Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus)
A sample of P. brasiliensis isolated from the spleen and the liver of an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) has been analysed under a mycological and immunochemical viewpoint. The armadillo was captured in an area of Tucuruí (State of Pará, Brazil), the animal being already established as an enzootic...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:2eb58617ea5644e99377e16408c2bf55 2024-09-09T19:27:08+00:00 Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) Monica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal Natalina Takahashi de Melo Nilma Maciel Garcia Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro Cezar Mendes de Assis Elizabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari Roberto D. Naiff Rinaldo Poncio Mendes Carlos da Silva Lacaz 1995-02-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651995000100007 https://doaj.org/article/2eb58617ea5644e99377e16408c2bf55 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651995000100007 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46651995000100007 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/2eb58617ea5644e99377e16408c2bf55 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 43-49 (1995) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Dasipus novencinctus Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 1995 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651995000100007 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z A sample of P. brasiliensis isolated from the spleen and the liver of an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) has been analysed under a mycological and immunochemical viewpoint. The armadillo was captured in an area of Tucuruí (State of Pará, Brazil), the animal being already established as an enzootic reservoir of P. brasiliensis at that region of the country. This sample maintained in the fungal collection of the Tropical Medicine Institute of São Paulo (Brazil) numbered 135, has got all the characteristics of P. brasiliensis, with a strong antigenic power and low virulence for guinea-pigs and Wistar rats. The specific exoantigen of P. brasiliensis - the glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 43 kDa - was easily demonstrated with double immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis, SDS-PAGE and immunobloting techniques. Amostra de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolada de vísceras (baço e fígado) de um tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) foi estudada do ponto de vista micológico e imunoquímico. O tatu havia sido capturado em área da usina hidroelétrica de Tucuruí (Estado do Pará). Este já havia sido considerado como reservatório enzoótico do Paracoccidioides brasiliensis naquela região. Esta amostra, conservada na Micoteca do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo sob o número 135, apresenta todas as características de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, com elevado poder antigênico e baixa virulência para cobaios e ratos Wistar. A demonstração do exo-antígeno específico do P. brasiliensis, representado pela glicoproteína de peso molecular 43 kDa, foi evidente através das técnicas de Imunodifusão Dupla, Imunoeletroforese, SDS-PAGE e Imunoblotting. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Sob’ ENVELOPE(66.156,66.156,66.322,66.322) Elevado ENVELOPE(-63.267,-63.267,-64.683,-64.683) Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 37 1 43 49 |
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis Dasipus novencinctus Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Monica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal Natalina Takahashi de Melo Nilma Maciel Garcia Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro Cezar Mendes de Assis Elizabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari Roberto D. Naiff Rinaldo Poncio Mendes Carlos da Silva Lacaz Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) |
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A sample of P. brasiliensis isolated from the spleen and the liver of an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) has been analysed under a mycological and immunochemical viewpoint. The armadillo was captured in an area of Tucuruí (State of Pará, Brazil), the animal being already established as an enzootic reservoir of P. brasiliensis at that region of the country. This sample maintained in the fungal collection of the Tropical Medicine Institute of São Paulo (Brazil) numbered 135, has got all the characteristics of P. brasiliensis, with a strong antigenic power and low virulence for guinea-pigs and Wistar rats. The specific exoantigen of P. brasiliensis - the glycoprotein with a molecular weight of 43 kDa - was easily demonstrated with double immunodiffusion, immunoelectrophoresis, SDS-PAGE and immunobloting techniques. Amostra de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis isolada de vísceras (baço e fígado) de um tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) foi estudada do ponto de vista micológico e imunoquímico. O tatu havia sido capturado em área da usina hidroelétrica de Tucuruí (Estado do Pará). Este já havia sido considerado como reservatório enzoótico do Paracoccidioides brasiliensis naquela região. Esta amostra, conservada na Micoteca do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo sob o número 135, apresenta todas as características de Paracoccidioides brasiliensis, com elevado poder antigênico e baixa virulência para cobaios e ratos Wistar. A demonstração do exo-antígeno específico do P. brasiliensis, representado pela glicoproteína de peso molecular 43 kDa, foi evidente através das técnicas de Imunodifusão Dupla, Imunoeletroforese, SDS-PAGE e Imunoblotting. |
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Monica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal Natalina Takahashi de Melo Nilma Maciel Garcia Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro Cezar Mendes de Assis Elizabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari Roberto D. Naiff Rinaldo Poncio Mendes Carlos da Silva Lacaz |
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Monica Scarpelli Martinelli Vidal Natalina Takahashi de Melo Nilma Maciel Garcia Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro Cezar Mendes de Assis Elizabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari Roberto D. Naiff Rinaldo Poncio Mendes Carlos da Silva Lacaz |
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) |
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) |
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) |
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) |
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Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (Dasipus novencinctus) Paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (Dasipus novencinctus) |
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paracoccidioides brasiliensis: a mycologic and immunochemical study of a sample isolated from an armadillo (dasipus novencinctus) paracoccidioides brasiliensis: estudo micológico e imunoquímico de amostra isolada de tatu (dasipus novencinctus) |
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