Evaluation of polymerase chain reaction in the routine diagnosis for tegumentary leishmaniasis in a referral centre Aline Fagundes, ; Armando Schubach; Cíntia Cristiane de Paula; Alessandra Bogio; Liliane de Fátima Antonio; Patrícia Botelho Schiavoni; Vivian de Souza Monteiro; Maria de Fátima Madeira; Leonardo Pereira Quintella; Claudia Maria Valete-Rosalino; Erica de Camargo Ferreira e Vasconcellos; Rilza Beatriz Gayoso de Azeredo-Coutinho; Rachel S Pacheco; Mauro CA Marzochi; Keyla BF Marzochi PAGE: 109-112 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000100018

A population genetics study of Anopheles darlingi (Diptera: Culicidae) from Colombia based on random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction and amplified fragment lenght polymorphism markers Ranulfo González ; Richard Wilkerson; Marco Fidel Suárez; Felipe García; Gerardo Gallego; Heiber Cárdenas; Carmen Elisa Posso; Myriam Cristina Duque PAGE: 255-262 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000037

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

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

Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex based on amplification and sequencing of the oxyR pseudogene from stored Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears in Brazil Marcio Roberto Silva; Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães; Vania Maria de Oliveira; Aline dos Santos Moreira; Ronaldo Rodrigues da Costa; Kelly Cristina Ferreira Abi-Zaid; Adalgiza da Silva Rocha; Philip Noel Suffys PAGE: 09-15 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000100002

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

Genus-specific kinetoplast-DNA PCR and parasite culture for the diagnosis of localised cutaneous leishmaniasis: applications for clinical trials under field conditions in Brazil Julia Ampuero; Alexandre Pereira Rios; César Omar Carranza-Tamayo; Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero PAGE: 992-997 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000700009

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

Sensitivity and specificity of polymerase chain reaction in Giemsa-stained slides for diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis in children Yvone Maia Brustoloni ; Rosimar Batista Lima; Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha; Maria Elizabeth Dorval; Elisa Teruya Oshiro; Ana Lúcia Lyrio de Oliveira; Claude Pirmez PAGE: 497-500 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000036

Polymerase chain reaction with two molecular targets in mucosal leishmaniasis' diagnosis: a validation study Clemencia Ovalle Bracho ; Luisa Porras de Quintana; Sandra Muvdi Arenas; Melania Rios Parra PAGE: 549-554 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000061

Taeniasis-cysticercosis in Southern Ecuador: assessment of infection status using multiple laboratory diagnostic tools R Rodriguez-Hidalgo; W Benitez-Ortiz; N Praet; LR Saa; J Vercruysse; J Brandt; P Dorny PAGE: 779-782 | DOI: S0074-02762006000700012

Polymerase chain reaction with lesion scrapping for the diagnosis of human American tegumentary leishmaniasis Eneide Aparecida Sabaini Venazzi; Andréa Claudia Bekner Silva Roberto; Ione Parra Barbosa-Tessmann; Paulo Donizeti Zanzarini; Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni; Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira PAGE: 427-430 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400014

Molecular characterization of Leptospira sp. strains isolated from human subjects in São Paulo, Brazil using a polymerase chain reaction-based assay: a public health tool Eliete C Romero; Paulo H Yasuda PAGE: 373-378 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400005

Diagnosis of Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis by polymerase chain reaction amplification of the gene for pneumolysin Juliana de A Matos; Danielle J Madureira; Maria C Rebelo; Cristina B Hofer; David E Barroso PAGE: 559-563 | DOI: S0074-02762006000500014

Isolation and identification of bovine tuberculosis in a Brazilian herd (São Paulo) AFC Nassar; S Miyashiro; CG Oliveira; WA Pacheco; RA Ogata PAGE: 639-642 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000073

Ribotyping and virulence markers of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis strains isolated from animals in Brazil Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins; Taís Maria Bauab; Clarice Queico Fujimura Leite; Deise Pasetto Falcão PAGE: 587-592 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000072

Assessment of a two-step nucleic acid amplification assay for detection of Neisseria meningitidis followed by capsular genogrouping Maria C Rebelo; Renata F Boente; Juliana de A Matos; Cristina B Hofer; David E Barroso PAGE: 809-813 | DOI: S0074-02762006000700017

