce Alexander, Emerson Barbosa de Oliveria, Emily Haigh, Lourenço Leal de Almeida PAGE: 627-630
Search for Borrelia sp. in Ticks Collected from Potential Reservoirs in an Urban Forest Reserve in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil: a Short Report IP da Costa, VLN Bonoldi*, NH Yoshinari* PAGE: 631-635
Seroepidemiological Markers of Enterically Transmitted Viral Hepatitis A and E in Individuals Living in a Community Located in the North Area of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Damião Carlos Moraes dos Santos, Francisco José Dutra Souto, Débora Regina Lopes dos Santos, Cláudia Lamarca Vitral, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar PAGE: 637-640
Triatoma vandae sp. n. do Complexo oliveirai Encontrada no Estado de Mato Grosso, Brasil (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) Rodolfo U Carcavallo, José Jurberg, Dayse da Silva Rocha, Cleber Galvão, François Noireau, Herman Lent PAGE: 649-654
Redescription of Travassiella avitellina Rego & Pavanelli, 1987 (Proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae, Zygobothriinae), a Parasite of Paulicea luetkeni (Siluriformes) from South America Alain de Chambrier, Alicia Alida Gil de Pertierra* PAGE: 657-661
Effect of Diflubenzuron on Immature Stages of Haematobia irritans (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) in Uberlândia, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Juliana Junqueira da Silva, Júlio Mendes PAGE: 679-682
Community Ecology of the Metazoan Parasites of Pink Cusk-eel, Genypterus brasiliensis (Osteichthyes: Ophidiidae), from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dimitri R Alves, José L Luque, Aline R Paraguassú PAGE: 683-689
Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria I: One Year Clinical Isolates Identification in Tertiary Hospital Aids Reference Center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in Pre Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Era Rosa Maria Carvalho Ferreira, Maria Helena Féres Saad, Marlei Gomes da Silva, Leila de Souza Fonseca PAGE: 725-729
Preliminary Assays Indicate that Antonia ovata (Loganiaceae) and Derris amazonica (Papilionaceae), Ichthyotoxic Plants Used for Fishing in Roraima, Brazil, Have an Insecticide Effect on Lutzomyia longipalpis&nb José Francisco Luitgards-Moura, Eloy Guillermo Castellón Bermudez, Arnaldo Felisberto Imbiriba da Rocha, Pantelis Tsouris, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas PAGE: 737-742
Clinical and Mycological Study of Scalp White Piedra in the State of Paraíba, Brazil Zélia Braz Vieira da Silva Pontes, Adriano Lira Ramos, Edeltrudes de Oliveira Lima, Maria de Fátima de Lacerda Guerra, Neuza Maria Cavalcante Oliveira, Jozemar Pereira dos Santos PAGE: 747-750
Influence of Specific Treatment on the Morbidity of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in an Endemic Area of Minas Gerais, Brazil Maria José Conceição*, J Borges-Pereira* PAGE: 755-757
Ecology of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in the North of the State of Mato Grosso, Brazil Alfredo CR Azevedo, Nataly A Souza, Cláudio RV Meneses, Wagner A Costa, Simone M Costa, José B Lima*, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 459-464
A Longitudinal Study on the Natural Infection of Biomphalaria straminea and B. glabrata by Schistosoma mansoni in an Endemic Area of Schistosomiasis in Pernambuco, Brazil Tereza C Favre, Otávio S Pieri, Luciana C Zani, Jainne M Ferreira, Glauce G Domás, Lilian H Beck, Constança S Barbosa* PAGE: 465-475
Pelecitus helicinus Railliet & Henry, 1910 (Filarioidea, Dirofilariinae) and Other Nematode Parasites of Brazilian Birds Yoshika Oniki, JM Kinsella, Edwin O Willis PAGE: 597-598
Hepatitis A Outbreak in a Public School in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Livia Melo Villar, Maria do Carmo Esteves da Costa*, Vanessa Salete de Paula, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar PAGE: 301-305
Ultrastructural, Antigenic and Physicochemical Characterization of the Mojuí dos Campos (Bunyavirus) Isolated from Bat in the Brazilian Amazon Region Ana LM Wanzeller, José AP Diniz, Maria LC Gomes, Ana CR Cruz, Manoel CP Soares, Wanderley de Souza, Amélia PA Travassos da Rosa, Pedro FC Vasconcelos PAGE: 307-311
A New Species of Kritskyia (Dactylogyridae, Ancyrocephalinae) Parasite of Urinary Bladder of Prochilodus lineatus(Prochilodontidae, Characiformes) from the Floodplain of the High Paraná River, Brazil Ricardo M Takemoto, Maria de los Angeles P Lizama*, Gilberto C Pavanelli* PAGE: 313-315
Identification of Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Subtypes Using Restrited Fragment Length Polymorphism in a Cohort of Asymptomatic Carriers and Patients with HTLV-I-associated Myelopathy/tropical Spastic Paraparesis from São Paulo, Brazil Aluisio AC Segurado, Cláudia Biasutti, Rogério Zeigler, Cristhieni Rodrigues, Cristine D Damas, Maria Lúcia SG Jorge, Paulo E Marchiori* PAGE: 329-333
Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Study of Antibiotic Resistance and Molecular Typing in Hospital Infection Cases in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil MM Loureiro, BA de Moraes, VLF Mendonça, MRR Quadra*, GS Pinheiro*, MD Asensi PAGE: 387-394
Aspects of the Maintenance of the Life Cycle of Fasciola hepatica in Lymnaea columella in Minas Gerais, Brazil Cecília Pereira de Souza, Kelly Grace Magalhães, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti Passos, Glaucia Cristina Pereira dos Santos, Fabio Ribeiro*, Naftale Katz* PAGE: 407-410
Prevalence of Trypanosoma lewisi in Rattus norvegicus from Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Pedro Marcos Linardi, José Ramiro Botelho PAGE: 411-414
Streblidae (Diptera) of Phyllostomid Bats from Minas Gerais, Brazil Alexsander Araújo Azevedo, Pedro Marcos Linardi PAGE: 421-422
Biting Indices, Host-seeking Activity and Natural Infection Rates of Anopheline Species in Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil from 1996 to 1998 Adenildo da Silva-Vasconcelos, Márcio Yukió Neves Kató, Eliana Neves Mourão, Raimundo Tadeu Lessa de Souza, Raimundo Nonato da Luz Lacerda, Alexander Sibajev, Pantelis Tsouris, Marinete Marins Póvoa, Hooman Momen,Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas PAGE: 151-161
