Evaluation of a rabies conjugate by titration in different fluorescent microscopes – 2-5

O.P. LARGHI, O. OLIVA-PINHEIRO & E. GONZALES-LUARCA  

Reverse IgM enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Reverse IgM-ELISA) for toxoplasmosis serodiagnosis – 6-11

J.R. MINEO, M.E. CAMARGO, A.W. FERREIRA & G. ALMEIDA 

Effect of thalidomide on serum levels of immunoglobulins IgM and IgA, rheumatoid factor and isohemaglutinins anti-A and anti-B in patients with lepromatous leprosy. A double-blind study – 12-14

W.O. ARRUDA, E. HACBARTH , E. DÖI, J.R. SANTA-MARIA, J. BARBOSA & A. A. KAJDACSY-BALLA

Action of gamma radiation on blood forms of Trypanosoma cruzi. Experimental study in mice – 15-17

G.K. TAKEDA, R. CAMPOS, J. KIEFFER, A.A.B. MOREIRA, V. AMATO NETO, V.L.P. CASTILHO, P.L.S. PINTO & M.I.S. DUARTE 

Enzootic paracoccidioidomycosis in armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) in Pará State, Brazil – 18-27

R. D. NAIFF, L.C.L. FERREIRA, T.V. BARRETT, M.F. NAIFF & J.R. ARIAS 

Dynamics of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area of Argentina . I. The dog reservoir: an epidemiological profile – 28-35

R.E. GÜTLER, M. LAURICELLA, N.D. SOLARZ, M.A. BUJAS & C. WISNIVESKY-COLLI

Effects of Mycobacterium bovis BCG, bacterial lipopolysaccharide and hydrocortisone on the development of immunity to Plasmodium berghei – 36-45

J.J. FERRARONI, T.G. DOUGLASS & C.A. SPEER

 

CASE REPORTS

Hepatic involvement in human brucellosis – 46-50

A.C.C. PIGNATARI, A. CASTELO FILHO, J.N. STAVALE, S.L. de A. MATAS, S. JAMNIK & S. B. KIM 

Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis and first isolation of Histoplasma capsulatum from soil of Rio Grande do Sul , Brazil – 51-55

L.C. SEVERO, V.F. PETRILLO, J.J. CAMARGO, G.R. GEYER & N.S. PORTO

Paracoccidioidomycosis brasiliensis. A case report of internal genital involvement – 56-60

E. P. CAMPOS, L.N. TORCHIO, P.R.L. LIMA, F.C.B. GOMES, A.C.M. FERACIN, R.C. SCHELLINI & C.E. BACCHI

Vena cavae compression syndrome in paracoccidioidomycosis – 61-64

S.A. de CARVALHO, G.G. CERRI, M. SHIROMA, M.A. SHIKANAI-YASUDA, A.A. BARONE & V. AMATO NETO

 

BOOK REVIEWS – 65-66

Intestinal disaccharidase activity in schistosomiasis mansoni. An evolutionary study of mice with different degrees of infestation – 67-73

M.G.A. SADEK, D.R. BORGES & S.J. MISZPUTEN

 Evaluation of aquatic snail populations, under natural habitat conditions, by the method of perforation of the shell – 74-79

P.M.Z. COELHO, S.E. GERKEN & J.R. de FREITAS 

 Antigen characterization of vector borne and cultured metacyclic trypomastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi – 80-86

N. YOSHIDA , M.M.G. TEIXEIRA & C.A. SBRAVATE

 Immunopathologic studies in myocardial biopsies of patients with Chagas’ disease and idiopathic cardiomyopathy – 87-90

M.L. HIGUCHI, E.A. LOPES, L.B. SALDANHA, A.C.P. BARRETTO, N.A.G. STOLF, G. BELLOTTI & F. PILEGGI

 A comparative study between haematoxilin and eosin and the peroxidase antiperoxidase stains for tissular parasitism quantification in chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy – 91-96

A.J.A. BARBOSA, H. GOBBI, B.T. LINO, E. LAGES-SILVA, L.E. RAMIREZ, V.P.A. TEIXEIRA.