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, virulence determinants and antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of type Ia group B streptococci isolated from humans in Brazil Ana Beatriz de A Corrêa; Ivi Cristina M de Oliveira; Tatiana de CA Pinto; Marcos C de Mattos; Leslie C Benchetrit PAGE: 599-603 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400011

The genetic diversity and phenotypic characterisation of Streptococcus agalactiae isolates from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ana Beatriz de Almeida Corrêa; Lígia Guedes da Silva; Tatiana de Castro Abreu Pinto; Ivi Cristina Menezes de Oliveira; Flávio Gimenis Fernandes; Natalia Silva da Costa; Marcos Corrêa de Mattos; Sergio Eduardo Longo Fracalanzza; Leslie Claude Benchetrit PAGE: 1002-1006 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000800017

Efficacy of benznidazol treatment for asymptomatic chagasic patients from state of Rio Grande do Sul evaluated during a three years follow-up CD Fernandes; FM Tiecher; MM Balbinot; DB Liarte; D Scholl; M Steindel; A Romanha PAGE: 27-32 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100004

Prevalence of oral hairy leukoplakia and epithelial infection by Epstein-Barr virus in pregnant women and diabetes mellitus patients – cytopathologic and molecular study Adrianna Milagres; Eliane Pedra Dias; Débora dos Santos Tavares; Roberta Miranda Cavalcante; Vivian Antunes Dantas; Silvia Paula de Oliveira; José Paulo Gagliardi Leite PAGE: 159-164 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000017

High proportion of hepatitis C virus genotypes 1 and 3 in a large cohort of patients from Southern Brazil Cláudia Maria Dornelles da Silva; Cintia Costi; Luciano Percival Krug; Ana Beatris Ramos; Tarciana Grandi; Vitório Luiz Gandolfi; Maria Elizabeth Menezes; Maristela Ocampos; Christian Niel; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 867-870 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000122

Temporal distribution of dengue virus serotypes in Colombian endemic area and dengue incidence. Re-introduction of dengue-3 associated to mild febrile illness and primary infection Raquel Elvira Ocazionez; Fabián Mauricio Cortés; Luis Angel Villar; Sergio Yebrail Gómez PAGE: 725-731 | DOI: S0074-02762006000700004

Duplex-PCR assay for the detection of adenovirus and respiratory syncytial virus in nasopharyngeal samples Juliana Cristina Marinheiro; Roberta Braga Sanalios; Daniela Carvalho dos Santos; Cristovão Alves da Costa; Charlotte Marianna Hársi PAGE: 118-120 | DOI: S0074-02762009000100018

Frequency and types of human papillomavirus among pregnant and non-pregnant women with human immunodeficiency virus infection in Recife determined by genotyping Vírginia da Conceição Ribes Amorim Bezerra Brandão ; Heloisa Ramos Lacerda; Norma Lucena-Silva; Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes PAGE: 755-763 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000500016

Correlation between koilocytes and human papillomavirus detection by PCR in oral and oropharynx squamous cell carcinoma biopsies Glauco Issamu Miyahara; Luciana Estevam Simonato; Neivio José Mattar; Deolino João Camilo Jr; Eder Ricardo Biasoli PAGE: 166-169 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200008

Genetic Variability Analysis among Clinical Candida spp. Isolates Using Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Patrícia M Pinto, Maria A Resende, Cristiane Y Koga-Ito, Miriam Tendler PAGE: 147-152

Analysis of the First and Second Internal Transcribed Spacer Sequences of the Ribosomal DNA in Biomphalaria tenagophila Complex (Mollusca: Planorbidae) Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Linus Spatz, Jessica C Kissinger, Rodrigo AF Redondo, Edina CR Pires, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 153-158

Diagnostic of Biomphalaria Snails and Schistosoma mansoni: DNA Obtained from Traces of Shell Organic Materials Roberta L Caldeira, Liana K Jannotti-Passos, Pollanah M Lira, Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 499-502