Frequency of Infection of Lutzomyia Phlebotomines with Leishmania braziliensis in a Brazilian Endemic Area as Assessed by Pinpoint Capture and Polymerase Chain Reaction José Carlos Miranda, Eliana Reis, Albert Schriefer, Marilda Gonçalves, Mitermayer Galvão Reis, Lucas Carvalho, Octavio Fernandes, Manoel Barral-Netto, Aldina Barral PAGE: 185-188
A Rural Community in a Brazilian Western Amazonian Region: Some Demographic and Epidemiological Patterns LMA Camargo, MM Moura, V Engracia, RC Pagotto, SA Basano,LH Pereira da Silva, EP Camargo, B Beiguelman, H Krieger PAGE: 193-195
Viral Hepatitis Markers in Antepartum and Postpartum Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Lia Laura Lewis-Ximenez, Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar, Antonio Carlos Cavalieri D'Oro, Luiz Antonio Chilelli Mercadante, Cleber Ferreira Ginuino, Clara Fumiko Tachibana Yoshida PAGE: 203-204
Occurrence of Cryptosporidial Oocysts and Giardia Cysts in Bottled Mineral Water Commercialized in the City of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil RMB Franco, R Cantusio Neto* PAGE: 205-207
Redescription of the Male of Lutzomyia lutziana (Costa Lima) and Description of the Female (Diptera: Psychodidae) José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira*, Alda Lima Falcão, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil PAGE: 217-219
Intestinal Coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of Brazilian Lizards. Eimeria carmelinoi n.sp., from Kentropyx calcarataand Acroeimeria paraensis n.sp. from Cnemidophorus lemniscatus lemniscatus Ralph Lainson PAGE: 227-237
Descriptions of Lutzomyia (Evandromyia) georgii n. sp. and a Synopsis of the Series infraspinosa (Diptera: Psychodidae) Rui A Freitas, Toby V Barrett PAGE: 239-245
Multicenter Brazilian Study of Oral Candida Species Isolated from Aids Patients Priscilla de Laet Sant'Ana, Eveline Pípolo Milan, Roberto Martinez, Flávio Queiroz-Telles, Marcelo Simão Ferreira, Ana Paula Alcântara, Miriam T Carvalho, Arnaldo Lopes Colombo PAGE: 253-257
Cattle Dung Breeding Diptera in Pastures in Southeastern Brazil: Diversity, Abundance and Seasonallity Júlio Mendes, Arício Xavier Linhares* PAGE: 37-41
Neutralizing Antibodies to Enterovirus 71 in Belém, Brazil Maria de Lourdes C Gomes, Ceyla Maria O de Castro, Maria José C Oliveira, Edson Elias da Silva PAGE: 47-49
Ecological Data of Travassosnema travassosi travassosi (Dracunculoidea: Guyanemidae) from the Humour of the Eyes of Acestrorhynchus lacustris from Tibagi River, Paraná, Brazil Ângela Teresa Silva-Souza, Aurélia Saraiva* PAGE: 51-52
Species Diversity and Flagellate Infections in the Sand Fly Fauna near Porto Grande, State of Amapá, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae. Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) Rui A Freitas, Roberto D Naiff, Toby V Barrett PAGE: 53-59
Myxobolus absonus sp. n. (Myxozoa: Myxosporea) Parasitizing Pimelodus maculatus (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae), a South American Freshwater Fish Eduardo F Cellere, Nelson S Cordeiro,Edson A Adriano PAGE: 79-80
First Report of Lappetascaris lutjani Rasheed, 1965 (Nematoda, Ascaridoidea, Anisakidae) Parasitizing Trachipterus arawatae (Pisces, Lampridiformes) on the Atlantic Coast of Brazil Joaquim Júlio Vicente, Michael Maia Mincarone*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 93-94
Detection of Hepatitis B Virus Antigens in Paraffin-embedded Liver Specimens from the Amazon Region, Brazil SRR Simonetti, HG Schatzmayr, OM Barth, JP Simonetti PAGE: 105-107
A Heminested Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Detection of Brazilian Rabies Isolates from Vampire Bats and Herbivores RM Soares, F Bernardi, SM Sakamoto, MB Heinemann, A Cortez, LM Alves, AD Meyer, FH Ito, LJ Richtzenhain PAGE: 109-111
Detection and Characterization of Rotavirus G and P Types from Children Participating in a Rotavirus Vaccine Trial in Belém, Brazil JDP Mascarenhas, AC Linhares, YB Gabbay, JPG Leite* PAGE: 113-117
An Autochthonous Case of Echinococcus vogeli Rausch & Bernstein, 1972 Polycystic Echinococcosis in the State of Rondônia, Brazil Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, José Resende V Peixoto, Regina Maria Figueiredo de Oliveira, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 123-126
Cercarial Chaetotaxy and Sex Differentiation of Schistosoma mansoni Deriving from Humans and Nectomys squamipes (Muridae: Sigmondontinae) in Brazil Nilcéa Freire, José Roberto Machado-Silva, Rosângela Rodrigues-Silva, Luís Rey PAGE: 127-132
Some Streblidae and Nycteribiidae (Diptera: Hippoboscoidea) from Maracá Island, Roraima, Brazil Gustavo Graciolli, Pedro Marcos Linardi PAGE: 139-141
High occurrence of Calodium hepaticum (syn. Capillaria hepatica) spurious infection in a village in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil Débora do Rocio Klisiowicz, Larissa Reifur, Márcia Kiyoe Shimada, Juciliane Haidamak, Regielly Caroline Raimundo Cognialli, Tatiane Ferreira PAGE: 371-373 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140315
Distribution of Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) at Different Altitudes in an Endemic Region of American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil Adelson Luiz Ferreira, Paulo Augusto Sessa, José Benedito Malta Varejão, Aloísio Falqueto PAGE: 1061-1067
Tumour necrosis factor -308 and -238 promoter polymorphisms are predictors of a null virological response in the treatment of Brazilian hepatitis C patients Tarciana Grandi, Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva, Karine Medeiros Amaral5, Paulo Dornelles Picon, Cintia Costi, Nicole Nascimento da Fré, Marilu Fiegenbaum, Tatiana Schäffer Gregianini, Christian Niel, Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 345-351 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130372
An Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Associated with Astrovirus Serotype 1 in a Day Care Center, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil AMV Silva, EG Leite, RMS Assis, S Majerowicz, JPG Leite PAGE: 1069-1073
Phlebotomine Sand Flies in the State of Piauí, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Antônio Carlos Lima da Silva*, Alda Lima Falcão PAGE: 1085-1087
