Ethanol affects the absorption and tissue distribution of orally administered antigens in mice

The aim of this work was to evaluate the effects of ethanol on the adsorption and tissue distribution of orally administered antigens in mice. Results showed that ethanol reduced the level of anti-ovalbumin IgA antibodies in intestinal fluid for the mice treated orally with a palmitoyl-ovalbumin conjugate. Ethanol was administered intragastrically to mice at 5 g/kg body weight for 14 days (chronic treatment), or 10 g/kg body weight every 7th day up to 14 days (acute treatment). Thereafter, 99m technetium-labeled antigens were administered and lymphoid tissues were collected. Ethanol interfered with the transport of ovalbumin to the liver. Moreover, the transport of palmitoyl-ovalbumin to mesenteric lymph nodes was reduced 6 h after the antigen administration. In conclusion, there was a relationship between the suppression of ethanol-mediated specific local IgA responses and the decreased transport of palmitoyl-ovalbumin to mesenteric lymph nodes

Leishmaniasis as a Manifestation of Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome (IRIS) in HIV-Infected Patients: A Literature Review

Submitted by Ana Maria Fiscina Sampaio ([email protected]) on 2014-11-12T19:09:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Badaro R Leishmaniasis....pdf: 158970 bytes, checksum: f93eac0bff32d08bf553dbd76380001c (MD5)Approved for entry into archive by Ana Maria Fiscina Sampaio ([email protected]) on 2014-11-12T19:09:20Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Badaro R Leishmaniasis....pdf: 158970 bytes, checksum: f93eac0bff32d08bf553dbd76380001c (MD5)Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-12T19:24:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Badaro R Leishmaniasis....pdf: 158970 bytes, checksum: f93eac0bff32d08bf553dbd76380001c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014Universidade Federal da Bahia. Complexo Hospitalar Prof Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, BrasilUniversidade Federal da Bahia. Complexo Hospitalar Prof Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, BrasilFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina. Salvador, BA, BRasilUniversidade Federal da Bahia. Complexo Hospitalar Prof Edgard Santos. Salvador, BA, BrasilUniversity of California San Diego. Division of Infectious Diseases. La Jolla, CA, USAFundação Oswaldo Cruz. Centro de Pesquisa Gonçalo Moniz. Laboratório Avançado de Saúde Pública. Salvador, BA, Brasil / Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública. Faculdade de Medicina. Salvador, BA, BRasilIntroduction: After the onset of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), some HIV-infected patients present a severe inflammation in response to a latent or a previously treated opportunistic pathogen termed immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS). Few reports of tegumentary and visceral leishmaniasis have been described in association with IRIS. Methods: A systematic literature review of IRIS in association with leishmaniasis identified 34 reported cases. Results and Discussion: The majority of these occurred in males 4 months following the onset of HAART. The mean CD4 count before HAART was 94 + 77 cells/mm3, increasing to 5 times the initial value between the onset of HAART and IRIS presentation. Visceral leishmaniasis and post–kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis were the most commonly reported clinical manifestations, followed by tegumentary leishmaniasis and uveitis. Conclusions: Commonly found characteristics included cutaneous involvement, regardless of Leishmania species; appearance of lesions unrelated to time of probable Leishmania infection; rapid recovery of CD4 count following HAART; and rapid progression

Determination of blood meal sources of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) in rural areas of the northern Maranhão state, Brazil