Detection of Mycobacterium leprae DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction in the Blood and Nasal Secretion of Brazilian Household Contacts Elza Carmen de Almeida, Alejandra Nóbrega Martinez, Viviane Câmara Maniero, Ana Maria Sales, Nádia C Duppre, Euzenir Nunes Sarno, Adalberto Rezende Santos, Milton Ozório Moraes PAGE: 509-512

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

Standardization of in-house Polymerase Chain Reaction for the Identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis at the Reference Tropical Disease Hospital in the State of Goiás, Brazil Márcia Alves Vasconcelos Rodrigues, Álvaro Bisol Serafini, Marieta de Souza Pereira, Thathiane Dias da Silva, Marcelo Fouad Rabahi, Suely Lemes de Alves, André Kipnis PAGE: 415-419

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

A follow up study of cytomegalovirus infection in a group of Turkish renal transplant recipients using molecular assays Meltem Yalinay Cirak, Seyyal Rota, Isil Maral, Sevgi Turet, Sukru Sindel PAGE: 263-267

Detection of Leishmania braziliensis in human paraffin-embedded tissues from Tucumán, Argentina by polymerase chain reaction Elizabeth Córdoba Lanús, José Enrique Piñero, Ana Cristina González, Basilio Valladares,Mercedes Lizarralde de Grosso, Oscar Daniel Salomón PAGE: 187-192

Multiplex-PCR for detection of natural Leishmania infection in Lutzomyia spp. captured in an endemic region for cutaneous leishmaniasis in state of Sucre, Venezuela Alicia Jorquera, Ricardo González, Edgar Marchán-Marcano, Milagros Oviedo, Mercedes Matos PAGE: 43-46

Presence of Wolbachia Endosymbionts in Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti (Spirurida: Onchocercidae) from Different Geographical Regions in India SL Hoti, A Sridhar, PK Das PAGE: 1017-1019

Molecular Differentiation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, A. cantonensis, and A. vasorum by Polymerase Chain Reaction- Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Cristiane LFG Mendonça, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira, Márcia CF Silva, Renata Ben, Rafael Maurer, Walter S Lima, Henrique L Lenzi PAGE: 1039-1043

Electrocardiographic Findings in Mexican Chagasic Subjects Living in High and Low Endemic Regions ofTrypanosoma cruzi Infection Francisca Sosa-Jurado, Miguel Mazariego-Aranda, Nidia Hernández-Becerril, Verónica Garza- Murillo, Manuel Cárdenas, Pedro A Reyes, Kenji Hirayama, Victor M Monteón PAGE: 605-610

Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis of Anopheles nuneztovari (Diptera: Culicidae) from Western and Northeastern Colombia Carmen Elisa Posso, Ranulfo González, Heiber Cárdenas,Gerardo Gallego, Myriam Cristina Duque, Marco Fidel Suarez PAGE: 469-476

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

Human Mixed Infections of Leishmania spp. and Leishmania-Trypanosoma cruzi in a Sub Andean Bolivian Area: Identification by Polymerase Chain Reaction/hybridization and Isoenzyme B Bastrenta, N Mita, R Buitrago,F Vargas, M Flores, M Machane, N Yacsik, M Torrez, F Le Pont, F Brenière PAGE: 255-264

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

Mtp-40 and Alpha Antigen Gene Fragment Amplification for the Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Colombian Clinical Specimens Rosalba Alfonso, Rosa Elena Romero, Manuel Elkin Patarroyo, Luis Angel Murillo PAGE: 1157-1163

Morphological and Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Lenght Polymorphism Characterization of Biomphalaria kuhniana and Biomphalaria amazonica from Colombia Luz E Velásquez, Roberta L Caldeira, Victoria Estrada, Omar S Carvalho

One-tube Nested Polymerase Chain Reaction for Detection of Chlamydia trachomatis Pamela Cribb, Juan Pablo Scapini*, Esteban Serra PAGE: 897-900

Integrate Study of a Bolivian Population Infected by Trypanosoma cruzi, the Agent of Chagas Disease Simone Frédérique Brenière, Marie France Bosseno, François Noireau, Nina Yacsik, Pascale Liegeard, Christine Aznar, Mireille Hontebeyrie PAGE: 289-295

