September 2015

Do HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy influence multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes?

The aim of this study was to find out whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infection and antiretroviral drugs influence multidrug-resistant (MDR)-tuberculosis (TB) treatment outcomes. The study compares MDR-TB treatment outcomes between HIV-positive and HIV-negative patients. It involved patients admitted for treatment of MDR-TB between 1 January 2004 and 31 December 2006. From 363 patients selected, 268 (177...

Author(s): Mugabo, P., Adewumi, A.O., Theron, D. , Burger, A. and Van, Zyl L.

September 2015

Larvicidal activity of Dalbergia brasiliensis (Fabaceae - Papilionoideae) on Aedes aegypti

Dengue is a viral infectious disease, transmitted by mosquito of the genus Aedes. This work describes the in vivo toxicity analysis of the crude EtOH extract (EEC), hexanic (HF), chlorophormic (CF), ethyl acetate (EAF) fractions, of bark and leaves, and isoflavonoids, from Dalbergia brasiliensis, an arboreal species with wide distribution in Brazilian territory. When considering the issue of controlling the vector Aedes...

Author(s): Luciane Dalarmi, Cristiane Bezerra da Silva, Fernanda Maria Marins Ocampos, Ligia Moura Burci, Kátia Fialho do Nascimento, Camila de Jesus, Josiane de Fátima Gaspari Dias, Marilis Dallarmi Miguel, Obdulio Gomes Miguel and Sandra Maria Warumby Zanin