Volume 25

Instituto de Medicina Tropical • IMT

HOMAGE – 1

hof. JOS* WITRIMUNDO TORREALBA TOVAR (1935-1981)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Removal of S. mansani in patients with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis: an estimate of the parasitological load by means of quantitative coproscopy – 2-15

L. DOMINGUES, M. SILVEIRA, J. F. C. LIMA FILHO, J. C. P. CARREIRO JR. & S. KERNER

Lysogeny among group A streptococci and appraisal of media for assay of temperate bacteriophages from these microorganisms – 16-21

A. M. S. FIGUEIREDO, L. C. BENCHETRIT, S. S. SKJOLD, M. DEZIEL & L. W. WANNAMAKER

Analysis of components of variation in Schistosoma mansoni egg counting – 22-24

S. LOUREIRO & A. GALVAO

Detection of newborn infants at risk for congenital toxoplasmosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 25-30

S. G. COUTINHO, A. P. GARCIA, M. R. R. AMENDOEIRA, M. R. ASSUMXAO & N. ALBANO

Isolation of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts from soils of Recife, Pernambuco State, Brazil – 31-36

D. S. de AZEVEDO, L. M. F. JAMRA & M. de F. RIBEIRO

The circumoval precipitin test as a control of cure in children with chronic schistosomiasis mansoni – 37-41

J. R. LAMBERTUCCI, R. T. de MELLO, E. R. P. PEDROSO, D. B. GRECO & M. 0. C. ROCHA

THERAPEUTIC ASSAYS

Treatment of ancylostomiasis (hookworm infection) with albendazole – 42-46

V. AMATO NETO, A. A. B. MOREIRA, R. CAMPOS, E. S. M. LAZZARO, M. C. G. CHIARAMELLI, V. L. P. CASTILHO, A. E. C. GOMES & P. L. S. PINTO

CASE REPORTS

Human Isosporosis caused by Isospora belli WENYON, 1923, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil – 47-49

J. A. dos S. FARIA & M. B. BRUST

PRELIMINARY REPORT

Observations on the isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from stool samples of three children with acute gastroenteritis in Belem, Pará (Preliminary report) – 50-52

E. C. B. LOUREIRO & 2. C. LINS

Outbreak of dengue in Boa Vista, Roraima (Preliminary report) – 53-54 

C. H. OSANAI, A. P. A. TRAVASSOS DA ROSA, A. T. TANG, R. S. do AMARAL, A. D. C. PASSOS & P. L. TAUIL

Characterization of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic forms differentiated from epimastigotes. A comparative study between both stages – 55-61

V. J. KATZIN, N. ANKSCO, E. L. D. de ISOLA & S. M. GONZALEZ CAPPA

Serologic investigation of toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus infection and listeriosis in women with and without previous abortion – 62-66

V. AMATO NET0 & M. de C. RAMOS

Stability of faecal egg excretion in children with chronic schistosomiasis mansoni – 67-72

J. R. LAMBERTUCCI, E. R. P. PEDROSO, D. B. GRECO & M. O. da C. ROCHA

Pulmonary localization of paracoccidioidomycosis: lung function studies before and after treatment – 73-78

A. LEMLE, B. WANKE & M. B. MANDEL

THERAPEUTIC ASSAYS

Treatment of Taenia saginata or Taenia solium human infections with praziquantel – 79-81

A. A. B. MOREIRA, V. L. P. CASTILHO, V. AMATO NETO, R. CAMPOS, A. E. C. GBMES, P. L. S. PINTO & E. GUIZELINI 

CASE REPORTS

Cutaneous paracoccidioidomycosis – 82-86

M. B. de ALBORNOZ & F. FUENMAYOR

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Some epidemiological aspects of paracoccidioldomycosis m Botucatu endemic area, State of São Paulo, Brazil – 87-92

S. A. MARQUES, M. F. FRANCO, R. P. MENDES, N. C. A. SILVA, C. BACCILI, E. D. CURCELLI, A. A. M. FERACIN, C. S. OLIVEIRA, J. V. TAGLIARINI & N. L. DILLON

Seroepidemiological surveys. Sample collection, transportation and storage – 93-96

M. C. S. GUIMARAES

PRELIMINARY REPORT

Identification of Leishmania mexicana mexicana in the State of São Paulo, Brazil (Preliminary report) – 97

M. I. MACHADO, R. V. MILDER, G. GRIMALDI Jr. & H. MOMEN  

BOOK REVIEWS – 98