Seroprevalence of Viral Hepatitis in Riverine Communities from the Western Region of the Brazilian Amazon Basin VSde Paula, ME Arruda, CLVitral, AMC Gaspar PAGE: 1123-1128
Infestation of Rhynchopsyllus pulex (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) on Molossus molossus (Chiroptera) in Southestern Brazil Carlos Esbérard PAGE: 1169-1170
Evaluation of the Acarofauna of the Domiciliary Ecosystem in Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Oscarina da Silva Ezequiel, Gilberto Salles Gazêta*, Marinete Amorim*, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire* PAGE: 911-916
Seasonality and Relative Abundance of Tabanidae (Diptera) Captured on Horses in the Pantanal, Brazil AntonioThadeu M Barros PAGE: 917-923
Dengue Virus Type 3 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rita Maria R Nogueira, Marize P Miagostovich, Ana Maria B de Filippis, Maria Aparecida S Pereira*, Hermann G Schatzmayr PAGE: 925-926
Identification of Entomopathogenic Bacillus Isolated from Simulium (Diptera, Simuliidae) Larvae and Adults CFG Cavados, RN Fonseca, JQ Chaves, L Rabinovitch, CJPC Araújo-Coutinho* PAGE: 1017-1021
The Marsupial Didelphis albiventris is an Improbable Host of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in an Endemic Area of Paracoccidioidomycosis in Minas Gerais, Brazil ML Silva-Vergara, R Martinez*, MEB Malta*, LE Ramirez, FA Franco PAGE: 771-772
Sporotrichosis: an Emergent Zoonosis in Rio de Janeiro Mônica Bastos de Lima Barros, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Maria Clara Gutierrez Galhardo, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Paulo Cezar Fialho Monteiro, Rosani Santos Reis, Rosely Maria Zancopé-Oliveira, Márcia dos Santos Lazéra, Tullia Cuzzi-Maya, Tânia Cristina Moita Blanco, Keyla Belizia Feldman Marzochi, Bodo Wanke, Antonio Carlos Francesconi do Valle PAGE: 777-779
Lutzomyia aldafalcaoae sp. n. a New Species of Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Soraya Oliveira Santos, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Michael R Honer PAGE: 791-794
Mycobacterium bovis: Polymerase Chain Reaction Identification in Bovine Lymphonode Biopsies and Genotyping in Isolates from Southeast Brazil by Spolygotyping and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism MS Zanini, EC Moreira, MTP Lopes, RS Oliveira, SC Leão, RL Fioravanti, E Roxo, M Zumarraga, MI Romano, A Cataldi, CE Salas PAGE: 809-813
Polygodial, the Fungitoxic Component from the Brazilian Medicinal Plant Polygonum punctatum Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves, Fabiane Lacerda Ribeiro, Helmut Kloos, Carlos Leomar Zani PAGE: 831-833
Report of Didymocystis wedli Ariola, 1902 (Digenea; Didymozoidae) from Thunnus albacares in Brazil A Kohn,AL Santos, MFD Baptista-Farias PAGE: 951-954
Trypanosoma evansi Control and Horse Mortality in the Brazilian Pantanal AF Seidl, AS Moraes*, RAMS Silva* PAGE: 599-602
Small Rodents Fleas from the Bubonic Plague Focus Located in the Serra dos Órgãos Mountain Range, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Jeronimo Nunes da Costa PAGE: 603-609
Enteropathogens Associated with Diarrheal Disease in Infants of Poor Urban Areas of Porto Velho, Rondônia: a Preliminary Study Patrícia Puccinelli Orlandi, Tatiane Silva, Gleiciene Felix Magalhães,Fabiana Alves, Roberto Penna de Almeida Cunha, Rui Durlacher,Luiz Hildebrando Pereira da Silva PAGE: 621-625
Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii Infection in Goats by the Indirect Haemagglutination, Immunofluorescence and Immunoenzymatic Tests in the Region of Uberlândia, Brazil Josely F Figueiredo, Deise AO Silva, Dagmar D Cabral, José R Mineo PAGE: 687-692
Digenea and Acanthocephala of Elasmobranch Fishes from the Southern Coast of Brazil Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 1095-1101
Lista dos Exemplares Tipos de Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, Nematocera) Depositados na Coleção Entomológica do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil ML Felippe-Bauer, SJ de Oliveira* PAGE: 1109-1119
House Dust Mites in Brazil - An Annotated Bibliography Raquel S Binotti, João RO Muniz*, Ilma A Paschoal*, Angelo P do Prado, Celso H Oliveira* PAGE: 1177-1184
Dynamics of Haematobia irritans irritans (Diptera: Muscidae) Infestation on Nelore Cattle in the Pantanal, Brazil Antonio Thadeu M Barros PAGE: 445-450
Simulium cuasiexiguum, a New Blackfly Species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Minaçu Area in the State of Goiás, Central Brazil AJ Shelley, APA Luna Dias, M Maia-Herzog, CA Lowry, PR Garritano, M Penn, M Camargo PAGE: 483-496
Stomach Content Analyses of Simulium perflavum Roubaud 1906 (Diptera: Simuliidae) Larvae from Streams in Central Amazônia, Brazil Yamile B Alencar, Thelma A Veiga Ludwig, Climéia C Soares, Neusa Hamada PAGE: 561-576
Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Eduardo S Silva, Célia MF Gontijo, Raquel S Pacheco, Vanessa OP Fiuza, Reginaldo P Brazil PAGE: 285-291
Geographical Distribution of Biomphalaria Snails in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Cecília Pereira de Souza, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Sandra Costa Drummond,Alan Lane Melo, Carlos Tito Guimarães, Delza de Moura Soares, Omar dos Santos Carvalho PAGE: 293-302
First Report of Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) umbratilis Ward & Frahia, 1977 outside of Amazonian Region, in Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) Valdir Q Balbino, Carlos B Marcondes, Bruce Alexander, Luciano KS Luna, Mônica MM Lucena, Antônio CS Mendes, Paulo P Andrade PAGE: 315-317
The Phlebotominae Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) Fauna of Two Atlantic Rain Forest Reserves in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coêlho, Maurício L Vilela, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 319-324
A New Sand Fly, Lutzomyia campograndensis sp. n. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira, José Dilermando Andrade Filho*, Alda Lima Falcão*, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil* PAGE: 325-329
Community Ecology of the Metazoan Parasites of White Croaker, Micropogonias furnieri (Osteichthyes: Sciaenidae), from the Coastal Zone of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dimitri R Alves, José L Luque PAGE: 145-153
