The occurrence of human Toxocara infection was evaluated in three neighborhoods of the periphery of the Campinas municipality (Jardim Santa Mônica, Jardim São Marcos and Jardim Campineiro) in 1999. Forty residences and 138 residents were randomly selected by drawing lots and were submitted to a seroepidemiological survey, which included blood collection for the immunoenzymatic detection (ELISA) of anti-Toxocara antibodies and a blood count, and the application of a semi-structured questionnaire for the evaluation of epidemiological data. Significant levels of anti-Toxocara antibodies were detected in 23.9% of the 1999 samples. No significant difference in the frequency of infection according to age was observed. Environmental contamination with Toxocara eggs was observed in 12.3 and 14.0% of 57 soil samples collected in the same region in December 1998 and July 1999, respectively. Univariate analysis and multiple logistic regression of the data obtained from the questionnaires and of the results of the serological tests, suggest a significant influence of socioeconomic variables on the frequency of human infection with Toxocara under the conditions prevalent in the study area.
With the aim of estimating the incidence of infection by Toxocara among residents in the outskirts of Campinas (State of São Paulo, Brazil) two serological surveys, using ELISA anti-Toxocara tests, were performed in January 1999 and January 2000, involving, respectively, 138 and 115 individuals, 75 of which examined in both occasions. Among this group 67 individuals did not show the presence of anti-Toxocara antibodies in 1999, and 12 presented seroconversion in the second survey, revealing an annual incidence rate of 17.9%.
No período de maio de 2003 a março de 2004, foram coletadas amostras foliares de plantas de melancia (Citrullus lanatus) de 21 campos de cultivo de cucurbitáceas, no Estado de Roraima. As amostras exibiam diferentes sintomas de vírus e foram levadas para o Laboratório de Virologia Vegetal da Universidade Federal do Ceará para serem testadas por "enzyme linked immunosorbent assay" (Elisa)-indireto, contra anti-soros específicos para Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV), Papaya ringspot virus estirpe melancia (PRSV-W), Watermelon mosaic virus (WMV) e Zucchini yellow mosaic virus (ZYMV). Nos testes de Elisa, utilizou-se o conjugado universal, anti-imunoglobulina (IgG) de coelho produzida em cabra conjugada à enzima fosfatase alcalina. Todas as amostras foram testadas, também, por dupla difusão contra o anti-soro para Squash mosaic virus (SqMV). Os resultados indicaram a presença do PRSV-W em 84,2% das amostras coletadas em maio de 2003, em 7,1% das amostras coletadas em dezembro de 2003 e em 55,6% das amostras coletadas em março de 2004. A presença do ZYMV foi observada em 10,5% das amostras coletadas em maio de 2003, 21,4% das amostras coletadas em dezembro de 2003 e em 25,9% das amostras de março de 2004. O WMV foi detectado somente em oito das amostras coletadas em março de 2004 (29,6%). Os resultados desta pesquisa confirmam a ampla dispersão do PRSV-W em cultivos de cucurbitáceas no território brasileiro e a preocupante expansão do ZYMV em razão dos elevados prejuízos que o mesmo tem causado em outras partes do mundo.
RESUMOO vírus do amarelo letal do mamoeiro ("Papaya lethal yellowing virus", PLYV) é responsável por uma das principais doenças do mamoeiro (Carica papaya) no Nordeste brasileiro. O PLYV pode ser transmitido por solo, água, instrumentos de corte contaminados e por inoculação mecânica em condições experimentais. Na presente pesquisa, avaliou-se a transmissão do PLYV por mãos contaminadas e sua presença em embriões de sementes de frutos infetados. O PLYV foi transmitido por mãos contaminadas, e mãos contaminadas e lavadas em água corrente revelando elevada estabilidade. Experimentos com 1.128 embriões de sementes obtidas de frutos infetados com o vírus revelaram a ausência do PLYV, cuja presença foi constatada em 112 tegumentos das 670 sementes analisadas. O PLYV não foi perpetuado por plantio direto de sementes, envolvendo 310 plântulas e 362 mudas, comprovando não ser o mesmo transmitido por semente de forma embrionária. De outra parte, a presença do PLYV foi comprovada por Elisa indireto em 49 de 456 sementes per si testadas.Palavras-chave adidionais: Carica papaya, PLYV, Tombusviridae, Papaya lethal yelloing virus. ABSTRACT Transmission by contaminated hands and absence of embryonary seed transmission of Papaya lethal yellowing virusThe "Papaya lethal yellowing virus" (PLYV) is responsible for an important disease of papaya (Carica papaya) in Northeast Brazil. PLYV can be transmitted by soil, water and contaminated cutting instruments, as well as through mechanical inoculation. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the possibility of the virus transmission by contaminated hands, and its presence in the embryos of infected papaya fruit seeds. The virus was transmitted through contaminated hands, thus revealing that PLYV is very stable. Experiments with embryos from 1,128 seeds of infected fruits revealed the absence of PLYV in the embryos from seeds of infected fruits, although the virus was present in 112 out of the 670 seed peel samples analyzed. Direct planting of seeds from infected fruits, involving 310 seedlings and 362 plant-seedlings, did not perpetuate PLYV, demonstrating that the virus is not transmitted in the embryo of the seeds. On the other hand, PLYV was detected by indirect Elisa in 49 out of 456 seeds per si.
Cowpea aphid‐borne mosaic virus (CABMV) causes major diseases in cowpea and passion flower plants in Brazil and also in other countries. CABMV has also been isolated from leguminous species including, Cassia hoffmannseggii, Canavalia rosea, Crotalaria juncea and Arachis hypogaea in Brazil. The virus seems to be adapted to two distinct families, the Passifloraceae and Fabaceae. Aiming to identify CABMV and elucidate a possible host adaptation of this virus species, isolates from cowpea, passion flower and C. hoffmannseggii collected in the states of Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte were analysed by sequencing the complete coat protein genes. A phylogenetic tree was constructed based on the obtained sequences and those available in public databases. Major Brazilian isolates from passion flower, independently of the geographical distances among them, were grouped in three different clusters. The possible host adaptation was also observed in fabaceous‐infecting CABMV Brazilian isolates. These host adaptations possibly occurred independently within Brazil, so all these clusters belong to a bigger Brazilian cluster. Nevertheless, African passion flower or cowpea‐infecting isolates formed totally different clusters. These results showed that host adaptation could be one factor for CABMV evolution, although geographical isolation is a stronger factor.
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