http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2015v28n1p51O conteúdo estomacal de fêmeas do gênero Culicoides foi estudado para determinar suas fontes alimentares sanguíneas e o grau de relações estabelecidas entre esses insetos e seus hospedeiros. Os espécimes foram capturados em armadilhas luminosas tipo CDC no período entre março de 2009 e fevereiro de 2010, em duas localidades rurais da ilha de São Luís-MA. Foram capturadas 930 fêmeas ingurgitadas, pertencentes a 12 espécies de Culicoides. Foi utilizado o exame da reação da precipitina, que revelou o sangue de sete tipos diferentes de vertebrados que haviam sido sugados, sendo os mais frequentes: ave (41,9%), roedor (21,2%), cão (15,4%) e ser humano (7,3%). Nas reações duplas predominaram ave/cão (20%) e cão/gato, cão/gambá, ave/roedor, gambá/roedor e gato/humano (13,3% cada). Dentre as espécies de Culicoides encontradas, C. paucienfuscatus Barbosa, 1947 destacou-se, por ter sugado apenas sangue de aves. As 11 espécies restantes sugaram sangue tanto de animais domésticos como de sinantrópicos, sendo que, destas, quatro também sugaram o sangue humano. Os resultados permitiram concluir que C. paucienfuscatus apresentou relações específicas, foi considerada ornitófila e as outras espécies foram generalistas. A presença desses animais em ambiente peridoméstico é um fator que favorece a manutenção dos Culicoides nos povoados rurais e a presença do ser humano como um dos vertebrados mais sugados indica que além de fazer parte da dieta das fêmeas de Culicoides, pode participar de eventuais ciclos epidemiológicos de parasitas, devido ao hábito eclético desses insetos.http://dx.doi.org/10.5007/2175-7925.2015v28n1p51The stomach contents of females from the genus Culicoides were studied to determine their blood food sources and the degree of relations established between these insects and their hosts. The specimens were captured by using CDC light traps within the period from March 2009 to February 2010, in two rural towns in the island of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. A total of 930 engorged females were captured, belonging to 12 Culicoides species. Precipitin reaction examination was used, which revealed the blood from 7 different vertebrate types that had been sucked, and the most frequent were: bird (41.9%), rodent (21.2%), dog (15.4%), and human being (7.3%). In double reactions there was a predominance of bird/dog (20%) and dog/cat, dog/opossum, bird/rodent, opossum/rodent, and cat/human being (13.3% each). Among the Culicoides species found, C. paucienfuscatus Barbosa, 1947 stood out, because it only sucked blood from birds. The 11 remaining species have sucked blood both from domestic and synanthropic animals, and 4 out of them also sucked human blood. The results allowed us to conclude that C. paucienfuscatus showed specific relations, it was considered as ornithophilous and the other species were generalist. The presence of these animals in a peridomestic environment is a factor that favors the maintenance of Culicoides in rural villages and the presence of human being among the most sucked vertebrates indicates that besides being included in the diet of female Culicoides, it may participate in occasional epidemiological cycles of parasites, due to the eclectic habit of these insects.

Determination of blood meal sources of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae) in rural areas of the northern Maranhão state, Brazil

The stomach contents of females from the genus Culicoides were studied to determine their blood food sources and the degree of relations established between these insects and their hosts. The specimens were captured by using CDC light traps within the period from March 2009 to February 2010, in two rural towns in the island of São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. A total of 930 engorged females were captured, belonging to 12 Culicoides species. Precipitin reaction examination was used, which revealed the blood from 7 different vertebrate types that had been sucked, and the most frequent were: bird (41.9%), rodent (21.2%), dog (15.4%), and human being (7.3%). In double reactions there was a predominance of bird/dog (20%) and dog/cat, dog/opossum, bird/rodent, opossum/rodent, and cat/human being (13.3% each). Among the Culicoides species found, C. paucienfuscatus Barbosa, 1947 stood out, because it only sucked blood from birds. The 11 remaining species have sucked blood both from domestic and synanthropic animals, and 4 out of them also sucked human blood. The results allowed us to conclude that C. paucienfuscatus showed specific relations, it was considered as ornithophilous and the other species were generalist. The presence of these animals in a peridomestic environment is a factor that favors the maintenance of Culicoides in rural villages and the presence of human being among the most sucked vertebrates indicates that besides being included in the diet of female Culicoides, it may participate in occasional epidemiological cycles of parasites, due to the eclectic habit of these insects

Seletividade fisiológica de inseticidas a Vespidae predadores de Ascia monuste orseis Insecticide physiological selectivity to Vespidae predators of Ascia monuste orseis