Respiratory Syncytial Virus Groups A and B in Porto Alegre, Brazil, from 1990 to 1995 and 1998 Selir M Straliotto, Sandra M Nestor, Marilda M Siqueira* PAGE: 155-158
Malaria Vectors in the Municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil MM Póvoa, RA Wirtz*, RNL Lacerda, MA Miles**, D Warhurst** PAGE: 179-184
Pseudempleurosoma gibsoni n. sp., a New Ancyrocephalid Monogenean from Paralonchurus brasiliensis(Sciaenidae) from off the Southeastern Coast of Brazil Cláudia P Santos, Elizabeth D Mourão, Melissa Q Cárdenas PAGE: 215-219
Mutations in the rpoB Gene of Rifampicin-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis Strains Isolated in Brazil and France S Spindola de Miranda, AL Kritski, I Filliol, C Mabilat, G Panteix,E Drouet PAGE: 247-250
Hepatitis E Virus Infection in Selected Brazilian Populations Karen S Trinta*, Maria Isabel M Liberto*, Vanessa S de Paula, Clara FT Yoshida, Ana MC Gaspar PAGE: 25-29
Nova Espécie do Complexo oliveirai (Nova Denominação para o Complexo matogrossensis) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil Rodolfo U Carcavallo, José Jurberg, Herman Lent, Cleber Galvão, Mário Steindel, Carlos José Carvalho Pinto PAGE: 71-79
Nematodes of Elasmobranch Fishes from the Southern Coast of Brazil Marcelo Knoff, Sérgio Carmona de São Clemente*, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 81-87
Ecology of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. III - Daily Biting Rhythms and Lunar Cycle Influence Anthony Érico Guimarães, Carla Gentile, Catarina Macedo Lopes, Rubens Pinto de Mello PAGE: 753-760
Monitoring the Domiciliary and Peridomiciliary Invasion Process of Triatoma rubrovaria in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Carlos Eduardo Almeida, Marcio Costa Vinhaes, Josimar Ribeiro de Almeida, Antonio Carlos Silveira, Jane Costa PAGE: 761-768
Vector Competence of Culex quinquefasciatus Say from Different Regions of Brazil to Dirofilaria immitis Silvia Maria Mendes Ahid , Pádua Suely da Silva Vasconcelos, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira* PAGE: 769-775
Molecular Epidemiology of Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Newborns in a Hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil MM Loureiro, BA de Moraes, MRR Quadra, GS Pinheiro, PN Suffys, MD Asensi PAGE: 777-782
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Homosexual and Bisexual Males from a Cohort of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Negative Volunteers (Project Horizonte), Belo Horizonte, Brazil L Lignani Jr, EI Oliveira, M Carneiro, M Greco, J Andrade, CM Antunes, DB Greco PAGE: 783-785
Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Didelphis marsupialis in Santa Catarina and Arvoredo Islands, Southern Brazil Edmundo C Grisard, Carlos J Carvalho-Pinto, Afonso F Scholz, Helena K Toma, Bruno R Schlemper Jr, Mário Steindel PAGE: 795-800
Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) tergospinosum New Species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in siolii Group from the Southern Part of the State of Amazonas, Brazil Neusa Hamada PAGE: 819-828
Lutzomyia naftalekatzi, a New Species of Phlebotomine Sand Fly (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Zona da Mata Region, Pernambuco, Brazil Alda Lima Falcão, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Francisco de Assis Almeida, Sinval P Brandão Filho PAGE: 843-848
Description of Males of Parabronema pecariae Ivaschkin, 1960 (Nematoda, Habronematoidea) Parasitizing Peccaries (Mammalia, Tayassuidae) in Brazil J Júlio Vicente, Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Dely Noronha, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 849-851
Rabies in Tamarins (Callithrix jacchus) in the State of Ceará, Brazil, a Distinct Viral Variant? Nélio Batista-Morais, Benedito Neilson-Rolim, Humberto Hugo Matos-Chaves*, João de Brito-Neto*, Lúcia Maria-da-Silva PAGE: 609-610
Sylvatic Vectors Invading Houses and the Risk of Emergence of Cases of Chagas Disease in Salvador, State of Bahia, Northeast Brazil Artur G Dias-Lima, Ítalo A Sherlock PAGE: 611-613
Species and Serovars of the Genus Listeria lsolated from Different Sources in Brazil from 1971 to 1997 Ernesto Hofer, Rosmery Ribeiro, Deise Paranhos Feitosa PAGE: 615-620
Detection of Poxvirus in Cattle Associated with Human Cases in the State of Rio de Janeiro: Preliminary Report Hermann Gonçalves Schatzmayr, Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos,Carlos Mazur, Armando Schubach, Selma Majerowicz, Tatiana Rozental, Tânia Maria Pacheco Schubach, Maria Cristina Bustamante,Ortrud Monika Barth PAGE: 625-627
Posterior Spiracles of Fourth Instar Larvae of Four Species of Phlebotomine Sand Flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) under Scanning Electron Microscopy Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa, Raul Guerra de Queiroz, Richard Douglas Ward* PAGE: 689-691
Coinfection by Strongyloides stercoralis in Blood Donors Infected with Human T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma Virus Type 1 in São Paulo City, Brazil Pedro P Chieffi, Carlos S Chiattone, Elder N Feltrim, Rita CS Alves, Maria A Paschoalotti PAGE: 711-712
Rearing of Lymnaea columella (Say, 1817), Intermediate Host of Fasciola hepatica (Linnaeus, 1758) Cecília Pereira de Souza, Kelly Grace Magalhães PAGE: 739-741
Risk Factors for Tuberculosis among Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Persons. A Case-control Study in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil (1985-1996) Antonio Carlos de Castro Toledo Jr., Dirceu Bartolomeu Greco,Carlos Maurício Figueiredo Antunes PAGE: 437-443
Trypanosoma cruzi Infection in Leontopithecus rosalia at the Reserva Biológica de Poço das Antas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cristiane V Lisboa, James Dietz, Andrew J Baker, Nédia N Russel,Ana M Jansen PAGE: 445-452
A Review of the Ticks (Acari, Ixodida) of Brazil, Their Hosts and Geographic Distribution - 1. The State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil DE Evans, JR Martins, AA Guglielmone PAGE: 453-470
Oswaldotrema nacinovici gen. nov. sp. nov. (Digenea: Philophthalmidae) from Numenius phaeopus (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Brazil Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Roberto Magalhães Pinto PAGE: 301-304