Cotton Rats (Sigmodon hispidus) and Black Rats (Rattus rattus) as Possible Reservoirs of Leishmania spp. in Lara State,Venezuela Hector De Lima, Zoraya De Guglielmo, Armando Rodríguez, Jacinto Convit, Noris Rodriguez PAGE: 169-174

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

Identification of Biomphalaria havanensis and Biomphalaria obstructa Populations from Cuba Using Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of the Ribosomal RNA Intergenic Spacer Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Roberta L Caldeira, Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 661-665

TT Virus Infection in Children and Adults who Visited a General Hospital in the South of Brazil for Routine Procedure Helena CF Vasconcelos, Maria E Menezes, Christian Niel PAGE: 519-522

Characterization of Biomphalaria orbignyi, Biomphalaria peregrina and Biomphalaria oligoza by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Enzyme Digestion of the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of the RNA Linus Spatz, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Márcia CA Silva, Stella Maris Gonzalez Cappa,Omar S Carvalho

A Simplified Method for Sample Collection and DNA Isolation for Polymerase Chain Reaction Detection of Trypanosoma rangeli and Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatomine Vectors Evandro MM Machado, Nelson J Alvarenga, Alvaro J Romanha, Edmundo C Grisard PAGE: 863-866

A Comparison of Three DNA Extractive Procedures with Leptospira for Polymerase Chain Reaction Analysis IF Veloso, MTPLopes, CE Salas, EC Moreira PAGE: 339-343

Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of Genomic Fragments of Bovine Herpesvirus-1 AL Cândido, ED Bontempo, M Resende PAGE: 225-226

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

Contribution to the Sandfly Fauna (Diptera: Phlebotominae) of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and Leishmania (Viannia) Infections Onilda Santos da Silva, Jörg Grunewald PAGE: 579-582

Review on the Molecular Tools for the Understanding of the Epidemiology of Animal Trypanosomosis in West Africa G Duvallet, S de La Rocque, JM Reifenberg, P Solano, T Lefrançois, JF Michel, Z Bengaly, I Sidibe, D Cuisance, G Cuny PAGE: 245-248

Putative Reservoirs of Leishmania amazonensis in a Sub-andean Focus of Bolivia Identified by kDNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction J Telleria, MF Bosseno, T Tarifa, R Buitrago, E Martinez, M Torrez, F Le Pont, SF Brenière PAGE: 5-6

Antimalarial Drug Resistance: Surveillance and Molecular Methods for National Malaria Control Programmes Umberto D'Alessandro PAGE: 627-630

Evaluation of DNA Recombinant Methodologies for the Diagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum and their Comparison with the Microscopy Assay L Urdaneta, P Guevara, JL Ramirez PAGE: 639-646

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

Analysis of Ancient DNA from Coprolites: a Perspective with Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA-Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach Alena M Iñiguez, Adauto Araújo, Luiz Fernando Ferreira, Ana Carolina P Vicente PAGE: 63-65

Sequencing of Simple Sequence Repeat Anchored Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification Products of Biomphalaria glabrata Roberta L Caldeira, Omar S Carvalho, Regina CG Lage, Paula Cristina M Cardoso, Guilherme C Oliveira PAGE: 23-26

Polymerase Chain Reaction and Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism of Cytocrome Oxidase Subunit I Used for Differentiation of Brazilian Biomphalaria Species Intermediate Host of Schistosoma mansoni Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Lângia C Montresor, Andrew JG Simpson,Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 47-52

Genetic Markers between Biomphalaria glabrata Snails Susceptible and Resistant to Schistosoma mansoni Infection RGM Spada, D da Silva,A-Z Abdel-Hamid, SS Sobral-Hamaguchi, NRB Zuim, EM Zanotti-Magalhães, LA Magalhães, JT Ribeiro-Paes PAGE: 53-58

Recent Advances in the Diagnosis of Schistosoma Infection: the Detection of Parasite DNA Ana Rabello, Luís André Pontes, Emmanuel Dias-Neto PAGE: 171-172

Chagas Disease Diagnosis Using Polymerase Chain Reaction, Hemoculture and Serologic Methods Egler Chiari PAGE: 299-300

