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Diversity and distribution of lepidopteran-specific toxin genes in Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Argentina

Rev. argent. microbiol; 49 (3), 2017
A total of 268 Bacillus thuringiensis strains obtained from different sources of Argentina were analyzed to determine the diversity and distribution of the cryl, cry2, cry8, cry9 and vip3A genes encoding for lepidopteran-specific insecticidal proteins. Twin strains were excluded. Ten different profiles w...

Selection of alfalfa genotypes for resistance to the foliar pathogen Curvularia geniculata

An. acad. bras. ciênc; 89 (3), 2017
ABSTRACT Foliar diseases impose severe restrictions on the persistence and productivity of Medicago sativa, both of which may be increased by developing disease resistant and more competitive genotypes that can improve pasture quality. We found Curvularia geniculata as the principal alfalfa foliar pathog...

Factores de riesgo relacionados con la positividad al mosquito Aedes aegypti en viviendas del área de salud del Policlínico Municipal
Risk factors related to the positivity to Aedes aegypti mosquito in houses of the Municipal Polyclinic health area

Medisan; 21 (8), 2017
Se realizó un estudio de casos y controles representados por 155 y 310 viviendas, respectivamente, para identificar factores de riesgo relacionados con la positividad al mosquito Aedes aegypti en el radio de acción del Policlínico Municipal de Santiago de Cuba, durante el 2012. Entre esos factores de ...

Control de foco de un brote de Cólera. Matanzas 2014
Control of Focus in front of a Bud of Cholera. Matanzas 2014

Rev. medica electron; 39 (4), 2017
Se presenta un estudio de control de foco de un brote de cólera, mediante la técnica observacional del tipo serie de casos, en el mes de julio de 2014 en el Municipio Matanzas, donde se describe, según el método epidemiológico, la relación de los casos detectados con el caso índice; se analiza el ...

Cambios en la presentación clínica de la influenza A H1N1pdm09 después de la pandemia

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (8), 2017
Background: After the 2009 influenza pandemic the H1N1pdm09 strain circulate seasonally. In 2015, Puerto Montt Hospital in Chile faced a simultaneous outbreak of both seasonal H3N2 and H1N1pdm09 influenza A (IA). Aim: To evaluate the clinical differences between the two viral strains and recent changes ...

Adenovirus 36 y su potencial contribución en el desarrollo de obesidad

Rev. méd. Chile; 145 (8), 2017
The evidence of the last 20 years shows a link between viral infections and obesity in animals and humans. There are five adenovirus which have been associated with development of obesity in animals. SMAM-1 virus was the first studied in humans associated with obesity. There is compelling evidence that A...

Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type IV and V isolated from healthy children attending public daycares in northeastern Brazil

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (4), 2017
Abstract Nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have increasingly been reported in healthy communities. This study aimed to assess the rate of S. aureus in general and MRSA in particular from nasal secretion of children in daycare centers in Vitória da Conquista, Braz...

Sala de espera em extensão: Aedes Aegypti em foco

Rev. APS; 20 (3), 2017
O presente estudo, um relato de experiência moldado à técnica qualitativa-descritiva e estruturado sob estratégia narrativa, traz em seu objetivo a descrição de um relato de experiência vivenciado pelo Projeto de Extensão Sala de Espera (UFJF/GV) na UAPS Esperança do município de Governador Val...

Susceptibility of Biomphalaria glabrata submitted to concomitant infection with Angiostrongylus costaricensis and Schistosoma mansoni

Braz. j. biol; 77 (3), 2017
Abstract The easy adaptation of Angiostrongylus costaricensis, nematode responsible for abdominal angiostrongyliasis to several species of terrestrial and freshwater molluscs and the differences observed in the interactions of trematodes with their intermediate hosts have induced us to study the concomit...

Assessment of the impact of changes in temperature in Biomphalaria glabrata (Say, 1818) melanic and albino variants infected with Schistosoma mansoni (Sambon, 1907)

Braz. j. biol; 77 (3), 2017
Abstract Fluctuations in population density of planorbid hosts of S. mansoni are influenced by climatic factors. The knowledge about interference from changes in water temperature in these populations is an important aspect of the epidemiology of schistosomiasis. In this experiment, it is explored the in...