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Cerebrospinal fluid challenges for the diagnosis of herpes simplex infection in the central nervous system

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 78 (3), 2020
Abstract Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a cause of a severe disease of the central nervous system (CNS) in humans. The demonstration of specific antibodies in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may contribute to the retrospective neurological diagnosis. However, the commercial immunological tests for HSV infec...

Directrices de laboratorio para la detección y diagnóstico de la infección con el Nuevo Coronavirus 2019 (2019-nCoV)

Los coronavirus son un grupo de virus ARN altamente diversos de la familia Coronaviridae que se dividen en 4 géneros: alfa, beta, gamma y delta, y que causan enfermedades de leves a graves en humanos y animales (1) (2) (3). Existen coronavirus humanos endémicos como los alfacoronavirus 229E...

Hipoplasia de timo con trisomía del cromosoma10

INTRODUCCIÓN: La hipoplasia de timo es una entidad que puede asociarse a múltiples patologías fetales de ahí la importancia de su diagnóstico y su manejo. OBJETIVO: Utilidad y métodos de evaluación del timo en la ecografía morfológica y valor de la interpretación del análisis genético de los...

Risk Factors for Early Childhood Caries Based on Identification of Veillonella spp. Using RT-PCR

Abstract Objective: To identify the occurrence of Veillonella spp. in children using real-time PCR (RT-PCR) and to determine its role as a risk factor for ECC in children aged 2-3 years. Material and Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted and samples from 87 children aged 2-3 years, who lived ...

Detection of Bacillus anthracis and Bacillus anthracis-like spores in soil from state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND Bacillus anthracis is the aetiologic agent of anthrax, a re-emerging, septicaemic, haemorrhagic and lethal disease that affects humans, domestic ruminants and wildlife. Plasmids pXO1 and pXO2 are attributes that confer pathogenicity to B. anthracis strains. This bacterium was used as biologica...

Phylogenetic relationships of closely-related phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Nyssomyia genus and Lutzomyia subgenus

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 115 (), 2020
BACKGROUND The Nyssomyia genus and Lutzomyia subgenus include medical important species that are Latin American leishmaniases vectors. Little is known about the phylogenetic relationships of closely-related species in each of these taxonomic groups that are morphologically indistinguishable or different...

Neumonía por SARS CoV-2 en lactante de cinco meses
Pneunomia by SARS CoV-2 in five months old newborn

Rev. cuba. pediatr; 92 (supl.1), 2020
Introducción: Las neumonías adquiridas en la comunidad tienen un índice elevado de morbilidad en la edad pediátrica, además continúa siendo la principal causa infecciosa de muerte en los países subdesarrollados. Los casos pediátricos documentados con COVID-19 son menos frecuentes que en adultos ...

Impact of Kuntai Capsules on LIF, IGF-1 and EGF expression in the implantation window of endometrium in mice

To investigate the influence of Kuntai capsules on the expression level of leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-1)and epidermal growth factor (EGF) during the mouse’s implantation window of superovulation period and controlled ovarian hyperstimulation period. 90 female m...