Studies on Populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Brazil Alfredo CR de Azevedo, Fernando A Monteiro, Pedro H Cabello,Nataly A de Souza, Maria Goreti Rosa-Freitas, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 305-322
Biological Screening of Brazilian Medicinal Plants Tânia Maria de Almeida Alves, Andréia Fonseca Silva, Mitzi Brandão,Telma Sueli Mesquita Grandi, Elza de Fátima A Smânia,Artur Smânia Júnior, Carlos Leomar Zani PAGE: 367-373
Population Dynamics and Feeding Behavior of Triatoma brasiliensis and Triatoma pseudomaculata, Main Vectors of Chagas Disease in Northeastern Brazil Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares, Luciene das Graças Evangelista,Luciano Soares Laranja, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 151-155
Redescription of Tejidotaenia appendiculata (Baylis, 1947) (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea), a Parasite ofTupinambis teguixin (Sauria: Teiidae) from South America Amilcar Arandas Rego, Alain de Chambrier PAGE: 161-165
Age Structure and Abundance in Populations of Muscoid Flies from a Poultry Facility in Southeast Brazil Rita MP Avancini, Gerson AR Silveira PAGE: 259-264
Ecology of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. I - Monthly Frequency and Climatic Factors Anthony Érico Guimarães, Rubens Pinto de Mello, Catarina Macedo Lopes, Carla Gentile PAGE: 1-16
Ecology of Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in Areas of Serra do Mar State Park, State of São Paulo, Brazil. II - Habitat Distribution Anthony Érico Guimarães, Carla Gentile, Catarina Macedo Lopes,Rubens Pinto de Mello PAGE: 17-28
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Human Milk FR Novak, JAG Almeida, MB Warnken, BT Ferreira-Carvalho,AN Hagler PAGE: 29-33
A New Culicoides from The Amazonian Region, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) Maria Luiza Felippe-Bauer, Rosana de S Veras, Eloy G Castellon,Nancy A Moreira PAGE: 35-37
A New Nematode Species (Seuratoidea, Cucullanidae) Parasitizing Parauchenipterus striatulus (Steindachner, 1876) (Pisces, Auchenipteridae) in Brazil Narcisa IB Moreira, Gilberto N Rocha, Hélio MA Costa PAGE: 39-41
The Fine Structure of the Endogenous Stages of Isospora hemidactyli Carini, 1936 in the Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia from North Brazil I Paperna,R Lainson PAGE: 43-47
Eimeria curvata n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in Columbina talpacoti and Scardafella squammata (Aves: Columbidae) from Brazil Edson A Adriano,Patricia J Thyssen, Nelson S Cordeiro PAGE: 53-55
Further Studies on the Molecular Systematics of Biomphalaria Snails from Brazil Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson,Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 57-66
On Two Nematodes from Brazilian Birds and Description of a New Species (Acuarioidea, Schistorophinae) Parasitizing Laterallus viridis (Müller, 1776) (Gruiformes, Rallidae) Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Joaquim Júlio Vicente, Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Dely Noronha PAGE: 751-755
Larval Preference of Psaroniocompsa incrustata (Lutz, 1910) (Diptera: Simuliidae) for Different Colors of Artificial Substrates in Breeding Grounds, at Pium River, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil Jansen F Medeiros, Herbet TA Andrade, José C Hurtado Guerrero PAGE: 849-850
Survey of Canine Heartworm in the City of Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil Leucio Câmara Alves , Leila Vânia de Almeida Silva, Maria Aparecida da Gloria Faustino, John Wilson McCall, Prasit Supakonderj, Norma Wolmer Labarthe, Milton Sanchez, Ortiz Caires PAGE: 587-590
Parasitism of Ixodes (Multidentatus) auritulus Neumann Márcia Arzua, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti PAGE: 597-603
Intestinal Parasites of Some Diarrhoeic HIV-Seropositive Individuals in North Brazil, with Particular Reference toIsospora belli Wenyon, 1923 and Dientamoeba fragilis Jepps & Dobell, 1918 Ralph Lainson, Beatriz AM da Silva PAGE: 611-613
Redescription of Rhamnocercus stichospinus Seamster and Monaco, 1956 (Monogenea: Diplectanidae), Parasitic on Menticirrhus american Nilton N Chaves, José Luis Luque,Anderson D Cezar PAGE: 615-618
The Type Specimens of Sucking Lice (Anoplura) Deposited in the Entomological Collection of Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Margareth Cardozo-de-Almeida, Pedro Marcos Linardi, Jane Costa PAGE: 625-628
Studies on Procamallanus (Spirocamallanus) pereirai Annereaux, 1946 (Nematoda: Camallanidae), with New Host Records and New Morphological Data on the Larval Stages Cláudia Portes Santos, Melissa Querido Cárdenas, Herman Lent PAGE: 635-640
Field Studies with the Bacterial Larvicide INPALBAC for Simulium spp. Control in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Lucia BLF Mardini, Maria Amelia T Souza, Leon Rabinovitch, Regina SA Alves, Claudia MB Silva PAGE: 679-681
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroprevalence among Inmates of the Penitentiary Complex of the Region of Campinas, State of São Paulo, Brazil Neusa Maria Osti, Antonio Fernando Pestana de Castro, Lucila Costallat Ricci PAGE: 479-483
Re-descriptions of Isospora ameivae Carini, 1932 in the Teiid Lizard Ameiva ameiva and Isospora hemidactyli Carini, 1936 in the Gecko Hemidactylus mabouia, with Particular Reference to thei R Lainson, I Paperna PAGE: 459-466
Protection against Toxoplasmosis in Mice Immunized with Different Antigens of Toxoplasma gondii Incorporated into Liposomes Mohamed MA Elsaid, Ricardo WA Vitor, Frederic JG Frézard, Maria S Martins PAGE: 485-490
Distribution of Sandflies (Diptera:Psychodidae) on Tree-trunks in a Non-flooded Area of the Ducke Forest Reserve, Manaus, AM, Brazil MRS Cabanillas, EG Castellón PAGE: 289-296
A Mitochondrial DNA Phylogeny Indicates Close Relationships between Populations of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from the Rain-forest Regions of Amazônia and Northeast Brazil EAY Ishikawa, PD Ready, AA de Souza, JC Day, EF Rangel, CR Davies, JJ Shaw PAGE: 339-345
Comparison between Human Immunodeficiency Virus Positive and Negative Patients with Tuberculosis in Southern Brazil Lucélia Henn, Fabiano Nagel, Felipe Dal Pizzol PAGE: 377-381
