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Knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes of older women in HIV/AIDS prevention

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (1), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the knowledge, religious beliefs and the adoption of preventive measures against HIV/AIDS of non-Catholic elderly women. Method: A qualitative study, carried out in religious institutions of a municipality in the state of Ceará, Northeast Brazil, with 78 elderly women. O...

Klebsiella variicola and Klebsiella quasipneumoniae with capacity to adapt to clinical and plant settings

Salud pública Méx; 60 (1), 2018
Abstract: Objective: To compare the genetic determinants involved in plant colonization or virulence in the reported genomes of K. variicola, K. quasipneumoniae and K. pneumoniae. Materials and methods: In silico comparisons and Jaccard analysis of genomic data were used. Fimbrial genes were detected...

Human metapneumovirus in Southern Brazil

INTRODUCTION Infections caused by respiratory viruses are important problems worldwide, especially in children. Human metapneumovirus (hMPV) is a respiratory pathogen and causes severe infections with nonspecific symptoms. This study reports the hMPV occurrence and dissemination in southern Brazil and c...

Bacteriophages in the control of pathogenic vibrios

Vibrios are common inhabitants of marine and estuarine environments. Some of them can be pathogenic to humans and/or marine animals using a broad repertory of virulence factors. Lately, several reports have indicated that the incidence of Vibrio infections in humans is rising and also in animals constitu...

Seroepidemiology of Neospora caninum among goats (Capra hircus) in the state of Paraíba, northeastern Brazil

Although goat dairy farms in Brazil may have a higher risk of infection by Neospora caninum than beef farms, risk factor evaluation on a representative population remains to be fully established in Brazil. Accordingly, this study aimed to establish the occurrence of anti-N. caninum antibodies and factors...

Coinfecções por Leishmania infantum, Neospora caninum e Toxoplasma gondii em cães necropsiados da região central do Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil

O objetivo do presente trabalho foi determinar a presença de anticorpos para Leishmania infantum, Neospora caninum e Toxoplasma gondii, por meio da reação de imunofluorescência indireta (RIFI), em cães (n=78) provenientes da região central do Rio Grande do Sul, necropsiados no Hospital Veterinário...

Primeiro registro de machos de Amblyomma rotundatum (Acari: Ixodidae) em jabuti-tinga (Chelonoidis denticulatus) no estado do Amazonas, Amazônia brasileira: relato de caso

O carrapato Amblyomma rotundatum é uma espécie partenogenética, encontrada principalmente em anfíbios e répteis silvestres em todos os biomas brasileiros. No presente relato, registra-se a ocorrência de dois machos dessa espécie de ixodídeo encontrados em um jabuti-tinga (Chelonoidis denticulatus...

"Cell ELISA" como ferramenta auxiliar no controle da adenite equina

Este trabalho relata o desenvolvimento e a avaliação de um ensaio imunoenzimático (ELISA) como ferramenta auxiliar no controle da adenite equina. Foi avaliada a presença de anticorpos anti-Streptococcus equi subsp. equi em equinos com doença clínica de garrotilho, portadores assintomáticos e potro...

Phylogenetic and pathotypic characterization of newcastle disease virus in Tibetan chickens, China

Pesqui. vet. bras; 38 (1), 2018
Chickens are considered to be potential reservoirs of Newcastle disease virus (NDV). In this study, six Newcastle disease virus strains were isolated and characterized in Tibetan chickens. The HN gene was sequenced, and phylogenetic relationship to reference strains was studied. The phylogenetic analysis...

Avaliação dos efeitos probióticos de cepas clínicas de Lactobacillus spp. sobre diferentes espécies de Candida

Devido ao aumento das infecções causadas por Candida albicans e espécies não-albicans, surge a necessidade de novas estratégias terapêuticas, como a identificação de cepas bacterianas com características probióticas. Assim, o objetivo foi avaliar a ação antimicrobiana de cepas clínicas de La...