Este trabalho objetivou estudar a seletividade dos inseticidas carbaril, deltametrina, paratiom metílico, permetrina e triclorfom em relação a Ascia monuste orseis (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) e a seus predadores Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille e Protonectarina sylveirae (Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Por meio de curvas de concentração-mortalidade e das concentrações letais para 90% da população (CL90), calcularam-se os índices de seletividade diferencial (ISD90), de toxicidade relativa, e de tolerância relativa (ITRe90). O paratiom metílico e triclorfom apresentaram seletividade em favor de B. lecheguana (ISD90 = 2,83 e 1,75) e P. sylveirae (ISD90 = 2,95 e 3,59) em relação a A. monuste orseis. Deltametrina e permetrina apresentaram seletividade em favor de P. sylveirae (ISD90 = 1,98 e 2,70) em relação a A. monuste orseis, mas não apresentaram seletividade em favor de B. lecheguana (ISD90 = 0,21 e 0,64). B. lecheguana foi menos tolerante a deltametrina, permetrina e triclorfom do que P. sylveirae (ITRe90 = 9,36, 4,23 e 2,05), e mais tolerante ao carbaril (ITRe90 = 0,14). Os predadores apresentaram tolerância semelhante ao paratiom metílico (ITRe90 = 1,04). As curvas de concentração-mortalidade do carbaril, permetrina e triclorfom em ambos os predadores, de deltametrina em B. lecheguana, e de paratiom metílico em P. sylveirae, apresentaram maiores inclinações do que as curvas em A. monuste orseis.<br>This work aimed to study the selectivity of the insecticides carbaryl, deltamethrin, methyl parathion, permethrin and trichlorfon in relation to Ascia monuste orseis (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) and to their predators Brachygastra lecheguana Latreille and Protonectarina sylveirae (Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Based on concentration-response curves and lethal concentrations for 90% of the population (LC90), the differential selectivity index (DSI90), relative toxicity index and relative tolerance index (ReTI90) were calculated. Methyl parathion and trichlorfon were selective to B. lecheguana (DSI90 = 2.83 and 1.75) and P. sylveirae (DSI90 = 2.95 and 3.59) against A. monuste orseis. Deltamethrin and permethrin were selective to P. sylveirae (DSI90 = 1.98 and 2.70) against A. monuste orseis, but weren't selective to B. lecheguana (DSI90 = 0.21 and 0.64). B. lecheguana was less tolerant to deltamethrin, permethrin and trichlorfon than P. sylveirae (ReTI90 = 9.36, 4.23 and 2.05), but the opposite was observed to carbaryl (ReTI90 = 0.14). These two predators showed similar tolerance to methyl parathion (ReTI90 = 1.04). Concentration-response curves of carbaryl, permethrin and trichlorfon to both predators, deltamethrin to B. lecheguana, and methyl parathion to P. sylveirae, showed greater slopes than these curves to A. monuste orseis

Dismantling Brazil's science threatens global biodiversity heritage

In the middle of a political and fiscal crisis, the Brazilian government is applying successive budget cuts, including in science funding. Recent cuts radically affect research programs on biodiversity that are crucial components for the design and monitoring of public policies for nature conservation and sustainable development. We analyze the consequences of such cuts on the Research Program on Biodiversity (PPBio), the largest biodiversity research network in Brazil (626 researchers, nine networks in all Brazilian biomes). Brazil holds a substantial part of the world's biodiversity and of tropical forests that play a significant role for regional and global climate stability. If underfunding is maintained, the dismantling of the Brazilian PPBio will have consequences that go beyond biodiversity knowledge itself but affect society as a whole. Brazil will likely fail to reach the National Targets for Biodiversity 2011–2020, and it will be difficult to fulfill the restoration target of the Brazilian NDC and to advance with the sustainable development goals. © 2017 Associação Brasileira de Ciência Ecológica e Conservaçã

ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS: a data set of bird morphological traits from the Atlantic forests of South America

Scientists have long been trying to understand why the Neotropical region holds the highest diversity of birds on Earth. Recently, there has been increased interest in morphological variation between and within species, and in how climate, topography, and anthropogenic pressures may explain and affect phenotypic variation. Because morphological data are not always available for many species at the local or regional scale, we are limited in our understanding of intra- and interspecies spatial morphological variation. Here, we present the ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS, a data set that includes measurements of up to 44 morphological traits in 67,197 bird records from 2,790 populations distributed throughout the Atlantic forests of South America. This data set comprises information, compiled over two centuries (1820–2018), for 711 bird species, which represent 80% of all known bird diversity in the Atlantic Forest. Among the most commonly reported traits are sex (n = 65,717), age (n = 63,852), body mass (n = 58,768), flight molt presence (n = 44,941), molt presence (n = 44,847), body molt presence (n = 44,606), tail length (n = 43,005), reproductive stage (n = 42,588), bill length (n = 37,409), body length (n = 28,394), right wing length (n = 21,950), tarsus length (n = 20,342), and wing length (n = 18,071). The most frequently recorded species are Chiroxiphia caudata (n = 1,837), Turdus albicollis (n = 1,658), Trichothraupis melanops (n = 1,468), Turdus leucomelas (n = 1,436), and Basileuterus culicivorus (n = 1,384). The species recorded in the greatest number of sampling localities are Basileuterus culicivorus (n = 243), Trichothraupis melanops (n = 242), Chiroxiphia caudata (n = 210), Platyrinchus mystaceus (n = 208), and Turdus rufiventris (n = 191). ATLANTIC BIRD TRAITS (ABT) is the most comprehensive data set on measurements of bird morphological traits found in a biodiversity hotspot; it provides data for basic and applied research at multiple scales, from individual to community, and from the local to the macroecological perspectives. No copyright or proprietary restrictions are associated with the use of this data set. Please cite this data paper when the data are used in publications or teaching and educational activities. © 2019 The Authors. Ecology © 2019 The Ecological Society of Americ