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Vol. 50 No. 4 (2008)

Published: 2008-08-01

Microbiology

Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci strains eight years apart from its first isolation in São Paulo, Brazil

Pedro Alves d'Azevedo, Guilherme H.C. Furtado, Eduardo A.S. Medeiros, Kelly Aline Santiago, Suzane Silbert, Antonio C.C. Pignatari

195-198
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Enzymatic characterization of Vibrio alginolyticus strains isolated from bivalves harvested at Venice Lagoon (Italy) and Guanabara Bay (Brazil)

Andrea Lafisca, Christiane Soares Pereira, Valério Giaccone, Dalia dos Prazeres Rodrigues

199-202
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Cell surface hydrophobicity and adherence of a strain of group B streptococci during the post-antibiotic effect of penicillin

Ângela Maria Mendes Araújo, Ivi Cristina Menezes de Oliveira, Marcos Corrêa de Mattos, Leslie C. Benchetrit

203-207
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AIDS

Aids-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy: a retrospective study in a referral center in São Paulo, Brazil

José E. Vidal, Augusto C. Penalva de Oliveira, Maria Cristina D. S. Fink, Cláudio S. Pannuti, J. Roberto Trujillo

209-212
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Hepatitis

Clinical and histological characteristics of HIV and hepatitis C virus-co-infected patients in Brazil: a case series study

Maria Cássia Mendes-Correa, Azzo Widman, Maria Luiza Paes Brussi, Cristina Fátima Guastini, Norma de Paula Cavalheiro, Carlos Eduardo Melo, Antonio Alci Barone, Reinaldo José Gianini

213-217
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High prevalence of hepatitis B virus among female sex workers in Nigeria

J. C. Forbi, N. Onyemauwa, S. D. Gyar, A. O. Oyeleye, P. Entonu, S. M. Agwale

219-221
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HIV

Alterations in lipid transfer to High-Density Lipoprotein (HDL) and activity of paraoxonase-1 in HIV+ patients

Elaine Nunes Daminelli, Celso Spada, Arício Treitinger, Tatiane Vanessa Oliveira, Maria da Conceição Latrilha, Raul Cavalcante Maranhão

223-227
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Schistosomiasis

Biological implications of the phenotypic plasticity in the Schistosoma mansoni - Nectomys squamipes model

Elaine Machado Martinez, Michele Costa-Silva, Renata Heisler Neves, Regina Maria Figueiredo de Oliveira, José Roberto Machado-Silva

229-232
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Parasitology

Dot-Elisa for evaluation of hydatid cyst wall, protoscoleces and hydatid cyst fluid antigens in the serodiagnosis of cystic echinococcosis

S. R. Swarna, Subhash Chandra Parija

233-236
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Toxoplasmosis

Correlation between specific IgM levels and percentage IgG-class antibody avidity to Toxoplasma gondii

Marcel Leite, Sonia Siciliano, Lucia Silvieri A. Rocha, Teresa R. Justa, Katia Regina César, Celso F. H. Granato

237-242
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Trypanosomiasis

Astrocytic and microglial response and histopathological changes in the brain of horses with experimental chronic Trypanosoma evansi infection

Karen Regina Lemos, Luiz Carlos Marques, Lucia Padilha Cury Thomaz Aquino, Antonio Carlos Alessi, Rosangela Zacarias Zacarias

243-249
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Case Reports

L. (L.) chagasi in aids and visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) co-infection

Ana Maria Roselino, Maria Fernanda Chociay, Roberto Silva Costa, Alcyone Artioli Machado, José Fernando de Castro Figueiredo

251-254
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Summary of Thesis

Analysis of the Pilot Plan of Plague in Exu and its contribution to the control of the disease in Brazil

Celso Tavares

208-208
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