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The intermediate snail-host: an agenda for future study

Michelson, Edward H.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 82 (supl.4), 1987
The strategy for the control of schistosomiasis has shifted from one directed towards the interruption of transmission to one of reducing morbidity. As a consequence of this change, it appears prudent to reassess the role of the malacologist and malacology and identify the future direction to be taken by...
Caracoles/parasitología, Esquistosomiasis/transmisión, Esquistosomiasis/terapia, Esquistosomiasis/prevención & control
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Schistosomiasis mansoni: immunodiagnosis aspects and search for an immunological marker related to therapeutic efficacy

Kanamura, Hermínia Y; Hoshino-Shimizu, Sumie; Lima, Dirce M. C; Abrantes, Clarice P; Silva, Luiz Caetano da.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 82 (supl.4), 1987
The recent findings on immunodiagnosis of schistosomiasis mansoni have shown that purified Schistosoma mansoni antigens do not provide maximum positivity. Therefore, the authors suggest the use of semi-purified antigens for diagnostic purposes. So far, no serological marker for cured patients as shown by...
Esquistosomiasis mansoni/transmisión, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/epidemiología, Esquistosomiasis mansoni/inmunología, Antígenos de Superficie, Alianza Terapéutica
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Pulmonary involvement in Schistosomiasis mansoni

Greco, Dirceu B; Pedroso, Enio R. P; Lambertucci, J. R; Rocha, Manoel O. C; Coelho, Paulo Marcos Z; Raso, Pedro; Ferreira, Cid S.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 82 (supl.4), 1987
The post-treatment pulmonary alterations were evaluated in patients (Study 1) and in mice (Study 2) infected with Schistosoma mansoni. Study 1: the patients were examined pre and post-treatment (with ora oxamniquine) and the following exams were performed: sputum for eosinophils and chest x-ray. Study 2:...
Esquistosomiasis/transmisión, Enfermedades Pulmonares/terapia, Tomografía Computarizada de Emisión
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Ecological aspects American cutaneous leishmaniasis

Gomes, Almério de Castro; Santos, Jair Lício Ferreira; Galati, Eunice Aparecida Bianchi.
Rev. saúde pública; 20 (4), 1986
A tendência invasiva de Psychodopygus intermedius ao ambiente domiciliar, observada inicialmente por Forattini e col. (1976), foi agora confirmada através de comprovaçäo de sua elevada capacidade endófila e uso da habitaçäo humana como abrigo. Populaçöes como Lutzomyia migonei e Pintomyia fische...
Insectos Vectores, Leishmania/transmisión, Psychodidae/fisiología, Adaptación Fisiológica, Ecología, Brasil
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Foco de malária no Estado de Säo Paulo (Brasil)
Focus of malaria in the State of Säo Paulo (Brazil)

Andrade, José Carlos Rehder de; Anjos, Carlos Frederico Dantas; Wanderley, Dalva Marly Valério; Alves, Maria José Chinelatto P; Campos, Paulo Cesar de.
Rev. saúde pública; 20 (4), 1986
Assinala-se foco de malária instalado no período de fevereiro a abril de 1984, no Estado de Säo Paulo, Brasil. A transmissäo teve início a partir de fonte de infecçäo desconhecida, em área periurbana do município de Panorama. Foram diagnosticados 10 casos, todos devidos a Plasmodium falciparum, ...
Malaria/epidemiología, Malaria/prevención & control, Malaria/transmisión, Migrantes, Brasil
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Estudio epidemiológico de la transmisión vertical (madre-hijo) del virus de la hepatitis B
Epidemiological study of the hepatitis B virus vertical transmission (mother-child)

Valle Solano, Roberto del; Salom Echeverría, Ignacio; Broutin Pochet, Adolfo; Fonseca González, Jorge; Mora Abarca, Carlos; Brenes Pino, Fernando; Martén Obando, Alfredo.
Rev. costarric. cienc. méd; 7 (2), 1986
El virus de la hepatitis B presenta varias formas de transmisión. En las poblaciones de altas prevalencia de portadores de HBsAG, el mecanismo de transmisión que predomina es el vertical (madre-hijo). Los resultados no publicados de la unidad de Hígado del Hospital México y del I.C.M.R.T., coinciden ...
Hepatitis B/transmisión, Intercambio Materno-Fetal