Partial Lack of Susceptibility to Schistosoma mansoni Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata Strains from ltanhomi (Minas Gerais, Brazil) after Fourteen Years of Laboratory Maintenance Maria José Conceição,Acyr Corrêa, Andréa Teixeira, Débora C Moura, Osvaldo C Silva, Sônia CF Silva PAGE: 425-426
Peridomiciliary Infestation with Triatoma sordida Stal, 1859 in the County of Serra do Ramalho, Bahia, Brazil Herton Helder Rocha Pires, Érika Carime Borges, Regina Esteves de Andrade, Elias Seixas Lorosa, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 147-149
Batflies Parasitic on Some Phyllostomid Bats in Southeastern Brazil: Parasitism Rates and Host-parasite Relationships Carlos A Komeno,Arício X Linhares PAGE: 151-156
Description of Pythonella scleruri n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from a Brazilian Bird Rufous-Breasted-Leaftosser Sclerurus scan Urara Kawazoe, Hélio Gouvêa PAGE: 157-159
Characterization of Rhodnius neglectus from Two Regions of Brazil Using Isoenzymes, Genitalia Morphology and Morphometry Rodrigo Pedro Pinto Soares, Silvia Ermelinda Barbosa,Jean-Pierre Dujardin, Christopher John Schofield, Ariovaldo Moura Siqueira, Liléia Diotaiuti PAGE: 161-166
The Seroprevalence of Equine Trypanosomosis in the Pantanal Alberto MR Dávila, Silvana S Souza, Cristiane Campos, Roberto Aguilar MS Silva PAGE: 199-202
Estimated Financial Impact of Trypanosoma vivax on the Brazilian Pantanal and Bolivian Lowlands Andrew Seidl, Alberto MR Dávila, Roberto AMS Silvarn PAGE: 269-272
High Rates of Positive Hemocultures in Children and Teenagers Seropositive for Trypanosoma cruzi in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Cloé D Fernandes, Fátima M Tiecher, Daniela D Fernandes, Nádia MP Henriques, Mário Steindel PAGE: 7-8
Identification of a Transmission Focus of Schistosoma mansoni in the Southernmost Brazilian State, Rio Grande do Sul Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Celso B dos Anjos, Valderes C de Oliveira, Carlos FP Velloso, Maria Bernardete S da Fonseca, Cristiana Valar, Caroline Moraes, Cinara T Garrido, Ronaldo S do Amaral
Risk Factors for Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I among Injecting Drug Users in Northeast Brazil: Possibly Greater Efficiency of Male to Female Transmission Inês Dourado, Tarcísio Andrade, Catherine L Carpenter, Bernardo Galvão-Castro PAGE: 13-18
Is Lutzomyia intermedia (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) more Endophagic than Lutzomyia whitmani (Antunes & Coutinho, 1939) Because it is more Attracted to Light? Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum, Mara Cristina Pinto, Clive Davies PAGE: 21-22
Comparative Analysis by Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplified Minicircles of Kinetoplast DNA of a Stable Strain of Trypanosoma cruzi from São Felipe, Bahia, its Clones and Subclones: Possibility of Predominance of a Principal Clone in th Rozalia F Campos, Marilda S Gonçalves, Eliana AG dos Reis, Mitermayer G dos Reis, Sonia G Andrade PAGE: 23-29
Ophyra aenescens (L.) (Diptera: Muscidae) a New Biological Vector of Dermatobia hominis (L. Jr) (Diptera: Cuterebridae) in Minas Gerais, Brazil Z Rodríguez, RC Leite, PR Oliveira PAGE: 53-54
Insecticide Resistance in a Culex quinquefasciatus Strain from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tania González, Juan A Bisset, Cristina Díaz, María M Rodríguez, Mauro Blanco Brandolini PAGE: 121-122
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 Teresa Cristina M Gonçalves, Edson de Oliveira, Lidiamara S Dias, Magaly D Almeida, Wagner O Nogueira, Fernando Dias de Ávila Pires PAGE: 711-717
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 PAGE: 727-732
Eimeria minasensis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) in the Domestic Goat Capra hircus, from Brazil Andréa C Silva, José D Lima PAGE: 741-744
Fimbriaria fasciolaris and Cloacotaenia megalops (Eucestoda, Hymenolepididae), Cestodes from Brazilian Waterfowl Luís C Muniz-Pereira, Suzana B Amato PAGE: 767-772
Molecular Epidemiology of Den-2 Virus In Brazil MP Miagostovich, RMR Nogueira, HG Schatzmayr, RS Lanciotti PAGE: 625-626
Acanthocollaritrema umbilicatum Travassos, Freitas & Bührnheim, 1965 (Digenea: Acanthocollaritrematidae) from the Common Snook, Centropomus undecimalis, from Itamaracá, State of Pernambuco, Brazil Ricardo Berteaux Robaldo, Isaíras Pereira Padovan PAGE: 303-307
Cytokine Profile and Natural Killer Activity among Brazilian HIV-1-Infected Subjects AJS Duarte, MA Hong, LS Camargo, DF Nunes, A Carvalho, MN Sato,G Benard, LFM Brígido, J Casseb PAGE: 403-404
Retrospective Study on Dengue in Fortaleza, State of Ceará, Brazil RV da Cunha, MP Miagostovich, Z Petrola, ESM de Araújo, D Cortez, V Pombo, RV de Souza, RMR Nogueira, HG Schatzmayr PAGE: 155-159
Strongyloides stercoralis and other Enteroparasites in Children at Uberlândia City, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Eleuza Rodrigues Machado, Julia Maria Costa-Cruz PAGE: 161-164
Amphimerus bragai N. Sp. (Digenea: Opisthorchiidae), a Parasite of the Rodent Nectomys squamipes (Cricetidae) from Minas Gerais, Brazil Antonio HA de Moraes Neto, Vernon E Thatcher, Reinalda M Lanfredi PAGE: 181-186
The Ultrastructure of the Gastrodermis and the Nutrition of the Gill Parasitic Atriaster heterodus Lebedev and Paruchin, 1969 (Platyhelminthes: Monogenea) Cláudia P Santos, Thais Souto-Padrón,Reinalda M Lanfredi PAGE: 277-282
Bovine Trypanosomiasis in Bolivian and Brazilian Lowlands Roberto Aguilar Machado Santos Silva, Angel Egüez, Gustavo Morales, Erick Eulert, Aurelio Montenegro , Ramón Ybañez, Andrew Seidl, Alberto Martín Rivera Dávila, Laura Ramirez PAGE: 29-32
First Report of Biomphalaria glabrata in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Izabel Michelin Nunes*, Roberta Lima Caldeira PAGE: 39-40
Rapid Elisa for Plague AM Araujo, ATS Petribú, GHTS Barbosa, JRP Diniz, AMP Almeida, LB Carvalho Jr PAGE: 111-112
Succession and Abundance of Staphylinidae in Cattle Dung in Uberlândia, Brazil Jorge Anderson Guimarães, Júlio Mendes PAGE: 127-131
Spasskyellina mandi n. sp. (Proteocephalidea: Monticelliidae), Parasite of Pimelodus ornatus Kner, 1857 (Pisces: Pimelodidae) of the Paraná River, Paraná, Brazil Gilberto C Pavanelli, Ricardo M Takemoto PAGE: 723-726
