Feeding habits of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in an area of sylvatic transmission of yellow fever in the state of São Paulo, Brazil [0.03%]
巴西圣保罗州黄热病野生动物传播区蚊虫( Culicidae)的取食习性
Luis Filipe Mucci,Rubens Pinto Cardoso Júnior,Marcia Bicudo de Paula et al.
Luis Filipe Mucci et al.
Background: The reintroduction of sylvatic yellow fever in the state of São Paulo after about six decades was confirmed in the Northwestern region in 2000, where in 2008 there also occurred an important epizootic. The pu...
Christiane Salgado Sette,Patrick Alexander Wachholz,Paula Yoshiko Masuda et al.
Christiane Salgado Sette et al.
The infection by Mycobacterium marinum in humans is relatively uncommon. When it occurs, it mainly affects the skin, usually with a chronic, indolent and benign evolution. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion, and a significant ...
Daniela Fernandes Ramos,Alexandre Matthiensen,Wilson Colvara et al.
Daniela Fernandes Ramos et al.
Background: The present work aimed to evaluate the antimycobacterial activity and cytotoxicity of Microcystis aeruginosa toxins, the MC-LR variant and purified extract of [D-Leu(1)] microcystin-LR. ...
Shabab Nasir,Waseem Akram,Rashad Rasool Khan et al.
Shabab Nasir et al.
Background: Rove beetles of the genus Paederus cause dermatitis when they come in contact with human skin. This condition is prevalent in some tropical and subtropical regions, such as in northern Pakistan, where it was r...
Biodegradation of [D-Leu(1)] microcystin-LR by a bacterium isolated from sediment of Patos Lagoon estuary, Brazil [0.03%]
来源于巴西帕图斯沼泽河口沉积物的细菌对[D-Leu (1)]微囊藻毒素-LR的生物降解作用
Gilmar Af Lemes,Luiza W Kist,Mauricio R Bogo et al.
Gilmar Af Lemes et al.
Background: Toxic cyanobacterial blooms are recurrent in Patos Lagoon, in southern Brazil. Among cyanotoxins, [D-Leu(1)] microcystin-LR is the predominant variant whose natural cycle involves water and sediment compartmen...
Post-exposure treatment of Ebola virus using passive immunotherapy: proposal for a new strategy [0.03%]
使用被动免疫疗法治疗埃博拉病毒的暴露后处理:新的策略建议
Jean-Philippe Chippaux,Leslie V Boyer,Alejandro Alagón
Jean-Philippe Chippaux
Background: Better treatments are urgently needed for the management of Ebola virus epidemics in Equatorial Africa. Methods: We conduct...
The red seaweed Plocamium brasiliense shows anti-snake venom toxic effects [0.03%]
红色海藻Plocamium brasiliense显示抗蛇毒毒性效应
Geisiane Alves da Silva,Thaisa Francielle Souza Domingos,Rainiomar Raimundo Fonseca et al.
Geisiane Alves da Silva et al.
Background: Snakebite is considered a neglected tropical disease by the World Health Organization. In Brazil, about 70% of the envenomation cases are caused by Bothrops snakes. Its venom may provoke hemorrhage, pain, necr...
Jaqueline Polizeli Rodrigues,Fernando Frei,Italmar Teodorico Navarro et al.
Jaqueline Polizeli Rodrigues et al.
Background: Toxoplasmosis is a zoonosis caused by an obligate intracellular parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, which affects warm-blooded animals including humans. Its prevalence rates usually vary in different regions of the p...
Massive attack by honeybees in a German shepherd dog: description of a fatal case and review of the literature [0.03%]
德国牧羊犬遭大规模蜂群攻击的病例报告及文献回顾
Mudassar Niaz Mughal,Ghazanfar Abbas,Muhammad Saqib et al.
Mudassar Niaz Mughal et al.
In the present study, a fatal case caused by honeybee (Apis cerana) stings was documented in a female German shepherd dog that was presented at the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan. Characteristic...
Does the rattle of Crotalus durissus terrificus reveal its dietary history? [0.03%]
响尾蛇头响声能反映其饮食历史吗?
Melissa Gaste Martinez,Carlos Ducatti,Evandro Tadeu Silva et al.
Melissa Gaste Martinez et al.
Background: Environmental devastation threatens the survival of many species, including venomous snakes such as the South American rattlesnake Crotalus durissus terrificus. This observation is based on the decrease of sna...