Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from alow-endemic setting in northwestern state of Paraná in Southern Brazil Erika Noda Noguti; Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite; Ana Carolina Malaspina; Adolfo Carlos Barreto Santos; Rosário Dominguez Crespo Hirata; Mario Hiroyuki Hirata; Elsa Massae Mamizuka; Rosilene Fressatti Cardoso PAGE: 779-785 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000600008

Detection and differentiation of Cryptosporidium by real-time polymerase chain reaction in stool samples from patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil  Roberta Flávia Ribeiro Rolando; Sidnei da Silva; Regina Helena Saramago Peralta; Alexandre Januário da Silva; Flavia de Souza Cunha; Alexandre Ribeiro Bello; José Mauro Peralta PAGE: 476-479 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000400006

Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae present on Ziehl-Neelsen-stained microscopic slides and in skin biopsy samples from leprosy patients in different geographic regions of Brazil  Amanda Nogueira Brum Fontes; Harrison Magdinier Gomes; Marcelo Ivens de Araujo; Edson Cláudio Araripe de Albuquerque; Ida Maria Foschiani Dias Baptista; Maria Manuela da Fonseca Moura; Denise Silva Rezende; Maria Cristina Vidal Pessolani; Flávio Alves Lara; Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes; Heitor de Sá Gonçalves; Norma Lucena-Silva; Euzenir Nunes Sarno; Varalakshmi D Vissa; Patrick J Brennan; Philip Noel Suffys PAGE: 143-149 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000900021

Spoligotyping and variable number tandem repeat analysis of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from cattle in Brazil  Patrícia Martins Parreiras; Giovanna Ivo Andrade; Telma de Figueiredo do Nascimento; Maraníbia Cardoso Oelemann; Harrison Magdinier Gomes; Andrea Padilha de Alencar; Ronnie Antunes de Assis; Pedro Moacyr Pinto Coelho Mota; Márcia Aparecida da Silva Pereira; Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato; Andrey Pereira Lage; Philip Noel Suffys PAGE: 64-73 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000100009

Typing of Mycobacterium tuberculosis strains isolated in Community Health Centers of Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil Maraníbia C Oelemann; Amanda NB Fontes ; Marcia A da Silva Pereira; Yolanda Bravin; Guida Silva; Wim Degrave; Anna Cristina Carvalho; Rossana C Brito; Afrânio L Kritski; Philip N Suffys PAGE: 455-462 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000034

Re-mapping the molecular features of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 Brazilian sequences using a bioinformatics unit established in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, to give support to the viral epidemiology Artur Trancoso Lopo de Queiroz ; Aline Cristina Andrade Mota-Miranda; Tulio de Oliveira; Domingos Ramon Moreau; Caroline de Carvalho Urpia; Chandra Mara Carvalho; Bernardo Galvão-Castro; Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara PAGE: 133-139 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000005

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

Hepatitis A virus subgenotypes dissemination during a community outbreak in a surrounding region of Rio de Janeiro Débora Regina Lopes dos Santos; Livia Melo Villar; Vanessa Salete de Paula; Gerson Silva de Lima; Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar PAGE: 254-258 | DOI: S0074-02762008000300005

Detection of the B”-GWGR variant in the southernmost region of Brazil: unveiling the complexity of the human immunodeficiency virus-1 subtype B epidemic Dennis Maletich Junqueira, Rúbia Marília de Medeiros, Thaysse Cristina Neiva Ferreira Leite, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães, Tiago Gräf, Aguinaldo Roberto Pinto, Sabrina Esteves de Matos Almeida DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013010

Incidence and transmission patterns of tuberculosis among indigenous populations in Brazil Eunice Atsuko Cunha, Lucilaine Ferrazoli, Lee W Riley, Paulo Cesar Basta, Michael Robert Honer, Rosalia Maia, Izaias Pereira da Costa PAGE: 108-113 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130082

Molecular characterization of human T-cell lymphotropic virus coinfecting human immunodeficiency virus 1 infected patients in the Amazon region of Brazil RV Laurentino,IGL Lopes, VN Azevedo,LFA Machado,MRC Moreira, L Lobato, MOG Ishak, R Ishak,ACR Vallinoto PAGE: 371-376

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

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

Emerging Infectious Diseases 1997-1998: The Role of Molecular Epidemiology Stephen M Ostroff PAGE: 1-3

Molecular Epidemiology and Emergence of Rift Valley Fever AA Sall, PMA Zanotto, P Vialat, OK Sène, M Bouloy PAGE: 609-614

Molecular Epidemiology of HIV in Brazil: Polymorphism of the Antigenically Distinct HIV-1 B Subtype Strains MG Morgado,ML Guimarães, I Neves Jr, VG Veloso dos Santos, MI Linhares-de-Carvalho, LR Castello-Branco, FI Bastos, EA Castilho, B Galvão-Castro, V Bongertz, The Hospital Evandro Chagas AIDS Clinical Research Group PAGE: 383-386

Analysis of the Clonal Diversity of Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant Strains Isolated at João Pessoa, State of Paraíba, Brazil Lauro Santos Filho,Helio SilvaSader, Vania I Bortolotto, Paulo P Gontijo Filho, Antonio C Pignatari PAGE: 101-105

Epidemiology, Biochemistry and Evolution of Trypanosoma cruzi Lineages Based on Ribosomal RNA Sequences Bianca Zingales, Beatriz S Stolf, Ricardo P Souto, Octavio Fernandes, Marcelo RS Briones PAGE: 159-164

The Changing Face of the Epidemiology of Tuberculosis due to Molecular Strain Typing - A Review Philip N Suffys , Marcelo E Ivens de Araujo, Wim M Degrave PAGE: 297-316

Molecular profiling of drug resistant isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil Rodrigo Ivan Prim, Marcos André Schörner, Simone Gonçalves Senna, Christiane Lourenço Nogueira, Anna Carolina Cançado Figueiredo, Jaquelline Germano de Oliveira, Darcita Bürger Rovaris, Maria Luiza Bazzo PAGE: 618-623 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150100

Potential overestimation of HIV-1 sub-subtype F1 circulation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Bianca Cristina Leires Marques, Mariza Gonçalves Morgado, Monick Lindenmeyer Guimarães DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760170483

Molecular epidemiology of Hepatitis delta virus infection in Minas Gerais state from Brazil, an area outside the hyperendemic region of the Amazon Basin Cristiane FO Scarponi, Erna G Kroon, Deusilene S Vieira, Cristiane FO Scarponi, Erna G Kroon, Deusilene S Vieira, Ana Paula Fernandes, Karina B Gomes, Bruno EF Mota DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190074

Molecular characterisation of Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatoma dimidiata from a highland locality in western Panamá Vanessa Jenny Pineda, Kadir González, José Eduardo Calzada, Azael Saldaña DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760250172

Giardia duodenalis assemblage A: new genotype in non-human primates from the Brazilian Amazon region revealed by High-Resolution MLST Lisiane Lappe dos Reis, Lirna Salvioni Silva de Souza, Maria Gabriela Rodrigues Antunes, Alessandra Ferreira Dales Nava , Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760250234