Molecular approaches for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni: possible applications in the detection of snail infection, monitoring of transmission sites, and diagnosis of human infection Frederico GC Abath; Ana Lisa do Vale Gomes; Fábio L Melo; Constança S Barbosa; Roberto P Werkhauser PAGE: 145-148 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900023

Development and validation of PCR-based assays for diagnosis of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and identification of the parasite species Grazielle Cardoso da Graça; Angela Cristina Volpini; Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero; Manoel Paes de Oliveira Neto; Marcia Hueb; Renato Porrozzi; Mariana Côrtes Boité; Elisa Cupolillo PAGE: 664-674 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500014

Colorimetric microwell plate reverse-hybridization assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis detection Candice Tosi Michelon; Franciele Rosso; Karen Barros Schmid; Rosa Dea Sperhacke; Martha Maria Oliveira; Afrânio Lineu Kritski; Leonides Rezende Jr; Elis Regina Dalla Costa; Andrezza Woloski Ribeiro; Mirela Verza; Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune; Márcia Susana Nunes Silva; Daniele Kuhleis; Arnaldo Zaha; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 194-199 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200013

Further evaluation of an updated PCR assay for the detection of Schistosoma mansoni DNA in human stool samples Luciana I Gomes; Letícia HS Marques; Martin J Enk; Paulo Marcos Z Coelho; Ana Rabello PAGE: 1194-1196 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000800021

Development of a real time polymerase chain reaction for quantitation of Schistosoma mansoni DNA Ana Lisa do Vale Gomes; Fábio L Melo; Roberto P Werkhauser; Frederico GC Abath PAGE: 133-136 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000900021

Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Paracoccidioides brasiliensis DNA on serum samples from patients with paracoccidioidomycosis Cecília Eugenia Charbel; José Eduardo Levi; José Eduardo Costa Martins PAGE: 219-221 | DOI: S0074-02762006000200015

Usefulness of PCR-based assays to assess drug efficacy in Chagas disease chemotherapy: value and limitations Constança Carvalho Britto PAGE: 122-135 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000900018

Molecular diagnosis of strongyloidiasis in tropical areas: a comparison of conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction with parasitological methods Fabiana Martins de Paula, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Priscilla Duarte Marques, Renata Barnabé Sitta, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Ronaldo César Borges Gryschek, Pedro Paulo Chieffi PAGE: 272-274 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140371

First description of Leishmania (Viannia) infection in Evandromyia saulensis, Pressatia sp. and Trichophoromyia auraensis (Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in a transmission area of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Acre state, Amazon Ba Thais de Araujo-Pereira, Daniela de Pita-Pereira, Mariana Côrtes Boité, Myllena Melo, Taiana Amancio da Costa-Rego, Andressa Alencastre Fuzari, Reginaldo Peçanha Brazil, Constança Britto PAGE: 75-78 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160283

Performance of a molecular assay to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA in clinical specimens: multicenter study in Brazil Mirela Verza, Karen Barros Schmid, Regina Bones Barcellos, Natali Linck, Graziele Lima Bello, Daniel Scapin, Rosa Dea Sperhacke, Márcia Susana Nunes Silva, Claudia Wollheim, Martha Gabriela Celle Rivero, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Leonides Rezende Jr, Martha Maria Oliveira, Elis Regina Dalla Costa, Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 94-99 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760160196

Correlation between the BACTEC MGIT 960 culture system with Genotype MTBDRplus and TB-SPRINT in multidrug resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis clinical isolates from Brazil Nayanne Gama Teixeira Dantas, Philip Noel Suffys, Wânia da Silva Carvalho, Harrison Magdinier Gomes, Isabela Neves de Almeida, Lida Jouca de Assis Figueiredo, Alan Douglas Gonçalves, Michel Kireopori Gomgnimbou, Guislaine Refregier, Christophe Sola, Silvana Spíndola de Miranda DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170062

Evaluation of LAMP for the diagnosis of Loa loa infection in dried blood spots compared to PCR-based assays and microscopy Thuy-Huong Ta-Tang, Pedro Berzosa, José Miguel Rubio, María Romay-Barja, Policarpo Ncogo, Diego Agudo, Zaida Herrador, Laura Cerrada-Gálvez, Agustín Benito DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760210210

Clinically silent Plasmodium vivax infections in native Amazonians of northwestern Brazil: acquired immunity or low parasite virulence? Luiza Barbosa Barros, Priscila Rodrigues Calil, Priscila Thihara Rodrigues, Juliana Tonini, Pablo Secato Fontoura, Priscila Moraes Sato, Marly Augusto Cardoso, Marina Werneck de Almeida Avellar Russo, Carlos Eduardo Cavasini, Anderson Rocha de Jesus Fernandes, Marcelo Urbano Ferreira DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760220175

Diagnosis of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Mexican populations: current conventional serology lacks adequate sensitivity and specificity Janine M Ramsey, Keynes de la Cruz-Felix, Ezequiel Tun-Ku, Alejandro G Schijman, Sleidher Gutiérrez, Margarita Virgen-Cuevas, Monica Reyes-Romero, Kenia Escobedo-López, Gilberto Sánchez-González, Angélica Pech-May DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760240224