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Vol. 54 No. 3 (2012)

Published: 2012-06-01

Epidemiology

Intestinal parasitism and socio-environmental factors among Mbyá-Guarani indians, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Clara Lia Costa Brandelli, Geraldo Attilio de Carli, Alexandre José Macedo, Tiana Tasca

119-122
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Virology

HTLV-1/2 seroprevalence and coinfection rate in Brazilian first-time blood donors: an 11-year follow-up

Mariana Tomazini Pinto, Evandra Strazza Rodrigues, Tathiane Maistro Malta, Rochele Azevedo, Osvaldo Massaiti Takayanagui, Vanderléia Bárbaro Valente, Eugênia Maria Amorim Ubiali, Dimas Tadeu Covas, Simone Kashima

123-130
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Rickttsioses

Rickettsia parkeri: a Rickettsial pathogen transmitted by ticks in endemic areas for spotted fever rickettsiosis in southern Uruguay

José M. Venzal, Agustín Estrada-Peña, Aránzazu Portillo, Atilio J. Mangold, Oscar Castro, Carlos G. De Souza, María L. Félix, Laura Pérez-Martínez, Sonia Santibánez, José A. Oteo

131-134
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Parasitology

Characterization of the molluscicidal activity of Bauhinia variegata and Mimusops elengi plant extracts against the fasciola vector lymnaea acuminata

Kanchan Lata Singh, D.K. Singh, Vinay Kumar Singh

135-140
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Brief Communication

Discrepancies and consequences of indirect hemagglutination, indirect immunofluorescence and Elisa tests for the diagnosis of Chagas disease

Regina Maia de Souza, Vicente Amato Neto

141-144
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Toxocariasis

IgG Antibody responses in mice coinfected with Toxocara canis and other helminths or protozoan parasites

Susana A. Zevallos Lescano, Maria Cristina Nakhle, Manoel Carlos S.A. Ribeiro, Pedro Paulo Chieffi

145-152
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Microbiology

Amplification of the flgE gene provides evidence for the existence of a Brazilian borreliosis

Elenice Mantovani, Roberta G. Marangoni, Giancarla Gauditano, Virgínia L.N. Bonoldi, Natalino H. Yoshinari

153-158
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Leishmaniasis

Expression of TLR2 and TLR4 in lesions of patients with tegumentary american leishmaniasis

Felipe Francisco Tuon, Elaine Ribeiro Fernandes, Maria Irma Seixas Duarte, Valdir Sabbaga Amato

159-164
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Preliminary study towards a novel experimental model to study localized cutaneous leishmaniasis caused bY Leishmania (Leishmania) mexicana

Erika Ivett Sosa-Bibiano, Nicole Raymonde Van Wynsberghe, Silvia Beatriz Canto-Lara, Fernando Jose Andrade-Narvaez

165-170
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Case Report

Mycotic aneurysm of the tibioperoneal trunk: a first manifestation of an infected endocarditis

Sergio Quilici Belczak, Igor Rafael Sincos, Marcelo Passos Teivelis, Carlos Alberto Sian de Oliveira, Hélio Fragoso, Ricardo Aun

171-174
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Ectopic dirofilariosis in two dogs from Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil

Beatriz Brener, Patricia Riddell Millar, Danuza Pinheiro Bastos Garcia de Mattos, Flávia Uchôa, Bethânia Bastos, Ingrid Rodrigues Lyrio, Pedro Luis Aragon, Adriana Pittella Sudré

175-177
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