Accuracy of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis diagnosis using polymerase chain reaction: systematic literature review and meta-analysis Ciro Martins Gomes, Suleimy Cristina Mazin, Elisa Raphael dos Santos, Mariana Vicente Cesetti, Guilherme Albergaria Brízida Bächtold, João Henrique de Freitas Cordeiro, Fabrício Claudino Estrela Terra Theodoro, Fabiana dos Santos Damasco, Sebastián Andrés Vernal Carranza,Adriana de Oliveira Santos, Ana Maria Roselino, Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro Sampaio PAGE: 157-165 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760140280

Genetic Variability and Identification of the Intermediate Snail Hosts of Schistosoma mansoni Teofânia HDA Vidigal/*, Emmanuel Dias Neto***, Linus Spatz**, Diana N Nunes***, Edina R Pires***, Andrew JG Simpson***, Omar S Carvalho/ PAGE: 103-110

Molecular Study of Similar Biomphalaria Species Linus Spatz, Teofânia HDA Vidigal*/**, Roberta L Caldeira*, Emmanuel Dias Neto***, Stella Maris González Cappa, Omar S Carvalho*/ PAGE: 169-170

Molecular Identification of Similar Species of the Genus Biomphalaria (Mollusca: Planorbidae) Determined by a Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Roberta Lima Caldeira, Teofânia HDA Vidigal*, Sônia Torquato Paulinelli, Andrew JG Simpson**, Omar S Carvalho/ PAGE: 219-225

Mycobacterium bovis identification by a molecular method from post-mortem inspected cattle obtained in abattoirs of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Cristina Pires de Araújo, Clarice Queico Fugimura Leite, Karina Andrade de Prince, Klaudia dos Santos Gonçalves Jorge, Ana Luiza Alves Rosa Osório PAGE: 749-752

Improvement and Application of a Polymerase Chain Reaction System for Detection of Wuchereria bancrofti in Culex quinquefasciatus and Human Blood Samples André F Furtado , Frederico GC Abath, Lêda Regis, Yara M Gomes, Wagner A Lucena, Patricia B Furtado, Rafael Dhalia, Janaína C Miranda, Luc Nicolas PAGE: 85-86

Specific Identification of Biomphalaria tenagophila and Biomphalaria occidentalis Populations by the Low Stringency Polymerase Chain Reaction Edina Rodrigues Pires, Teofânia HDA Vidigal, Horácio MS Teles,Andrew JG Simpson, Omar S Carvalho PAGE: 101-106

Simplified Method for Preservation and Polymerase Chain Reaction-amplification of Trypanosoma cruzi DNA in Human Blood Patricia L Dorn, Simona Selgean, Monique Guillot PAGE: 253-255

Analysis of Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Clinical Samples by Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction Restriction Mapping Angel Valdivia, Clara Savón, Danay Chacón, Luis Sarmiento, Luis Morier, Anselmo Otero, Yudira Soto, Suset Oropesa, Angel Goyenechea PAGE: 389-393

Contrasting Genomic Variability between Clones from Field Isolates and Laboratory Populations of Schistosoma mansoni Patricia Machado Pintom , Cristiana FA Brito, Liana K Jannoti Passos, Miriam Tendler, Andrew JG Simpson PAGE: 409-414

Diagnosis of Dengue by Using Reverse Transcriptase- Polymerase Chain Reaction Marize Pereira Miagostovich, Flávia Barreto dos Santos, Eliane Saraiva M de Araújo, Juarez Dias, Hermann G Schatzmayr, Rita Maria Ribeiro Nogueira PAGE: 595-600

Leishmania amazonensis DNA in wild females of Lutzomyia cruzi (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil Everton Falcão de Oliveira, Aline Etelvina Casaril, Nathália Lopes Fontoura Mateus, Paula Guerra Murat, Wagner Souza Fernandes, Elisa Teruya Oshiro, Alessandra Gutierrez de Oliveira, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi Galati PAGE: 1051-1057 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150317

Commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay versus polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of chronic Chagas disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis Pedro Emmanuel Alvarenga Americano do Brasil, Rodolfo Castro, Liane de Castro PAGE: 1-19 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150296

Parasitological, serological and molecular diagnosis of acute and chronic Chagas disease: from field to laboratory Alejandro Gabriel Schijman, Julio Alonso-Padilla, Silvia Andrea Longhi, Albert Picado DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760200444