Serosubtypes and PorA Types of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup B Isolated in Brazil during 1997-1998: Overview and Implications for Vaccine Development

Autor: Maria Vaneide de Paiva, Leonard W. Mayer, Tanja Popovic, Ana Paula Silva de Lemos, Claude André Solari, C. E. A. Melles, Lucia M. C. Monteiro, Luciana M. G. Brondi, Anne M. Whitney, Claudio Tavares Sacchi, Jose Cassio de Morais

Publikováno v: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 39:2897-2903

Meningococcal disease caused by N. meningitidis serogroup B (MenB) has been endemic in Brazil since 1997. In this study, we determined the prevalence of serosubtypes of MenB isolated in 10 Brazilian states and the Federal District during 1997 and 199

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https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.39.8.2897-2903.2001

Correlation between Serological and Sequencing Analyses of the PorB Outer Membrane Protein in the Neisseria meningitidis Serotyping System

Autor: Leonard W. Mayer, Claude André Solari, Ana Paula Silva de Lemos, C. E. A. Melles, Anne M. Whitney, Claudio Tavares Sacchi, Carl E. Frasch, Mary E. Brandt

Publikováno v: Clinical Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 5:348-354

The current serological typing scheme for Neisseria meningitidis is not comprehensive; a proportion of isolates are not serotypeable. DNA sequence analysis and predicted amino acid sequences were used to characterize the structures of variable-region

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https://doi.org/10.1128/cdli.5.3.348-354.1998

Diferenças nas propriedades adesivas de Staphylococcus saprophyticus a células HEp-2 e eritrócitos

Autor: L. G. Milagres, C. E. A. Melles

Publikováno v: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo. 34:315-321

S. saprophyticus é freqüentemente isolado de infecções do trato urinário de mulheres jovens e sexualmente ativas. Ao contrário de S. aureus, esta espécie não possui fatores de virulência bem definidos. O objetivo deste estudo é analisar a a

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s0036-46651992000400008

Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae isolated from cerebrospinal fluid

Autor: R. Austrian, I. M. Landgraf, Maria de Fátima Paiva Vieira, A.E. Taunay, C. E. A. Melles

Publikováno v: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 11-15, Published: FEB 1990
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 32 No. 1 (1990); 11-15
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; Vol. 32 Núm. 1 (1990); 11-15
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo; v. 32 n. 1 (1990); 11-15
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Instituto de Medicina Tropical (IMT)
instacron:IMT

Since 1977, the Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) is having interest in the scrotyping of S. pneumoniae or pneumococcus from infections caused by this bacteria. The isolated strains have been sent to the WHO Pneumococcal Reference Center, Pennsylvania, U.S

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https://doi.org/10.1590/s0036-46651990000100003

Phenotypical and genotypical characterization of Bordetella pertussis strains isolated in São Paulo, Brazil, 1988-2002

Autor: Kinue Irinoi, Maria Toshiko F. Castro, C. E. A. Melles, Marta Inês Cazentini Medeiros, Célia R. Gonçalves, Tânia M. I. Vaz, Marilu M. M. Rocha

Publikováno v: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo. 49(2)

Whooping cough or pertussis was a major cause of childhood morbidity and mortality in the world until the introduction of a whole-cell vaccine in the 1940's. However, since the early 1980's whooping cough cases have increased in many countries, becom

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17505674