Control of Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Ravena (Sabará, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil) through Water Supply and Quadrennial Treatments Pedro Coura-Filho, Roberto Sena Rocha, Simone da Silva Lamartine, Márcio William C Farah, Dilermando Fazito de Resende, José Oswaldo Costa, Naftale Katz PAGE: 659-664
A Low Stringency Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach to the Identification of Biomphalaria glabrata and B. tenagophila, Intermediate Snail Hosts of Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Emmanuel Dias Neto, Andrew JG Simpson,Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 739-744
Outbreak of Trypanosomiasis Due to Trypanosoma vivax (Ziemann, 1905) in Bovines of the Pantanal, Brazil Roberto Aguilar Machado Santos Silva, Joaquim Augusto da Silva, Rui Carlos Schneider, João de Freitas, Donizete Mesquita, Terezinha Mesquita, Laura Ramirez, Alberto Martín Rivera Dávila, Maria Eletícia Barbosa Pereira PAGE: 561-562
Ultrastructure of the Tegument of Prosorhynchoides arcuatus (Linton, 1900) Bray, 1984 (Trematoda, Bucephalidae) Simone C Cohen , Anna Kohn, Ortrud M Barth PAGE: 463-470
Nematode Parasites of Brazilian Piciformes Birds: a General Survey with Description of Procyrnea anterovulvatan. sp. (Habronematoidea, Habronematidae) Roberto Magalhães Pinto, J Júlio Vicente, Dely Noronha PAGE: 479-487
Structure and Diversity of Endoparasitic Infracommunities and the Trophic Level of Pseudoplatystoma corruscans and Schizodon borelli (Osteichthyes) of the High Paraná River Marion Haruko Machado, Gilberto Cezar Pavanelli, Ricardo Massato Takemoto PAGE: 441-448
The Haemoculture of Trypanosoma minasense Chagas, 1908 Mariangela Ziccardi, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Ricardo Nogueira PAGE: 501-505
A Nationwide Effort to Sistematically Monitor HIV-1 Diversity in Brazil: Preliminary Results B Galvão-Castro, JC Couto-Fernandez, MA Mello, MI Linhares-de-Carvalho, LR Castello-Branco, V Bongertz, PCP Ferreira, M Morgado, E Sabino, A Tanuri, the BrazilianNetwork for the HIV-1 Isolation and Characterization PAGE: 335-338
Polymorphism of the Pedictive Antigenic Sites on the V3 Loop of Brazilian HIV-1 Subtype B Strains MG Morgado, ML Guimarães, CBG Gripp, I Neves Jr, CI Costa, VG Veloso dos Santos, MI Linhares-de-Carvalho, B Galvão-Castro, V Bongertz, HEC/FIOCRUZ AIDS Clinical Research Group PAGE: 339-342
In Vitro Transfer of Cellular Immunity to Synthetic Peptides of HIV-1 to Human Lymphocytes with Exogenous RNA Valéria SF Sales, Fahim M Sawan, Maria AE Watanabe, João S Silva, Júlio C Voltarelli,Fernando L De Lucca PAGE: 349-350
Primary Isolation of Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiae from Amblyomma cooperi Collected from Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris in Brazil Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos, Heloísa Helena Barbosa Melles, Sílvia Colombo, Raimundo Diogo Machado, José Rodrigues Coura, Maria Angélica Arpon Guimarães, Selênio R Sanseverino, Aline Moura PAGE: 273-275
Seasonality of Phaeotabanus fervens (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the Pantanal Region, Brazil Antonio Thadeu M Barros PAGE: 159
The Use of Polyvinyl Alcohol Glutaraldehyde as Solid-phase in ELISA for Plague Aureci Maria Araujo, André Tavares S Petribú, Gustavo Henrique T Sales Barbosa, José Ricardo P Diniz, Alzira MP de Almeida, Walter Mendes Azevedo, Elizabeth Malagueño, Luiz B Carvalho Jr PAGE: 195-198
Aspectos Bionômicos de Squamatoides trivittatus (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) sob Condições de Laboratório Ricardo JB Salviano, Rubens Pinto de Mello, Lilian CNH Beck, José Mario d'Almeida PAGE: 249-254
Synhimantus (Synhimantus) magnipapillatus n. sp. (Nematoda, Acuarioidea) from the Yellow-crowned Night-heron, Nyctanassa violacea cayennensis (Gmelin) (Aves, Ardeidae) J Júlio Vicente, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Dely Noronha PAGE: 51-53
The Sand Fly Fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of a Focus of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Ilhéus, State of Bahia, Brazil Alfredo CR Azevedo, Maurício L Vilela, Nataly A Souza, Claudia A Andrade-Coelho, André F Barbosa, Antônio LS Firmo, Elizabeth F Rangel PAGE: 75-79
A decade of malaria during pregnancy in Brazil: what has been done concerning prevention and management Paola Marchesini, Fabio Trindade Maranhão Costa, Claudio Romero Farias Marinho PAGE: 706-708 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140047
Malaria in Brazil: what happens outside the Amazonian endemic region Anielle de Pina-Costa, Patrícia Brasil, Sílvia Maria Di Santi, Mariana Pereira de Araujo, Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis, Ana Carolina Faria e Silva Santelli, Joseli Oliveira-Ferreira, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro PAGE: 618-633 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276140228
The Initial Epidemiological Studies in the Low Endemicity Schistosomiasis Area in Esteio, Rio Grande do Sul, the Southernmost Brazilian State, 1997 to 2000 Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Cristiana Valar, Caroline K de Moraes, Adriana Mostardeiro Salvany, Charles de Ornellas Brum, Rafael Lucyk Maurer, Renata Ben, Lúcia BLF Mardini, Marta Bañolas Jobim, Ronaldo Santos do Amaral PAGE: 73-78
Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: V - Norte Fluminense Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo, Aline C Mattos, M Fernanda Boaventura , Márcio S Loureiro, Sonia B Santos, Monica A Fernandez PAGE: 99-103
Rural Tourism as Risk Factor for the Transmission of Schistosomiasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil Martin J Enk, Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Virginia T Schall PAGE: 105-108
A Pedagogical Approach of Schistosomiasis An Experience in Health Education in Minas Gerais, Brazil Cristiano Lara Massara, Virgínia Torres Schall PAGE: 113-119
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Paleopharmacology and Pollen: Theory, Method, and Application Sérgio Augusto de Miranda Chaves, Karl J Reinhard PAGE: 207-211