 

THERAPEUTIC ASSAYS

Strongyloides ratti and S. stercoralis: effects of cambendazole, thiabendazole and mebendazole in vitro – 97-103

D.I. GROVE & C. NORTHERN 

 Mansonella ozzardi infection treated by levamisol – 104-110

M. RESTREPO & N. OCHOA

 

REVIEW

Immunoserology of malaria – 111-125

E.L.F. FRANCO

 

CASE REPORTS

Lagochilascaris minor Leiper, 1909, (Nematoda Ascarididae) from human origin – 126-130

H.M. de A. COSTA, A.V.M. da SILVA, P.R. COSTA & S.B. ASSIS 

Acute myocardial infarction in chronic Chagas’ cardiomyopathy. Report of two cases with no obstructive coronary artery lesions – 131-137

S.G. LAGE, A.P. MANSUR, J.A.F. RAMIRES,P. da LUZ, G. BELLOTTI & F. PILEGGI

 

PRELIMINARY REPORT

Acute diarrhoea associated with Cryptosporidium sp in Belém , Brazil . (Preliminary report) – 138-140

E.C.B. LOUREIRO, A. da C. LINHARES & L. MATA 

 

BOOK REVIEWS – 141-142

TRIBUTE – 143-144

Prof. RENATO PIZA DE SOUZA CARVALHO (1922-1986) 

 

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Interaction of Leishmania donovani promastigotes with mouse peritoneal exudate cells under the influence of the Chymotripsine – 145-153

L. ARCAY & E. BRUZUAL

 The adjuvant disease in rats experimentally infected with Trypanosoma cruzi – 154-159

S.REVELLI, O. BOTTASSO, H. MORENO, J. VALENTI, A. NOCITO, N. AMERIO & J. MORINI 

Experimental infection with Schistosoma mansoni of Biomphalaria straminea from different parts of the northeast of Brazi1 – 160-165

E.A. MALEK & M.Z. ROUQUAYROL 

Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) rangeli Tejera, 1920. Intracellular amastigote stages of reproduction in white mice – 166-169

S. URDANETA-MORALES & F. TEJERO

An immunohistochemic assay to localize leptospires in tissue specimens – 170-173

V.A.F.ALVES, P.H. YASUDA, E.H. YAMASHIRO, R.T.M. SANTOS, L.U. YAMAMOTO & T. de BRITO 

 

THERAPEUTIC ASSAYS

 Treatment of patients with schistosomniasis mansoni: a double blind clinical trial comparing praziquantel with oxamniquine – 174-180

L.C. da SILVA, J.M.R. ZEITUNE, L.M.F. ROSA-EID, D.M.C. LIMA, R.H. ANTONELLI, C.H. CHRISTO, A. SAEZ-ALQUEZAR & A. de C. CARBONI 

 Evaluation of the activity of albendazole in the therapy of experimentally infected rats – 181-184

V. AMATO NETO, P.L.S. PINTO, A.A.B. MOREIRA. R. CAMPOS, E.J. de SANT’ANA, E.V. LEVAI, L.A.A. PADILHA & C.K. TAKIGUTI 

 

CASE REPORTS

Aggressive pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis, stenosant tracheitis and subacute Cor pulmonale. Report of a case – 185-189

E.P. CAMPOS. L.N. TORCHIO, A.J.M. CATANEO & L.A. PEROTTI 

Ocular paracoccidioidomycosls case report – 190-193

W.O. ARRUDA, M.A.S. CANTO,G. LODDO, V.F. REBUFFI & M. de A. CARDOSO. 

EPIDEMIOLOGY Reinfections by rotavirus in children living in Belém, Pará, Brazi1 – 194-202

A.C. LINHARES, R.B. FREITAS, Y.B. GABBAY & J.D.M. PEREIRA

 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Clinical forms of Paracoccidioidomycosis – 203-204

M.R.G. MONTENEGRO 

Infectivity of amastigotes of Trypanosoma cruzi – 205-212

T.U. de CARVALHO & W. de SOUZA

Dynamics of transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi in a rural area of Argentina . III. Persistence of T. cruzi parasitemia among canine reservoirs in a two-year follow-up – 213-219

R.E. GURTLER, N.D. SOLARZ, M. A. LAURECELLA, A.S. HAEDO, S.M. PIETROKOVSKY, A.A. ALBERTI & C. WISNIVESKY-COLLI 

Acute renal insufficiency secundary to ophidian bothropic and crotalic accidents – 220-227

