{"title":"[Note about the biology of Cuterebra apicalis (Guérin, 1829/38) (Diptera-Cuterebridae) (author's transl)].","authors":"D A Mello","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This note reports the parasitism by Cuterebra apicalis Guérin (1829/1838) on the rodents Oryzomys eliurus and Calomys callosus collected in the north of Formosa county, Goiás state. The infested animals were kept in the laboratory to allow observations on the development of the parasite.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"329-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11328876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Cell cycle phases: determination of G1, S e G2 by fluorometry (author's transl)].","authors":"B C Vidal, E R Pimentel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The G1, S and G2 phases of the cell cycle in Allium cepa root tips were determined in Acriflavin--Feulgen--stained material. Pigeon erythrocyte nuclei were employed as standard for DNA dry mass determinations. Micro-interferometric and fluorometric measurements gave the average of 77,1. 10(-12) g for the G1 nuclei from the root tips.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"353-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11951211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New spectrophotometric method for the determination of phenothiazine derivatives.","authors":"D de Carvalho, A B Prado, G L Braga, L Larini","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The use of a reduced solution of phosphomolybdic acid for the precipitation of phenothiazine derivatives offers excellent conditions for the assay of these compounds. The quantitative assay range for each of the phenothiazine derivatives was determined by the precipitation, proportionality, in accordance with the procedure used for chlorpromazine. The conditions offered by the new method make it possible to assay 12 phenothiazine derivatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"377-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11949783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E P de Campos, D A Meira, R P Mendes, C E de Campos
{"title":"[Acute pneumonia treatment with a new antibiotic (tobramycin) (author's transl)].","authors":"E P de Campos, D A Meira, R P Mendes, C E de Campos","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The authors have studied a new antibiotic Tobramycin in 30 patients with acute infectious pulmonary disease, denominated type I, II and III, according to associated factors, severity and previous pulmonary alterations, being 29 patients included in type II and III. The pneumonia diagnosis has obeyed to clinical, laboratorial, radiological and microbiological criteria. The results after the Tobramycin therapy in 28 evaluable cases were: 3 failures and 25 therapeutic successes. The gram negative bacteria predominated among the causative pathogens and, in 14 patients, strains of Klebisiella Enterobacter group were isolated. The M.I.C. for the pathogenic isolated bacteria in acute pulmonary processes was less than 1,0 microgram/ml in 26 cases. Adverse reactions were observed in 13 patients, from which 9 have presented only laboratorial alterations. The remaining 4 patients have also presented clinical manifestations. These findings were similar to those reported for other aminoglicosides.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"369-76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11949782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Prevalence of mycobacterial infection in school children of Rio de Janeiro city (author's transl)].","authors":"E D Madeira, P P Gontijo Filho","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Skin-test were performed in 226 students, 12 to 14 years old, in a Rio de Janeiro elementary school using PPD-Rt23, PPD-G210 and PPD-B. The differential tuberculin test using these three antigens showed that 24,3% of the children presented a stronger reaction for non-tuberculous mycobacterial tuberculins than to PPD-Rt23, suggesting that infections with such organisms may occur. A high proportion (74,5%) showed the strongest reaction with PPD-G210 and probably this antigen is the most interesting to be used simultaneously with PPD-Rt23. Children with the largest tuberculin reaction to PPD-Rt23 represented 27,4% of the total. This group consists of individuals who have had a tuberculous infection. The third group (48,3%) provided evidence for a heterogeneous sensitization with the tubercle bacillus and at least one atypical mycobacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"337-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11951209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Molluscicidal properties of the Euphorbia cotinifolia L (author's transl)].","authors":"J P Pereira, C P de Souza, N M Mendes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The hexanic extract from the leaves of Euphorbia cotinifolia L. has been experimentally used as molluscicide against Biomphalaria glabrata. The extract was fractionated and the most actives fractions were those of numbers 6 and 7. The lethal concentrations (LC50 and LC90 obtained using fraction 6 against adult snails were 1,2 and 2,4 ppm; for the eggs they were 25,0 and 48,0 ppm. With fraction 7 the lethal concentrations were 1,4 and 3,4 ppm for adult snails; for newly hatched snails they were 4,8 and 8,0 ppm; for the eggs they were 13,0 and 31,0 ppm. In the field the hexanic extract was lethal for the snails in concentrations of 20 ppm in stagnant water. Fractions 6 and 7 were lethal for S. mansoni cercariae and to fish (Lebistes reticulatus) in concentrations below 10 ppm. For mice the extract did not display any toxity in concentrations of 600 mg/kg.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"345-51"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11951210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Comparative assay between PPD-Rt 23 and PPD-T in a school population (author's transl)].","authors":"E D Madeira, P P Gontijo Filho","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>226 students of both sexes from 12 to 14 years old were examined for tuberculin hypersensitivity with PPD-Rt 23 and PPD-T antigens. Strong reactions (greater than or equal to 10 mm diameter) were noted in 25,2 and 23,5% of the population, respectively. Individuals showing a weak or no reaction to PPD-Rt 23 had a weaker reaction to PPD-T, but those with a strong reaction to PPD-Rt 23 had an equivalent reaction with PPD-T.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"333-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11951208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Teaching of anatomy in school of dentistry: evaluation of achievement (author's transl)].","authors":"I S Watanabe, R R de Souza","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An experience of application didactics to the teaching of Anatomy in Dentistry's School was performed. The general part of Anatomy--Systems of the Human Body--was given and evaluated according to the subjects aims of this paper. It were also presented the experience characteristics and the degree of student's achievement in the differents groups was statistically analysed.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"321-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11951206","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Evolutive mechanisms in the epidemiology of the communicable diseases (author's transl)].","authors":"F P Câmara, P P de Andrade","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Selective pressures playing on the interaction between an infectious agent and its host lead to a condition of maximal survival for both. Based on simple epidemiological relationships, we propose a model which permits the evaluation of the degree of adaptation of a host to the infectious agent.</p>","PeriodicalId":21265,"journal":{"name":"Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologicas","volume":"11 6","pages":"365-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1978-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"11949781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}