Editor's viewpoint

Classification of journals in the QUALIS system of CAPES &endash; URGENT need of changing the criteria!

Letters to the editor

Are weight, length and amount of venom related in scorpionfish?

Although surgery should not be used as first-line treatment, immediate ablation should be performed when necrotic change around the fang mark is recognized

The fire consumed... a treasure!

”Vitalis Brazilis”, burning embers, beyond the ashes, at the Butantan Institute

Review article

Biological properties of medicinal plants: a review of their antimicrobial activity

Original papers

Performance of IFAT, ELISA, direct parasitological examination and PCR on lymph node aspirates for canine visceral leishmaniasis diagnosis

Biomedical and pharmacological potential of tetrodotoxin-producing bacteria isolated from marine pufferfish Arothron hispidus (Muller, 1841)

Bothrops jararacussu venom-induced neuromuscular blockade inhibited by Casearia gossypiosperma Briquet hydroalcoholic extract

Evaluation of prognostic value of cell adhesion molecules in chronic hepatitis C therapy

Consequences of Mesobuthus tamulus gangeticus (Pocock, 1900) envenomation in albino mice

Correlation between serum levels of interleukins 10 and 12 and thrombocytopenia in hepatitis C cirrhotic (class A) patients

Action of neuwiedase, a metalloproteinase isolated from Bothrops neuwiedi venom, on skeletal muscle: an ultrastructural and immunocytochemistry study

Low-level laser therapy decreases local effects induced by myotoxins isolated from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom

Crotalus durissus terrificus venom as a source of antitumoral agents

Purification and biological effects of a C-type lectin isolated from Bothrops moojeni

Short communications

Individual variation in the protein profile of the venom of Mesobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832, Scorpiones: Buthidae) from Turkey

Neonatal immune response of Brazilian beef cattle to vaccination with Clostridium botulinum toxoids types C and D by indirect ELISA

Purification of a 19-kDa pore-forming cytolysin from the sea anemone Heteractis magnifica

Case report

Unusual visual loss after snakebite

Thesis

Diagnosis of paracoccidioidomycosis in patients attended in routine services of a university hospital