C.F.S. AMARAL, N.A. de REZENDE, O.A. da SILVA, M.M.F. RIBEIRO, R.A. MAGALHÃES, R.J. dos REIS, J.G. CARNEIRO & J.R.S. CASTRO

Rhabdomyolysis following Crotalus durissus terrificus snake bite – 228-233

R.A. MAGALHAES, M.M.F. RIBEIRO, N.A. de REZENDE & C.F.S. AMARAL 

Effect of subinhibitory concentrations of penicillin on antigens of group G streptococci – 234-238

A.C.D. de CASTRO, L.C. BENCHETRIT & C.M. de OLIVEIRA

Immunologic studies in hamsters (Cricetus auratus) infected with Schistosoma mansoni – 239-245

E. MONGE, P.M.Z. COELHO & C.A.P. TAVARES 

Experimental malaria: contamination of malaria strain and experimental animals by Eperythrozoon coccoides – 246-252

H.F. de ANDRADE Jr., M.D. LAURENTI, H. GOTO, M.I.S. DUARTE & C.E.P. CORBETT

Histopathology of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. 1. Histological patterns and evolutive study of the lesions – 253-262

A.V. de MAGALHAES, M.A.P. MORAES, A.N. RAICK, A. LLANOS-CUENCAS, J.M.L. COSTA, C.C. CUBA & P.D. MARSDEN 

 

THERAPEUTIC ASSAYS

Delayed results of treatment of paracoccidioidomycosis with amphotericin B plus sulfamides versus amphotericin B alone – 263-266

N.L. DILLON, S.A.P. SAMPAIO, M.C. HABERMANN, S.A. MARQUES, J.C. LASTÓRIA, H.O. STOLF, N.C. de A. SILVA & P.R. CURI 

Schistosoma mansoni: effects of anesthetics and antimonial drugs on worm shift in the mouse – 267-270

J.R. da CUNHA-MELO & P.M.Z. COELHO 

Therapeutical investigation of oltipraz in human infection due to S. mansoni – 271-277

S.A de CARVALHO, V. AMATO NETO, J.M.R. ZEITUNE, M.A. SHIKANAI YASUDA & C.K. TAKIGUTI 

 

COMMUNICATIONS

Code of community health rights – 278

 

BOOK REVIEWS – 279-281

A comparative study of the immunoantigenicity of eight Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolates – 281-286

L.M.V. BIAGIONI, T. SADATSUNE, M.F. FRANCO & M.C.F.I. MATTOS

Study of molluscs of the genus Biomphalaria from State of Minas Gerais in regard with host parasite adaptation and importance in epidemiology of schistosomiasis – 287-292

C.P. de SOUZA. (Portuguese)

Histopathology of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. 2. Tissue humoral response – 293-299

A.V. de MAGALHÃES, M.A.P. MORAES, A.N. RAICK, A. LLANOS-CUENTAS, J.M.L. COSTA, C.C. CUBA & P.D. MARSDEN.(Portuguese)

Histopathology of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. 3. Cellular reaction – 300-311

A.V. de MAGALHÃES, M.A.P. MORAES, A.N. RAICK, A. LLANOS-CUENTAS, J.M.L. COSTA, C.C. CUBA & P.D. MARSDEN. (Portuguese)

Anti-T (Thomsen-Friedenreich) agglutinin in Chagas’ disease – 312-316

M. PALATNIK, M.A. BARCINSKI, H. KRIEGER, N.S.M. LARANJEIRA & J.B. LOUREIRO

The viability of the “in vitro” cultivation procedure as a practica1 tool for diagnosis and primary isolation of Leishmania braziliensis braziliensis. 2. A study of patients from endemic areas – 317-325

C.A. CUBA CUBA, E.M. NETTO, J.M.L. COSTA, A. C. BARRETO & P.D. MARSDEN. (Spanish)

Changes of rabbit pulmonary elastic properties and bronchomotricity in experimentally induced chronic Chagas’ disease – 326-330

