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Plasmodium infection and its association with biochemical and haematological parameters in free-living Alouatta guariba clamitans (Cabrera, 1940) (Primates: Atelidae) in Southern Brazil

Nunes, Ana Júlia Dutra; Alvarenga, Denise Anete Madureira de; de Souza Junior, Julio Cesar; Peruchi, Amanda Rezende; Gonçalves, Gustavo Henrique Pereira; Hirano, Zelinda Maria Braga; Brito, Cristiana Ferreira Alves de; Cremer, Marta Jussara.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 114 (), 2019
BACKGROUND The influence of Plasmodium spp. infection in the health of Southern brown howler monkey, Alouatta guariba clamitans, the main reservoir of malaria in the Atlantic Forest, is still unknown. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the positivity rate of Plasmodium infection in fr...
Alouatta/sangre, Alouatta/parasitología, Animales Salvajes, Brasil/epidemiología, Reservorios de Enfermedades/parasitología, Malaria/sangre, Malaria/epidemiología, Malaria/veterinaria, Enfermedades de los Monos/sangre, Enfermedades de los Monos/epidemiología, Enfermedades de los Monos/parasitología
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Natural Plasmodium infection in neotropical primates in the island of São Luís, state of Maranhão, Brazil

Figueiredo, Mayra Araguaia Pereira; Di Santi, Silvia Maria Fátima; Figueiredo, Thaysa Araguaia Pereira; Machado, Rosangela Zacarias.
Rev. bras. parasitol. vet; 24 (2), 2015
The states that make up the Legal Amazon Region, which include the state of Maranhão, account for 99% of registered cases of human malaria in Brazil. It is also believed that transmission of malaria from nonhuman primates (NHP) to humans occurs in this region, because of current reports of seroepidemiol...
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/sangre, Brasil, Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta, Malaria/sangre, Malaria/diagnóstico, Malaria/veterinaria, Plasmodium/inmunología, Primates
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Screening of the antimalarial activity of plants of the Cucurbitaceae family

Amorim, Cláudia Zuany; Marques, Arthur Diaz; Cordeiro, Renato Sergio Balão.
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 86 (supl.2), 1991
Crude ethanolic extracts (CEEs) from two species of Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita maxima and Momordica charantia (commonly called "abóbora moranga" and melão de São Caetano", respectively) were assayed for antimalarial activity by the 4-d suppressive test. The CEE of dry C. maxima seeds showed strong antim...
Malaria/tratamiento farmacológico, Malaria/sangre, Evaluación de Medicamentos, Brasil, Antimaláricos/uso terapéutico, Plantas Medicinales, Extractos Vegetales/uso terapéutico, Plasmodium berghei
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