Abstract: Background: The clinical significance of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in patients with new-onset systemic lupus erythematosus, especially in systemic disease accompanied by interstitial lung disease remains to be elucidated. Objectives: This study was designed to investigate the rol...
Vasculitis Asociada a Anticuerpos Citoplasmáticos Antineutrófilos/inmunología,
Anticuerpos Anticitoplasma de Neutrófilos/sangre,
Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales/inmunología,
Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/inmunología,
Vasculitis Asociada a Anticuerpos Citoplasmáticos Antineutrófilos/complicaciones,
Estudios Transversales,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Enfermedades Pulmonares Intersticiales/etiología,
Lupus Eritematoso Sistémico/diagnóstico por imagen,
Neutrófilos/enzimología,
Pronóstico,
Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X/métodos
Mesquita, Flávio da Silva;
Oliveira, Danielle Bruna Leal de;
Crema, Daniela;
Pinez, Célia Miranda Nunes;
Colmanetti, Thaís Cristina;
Thomazelli, Luciano Matsumia;
Gilio, Alfredo Elias;
Vieira, Sandra Elisabeth;
Martinez, Marina Baquerizo;
Botosso, Viviane Fongaro;
Durigon, Edison Luiz.
Abstract Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the QuickVue® RSV Test Kit (QUIDEL Corp, CA, USA) as a screening tool for respiratory syncytial virus in children with acute respiratory disease in comparison with the indirect immunofluorescence assay as gold standard. In Brazil, rapid antigen ...
Antígenos Virales/análisis,
Brasil,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Juego de Reactivos para Diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Virus Sincitial Respiratorio/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Virus Sincitial Respiratorio/virología,
Virus Sincitiales Respiratorios/inmunología,
Virus Sincitiales Respiratorios/aislamiento & purificación,
Infecciones del Sistema Respiratorio/virología,
Estudios Retrospectivos,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa de Transcriptasa Inversa,
Sensibilidad y Especificidad
ABSTRACT This study verified the occurrence of Bartonella spp. in dogs, cats, wild mammals and their ectoparasites in Petrolina and Lagoa Grande Counties, Pernambuco, located in a semi-arid region in Northeastern Brazil. Anti-Bartonella spp. antibodies were detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay (...
Animales Salvajes/microbiología,
Animales Salvajes/parasitología,
Bartonella/genética,
Bartonella/aislamiento & purificación,
Infecciones por Bartonella/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Bartonella/veterinaria,
Brasil,
Canidae/microbiología,
Canidae/parasitología,
ADN Bacteriano/genética,
Infestaciones por Pulgas/veterinaria,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Infestaciones por Piojos/veterinaria,
Marsupiales/microbiología,
Marsupiales/parasitología,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Roedores/microbiología,
Roedores/parasitología,
Infestaciones por Garrapatas/veterinaria
The Triângulo Mineiro region from Minas Gerais state, is an important meat-exporting region of Brazil and data about Toxoplasma gondii infection in pigs raised and slaughtered in this area are scarce. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the occurrence of T. gondii in swine and establish the...
Abstract INTRODUCTION The epidemiology of Rickettsia and Ehrlichia species infection is underestimated in Mato Grosso State. METHODS: Serum samples obtained during a Dengue outbreak in 2011-2012 were tested via indirect immunofluorescence and/or ELISA. RESULTS: Samples from 19/506 (3.8%) patients pre...
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Ehrlichia/inmunología,
Ehrlichiosis/diagnóstico,
Ehrlichiosis/epidemiología,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Rickettsia/inmunología,
Infecciones por Rickettsia/diagnóstico,
Infecciones por Rickettsia/epidemiología,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos
As doenças causadas por bactérias dos gêneros Rickettsia e Coxiella possuem como vetores artrópodes hematófagos, na sua maioria carrapatos, que atuam diretamente na transmissão de patógenos responsáveis por enfermidades de grande impacto na medicina veterinária e humana. O presente estudo objeti...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Perros/sangre,
Enfermedades de los Perros/epidemiología,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/sangre,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/epidemiología,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/veterinaria,
Factores de Riesgo,
Población Rural,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Población Urbana
Kalayci, Fatma;
Ozdemir, Armagan;
Saribas, Suat;
Yuksel, Pelin;
Ergin, Sevgi;
Mert Kuskucu, Ali;
Aksoy Poyraz, Cana;
Balcioglu, Ibrahim;
Alpay, Nihat;
Kurt, Aykut;
Sezgin, Zeynep;
Tufan Kocak, Banu;
Sucu Icel, Rana;
Can, Gunay;
Bahar Tokman, Hrisi;
Kocazeybek, Bekir.
Several pathogens have been suspected of playing a role in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Chronic inflammation has been proposed to occur as a result of persistent infection caused by Chlamydophila pneumoniae cells that reside in brain endothelial cells for many years. It was recently hypothesized th...
Abstract Chagas disease reactivation has been a defining condition for acquired immune deficiency syndrome in Brazil for individuals coinfected with Trypanosoma cruzi and HIV since 2004. Although the first coinfection case was reported in the 1980s, its prevalence has not been firmly established. In orde...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Linfocitos T CD4-Positivos,
Enfermedad de Chagas/complicaciones,
Enfermedad de Chagas/epidemiología,
Coinfección,
Estudios Transversales,
Enfermedades Endémicas,
Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta,
Infecciones por VIH/complicaciones,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Recuento de Linfocitos,
Prevalencia,
Factores Socioeconómicos,
Trypanosoma cruzi/inmunología,
Carga Viral
Toxoplasmosis is a widespread zoonosis that can infect warm-blooded animals including birds and humans, and chickens are considered to be indicators of environmental contamination. In Brazil, Toxoplasma gondii has a non-clonal population structure composed of three lineages (I, II, and III), presenting h...