P. TAVARES, P.H.N. SALDIVA, M.P. do R. CALDEIRA, D.F. CALHEIROS, M.A. GOUVEIA & C.D. SALDIVA

Pulmonary function in follow-up of 35 patients with paracoccidioidomycosis (South American blastomycosis) – 330-337

E.P. CAMPOS & A.J.M. CATANEO. (Portuguese)

 

THERAPEUTIC ASSAYS

Double-blind therapeutica1 evaluation based on the quantitative oogram technique,comparing praziquantel and oxamniquine in human schistosomiasis mansoni – 337-351

A.S. da CUNHA & R.C. PEDROSA

Failure at inducing resistance to schistosomicidal drugs in a Brazilian human strain of Schistosoma mansoni – 352-357

L.C. de S. DIAS & C.E. OLIVIER

 

CASE REPORTS

The occurrence of a new cast of human singamose in São Paulo , Brazil – 358-363

V.A. SANTOS, M.S.H. VILLELA & R.G. SERRA. (Portuguese)

Vegetant ulcer of the leg by Candida albicans – 364-367

L.C. CUCÉ, W. BELDA JUNIOR & A. SALEBIAN. (Portuguese)

Pneumonia caused by Legionella pneumophila. Report of the second Brazilian case – 367-370

N. da S. PORTO, B.C. PALOMBINI, V.F. PETRILLO & M.R.A. ALVES. (Portuguese)

 

PRELIMINARY REPORT

Trypanosoma (Herpetosoma) rangeli Tejera, 1920: preliminary report on histopathology in experimentally infected mice – 371-378

C. de SCORZA, S. URDANETA -MORALES & F. TEJERO

 

BOOK REVIEWS – 379-380 

Schistosoma mansoni: experimental infection of mice through the ear and estimation of skin parasitism – 381-388

S.E. GERKEN, A.F.S. OLIVEIRA, R. CORREA-OLIVEIRA & T.A. MOTA-SANTOS.(Portuguese)

Splenomegaly in relation to Schistosoma mansoni egg counts: a population based study – 389-394

M.F.F. de L. e COSTA, R.S. ROCHA & N. KATZ

Sensibility of different-larval stages of Schistosoma mansoni to the larvae disappearing reaction (LDR) in murine schistosomiasis – 395-399

A.L. de MELO, L.H. PEREIRA & M. CHAMONE

Epidemiologica1 aspects of acute viral hepatitis in São Paulo, Brazil – 400-405

L.C. da SILVA, F.J. CARRILHO, A. DI PIETRO, A. BORIS-CHAVEZ, P. ALBORNOZ, H. SETTE Jr., C.F.F. FRANCO, R. ANTONELLI & A. SAEZ-ALQUEZAR

Prevalence of antibody to hepatitis B virus in a urban population of Northeast Brazil – 406-409

L.G. LYRA, A.P. DAMASCENO, H.P. COTRIM, E. MOTA & L. SILVA 

Occurrence of Campylobacter jejuni in dog faeces from the streets of a Southern Chilean city – 410-412

H. FERNANDEZ & V. ARNES

Serologic studies on the behaviour of influenza virus type A in persons of greater São Paulo during 1976, 1978 and 1979 – 413-420

S. TAKIMOTO, R.P. de S. CARVALHO, H.G. PEREIRA, C.S. PANNUTI, M.S. PEREIRA & L.F. de SALLES-GOMES. 

Histopathology of mucocutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania braziIiensis braziliensis. 4. A histopathologica1 classification – 421-430

A.V. de MAGALHÃES, M.A.P. MORAES, A.N. RAICK, A. LLANOS-CUENTAS, J.M.L. COSTA, C.C. CUBA & P.D. MARSDEN. (Portuguese) 

Interstitial pneumonitis in canine visceral leishmaniasis – 431-436

M.I.S. DUARTE, M.D. LAURENTI, V.L. BRANDÃO NUNES, A.F. REGO Jr., E.T. OSHIRO & C.E.P. CORBETT

 

CASE REPORT

Reversible unilateral diaphragmatic paralysis associated with systemic loxoscelism – 437-441

N.A. de REZENDE, C.F.S. AMARAL & J.S. de OLIVEIRA. (Portuguese)

 

BOOK REVIEWS – 442

 

AUTHOR INDEX – 443

 

SUBJECT INDEX – 445