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First Report on the Presence of Biomphalaria straminea in the Municipality of Jaboticatubas, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Cristiano Lara Massara, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Roberta Lima Caldeira, Liana Konovaloff Jannotti-Passos, Virgínia Torres Schall PAGE: 27-29
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Information and Education in Schistosomiasis Control: an Analysis of the Situation in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil Virgínia Schall, Maria Cecília Pinto Diniz PAGE: 35-43
The Distribution of Biomphalaria spp. in Different Habitats in Relation to Physical, Biological, Water Contact and Cognitive Factors in a Rural Area in Minas Gerais, Brazil Helmut Kloos, Cecilia de Souza, Andrea Gazzinelli, Britaldo Silveira Soares Filho, Plinio da Costa Temba, Jeffrey Bethony, Kristen Page, Claudia Grzywacz, Fred Lewis, Dennis Minchella, Phillip LoVerde, Rodrigo Corrêa Oliveira PAGE: 57-66
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Replacing Oxamniquine by Praziquantel against Schistosoma mansoni Infection in a Rural Community from the Sugar-cane Zone of Northeast Brazil: an Epidemiological Follow-up Lilian Beck, Tereza Cristina Favre, Otávio Sarmento Pieri, Luciana Carvalho Zani, Glauce Gajo Domas, Constança Simões Barbosa PAGE: 165-167
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Possible Competitive Displacement of Planorbids by Melanoides tuberculata in Minas Gerais, Brazil Carlos Tito Guimarães, Cecília Pereira de Souza, Delza de Moura Soares PAGE: 173-176
Freshwater Snails and Schistosomiasis Mansoni in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: I - Metropolitan Mesoregion Silvana C Thiengo, Monica A Fernandez, M Fernanda Boaventura, Carlos E Grault, Heucler FR Silva, Aline C Mattos, Sonia B Santos PAGE: 177-184
Infection by Schistosoma mansoni Sambon 1907 in the First Four Months of Life of Biomphalaria straminea (Dunker, 1848) in Brazil Monica Ammon Fernandez, Otávio Sarmento Pieri PAGE: 185-192
The Oswaldo Cruz Institute and its Importance in the Brazilian Society. Perspectives for the 21st Century José Rodrigues Coura PAGE: 9-16
The Taxonomy of Brazilian Insects Vectors of Transmissible Diseases (1900-2000) - Then and Now Nelson Papavero, José Henrique Guimarães PAGE: 109-118
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome and Tropical Diseases: a Brazilian Perspective Mariza G Morgado, Christovam Barcellos, Maria de Fátima Pina, Francisco Inácio Bastos PAGE: 145-151
Simulium spp. Control Program in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Lucia Beatriz LF Mardini, Maria Amélia N Torres, Geraldo Lopes da Silveira, Ana Maria V Atz PAGE: 211-214
Serological detection of West Nile virus in horses and chicken from Pantanal, Brazil Vanessa Melandri; Anthony Érico Guimarães; Nicholas Komar; Maurício L Nogueira; Adriano Mondini; Ana Fernandez-Sesma; Jeronimo Alencar; Irene Bosch PAGE: 1073-1075 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000800020
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Microgeographical Patterns of Schistosomiasis and Water Contact Behavior; Examples from Africa and Brazil Helmut Kloos*, Andréa Gazzinelli*/, Paul Van Zuyle** PAGE: 37-50
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A Survey of Freshwater Gastropods in the Microrregião Serrana of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Silvana C Thiengo, Monica A Fernandez, M Fernanda Boaventura, Marcelo A Stortti PAGE: 233-234
Colon Polyps in Schistosoma haematobium Schistosomiasis Celso Alberto Chassot*, Celso Guilherme Christiano**, Marcos Santos Barros***, Consuelo Junqueira Rodrigues**, Carlos Eduardo Pereira Corbett/ PAGE: 289-291
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Toxoplasma gondii in the faeces of wild felids from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil Paula F Bolais, Lokman Galal, Cecília Cronemberger, Fabiane de Aguiar Pereira, Alynne da Silva Barbosa, Laís Verdan Dib, Maria Regina Reis Amendoeira, Marie-Laure Dardé, Aurélien Mercier DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210302
A history of over 40 years of potentially pathogenic free-living amoeba studies in Brazil – a systematic review Natália Karla Bellini, Otavio Henrique Thiemann, María Reyes-Batlle, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Adriana Oliveira Costa DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210373
A review of serological tests available in Brazil for intestinal schistosomiasis diagnosis Lidia Mara da Silva Ramos, Rosiane A da Silva-Pereira, Edward Oliveira, Cristina Toscano Fonseca, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220236
You are what you eat: a systematic review exploring the interaction between Brazilian sand flies and their vertebrate food sources Felipe Dutra-Rêgo, Michelli Santos da Silva, Ana Paula Isnard, Jansen Fernandes Medeiros, José Dilermando Andrade Filho, Mariana Lourenço Freire DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240055
Description of the new HIV-1 intersubtype B/C circulating recombinant form (CRF146_BC) detected in Brazil Rodrigo Cunha Oliveira, Darren Martin, Juliana Sacramento Mota de Souza, Luiz Carlos Júnior Alcântara, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães, Carlos Brites, Joana Paixão Monteiro-Cunha DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760230214
Distribution of Anophelinae (Diptera: Culicidae) and challenges for malaria elimination in Brazil Maria Anice Mureb Sallum, Thiago Salomão de Azevedo, Jan Evelyn Conn, Ricardo Lourenço-de-Oliveira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240247
Assessing the spatial influence of deforestation on malaria incidence in Pará State, Amazon region, Brazil, 2008-2019 Carla Gisele Ribeiro Garcia, Beatriz C Ribeiro, Alcinês S Souza Júnior, Lilian Jéssica P Lima, Marinete M Póvoa, Gabriel Z Laporta, Maristela G Cunha DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240143
Foodborne acute gastroenteritis outbreak associated with a rare norovirus recombinant GII.10[P16] genotype, Brazil, 2023 Fernanda Marcicano Burlandy, Fábio Correia Malta, Mateus de Souza Mello, Alexandre Madi Fialho, Gabriel Assad Baduy, Ronise Valéria Guarnier, Kely Cristiane Souto Moreira, Tulio Machado Fumian DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760250085