J. Venom. Anim. Toxins incl. Trop. Dis.

V.11, n.4, p.384-618, 2005.

Contents - ISSN 1678-9199.

 

Editor's viewpoint

Perspective for pharmaceutical innovation in Brazil - Center for Applied Toxinology (CEPID - Center for Research, Innovation and Dissemination - FAPESP)

 

Review articles

Clostridial toxins - potent poisons, potent medicines

 

Poison as cure: a clinical review of botulinum toxin as an invaluable drug

 

Original papers

Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of injuries caused by venomous snakes observed at the hospital for Tropical Diseases of Araguaína, Tocantins State, Brazil, from 1995 to 2000

 

Clinical and morphological evaluation of snake venom derived fibrin glue on the tendon healing in dogs

 

Immunological assessment of mice hyperimmunized with native and Cobalt-60-irradiated Bothrops venoms

 

Neutralization of the neuromuscular activity of bothropstoxin-I, a myotoxin from Bothrops jararacussu snake venom, by a hydroalcoholic extract of Casearia sylvestris sw. (Guaçatonga)

 

Mesobuthus eupeus scorpionism in Sanliurfa region of Turkey

 

Trypanosomatids in dogs belonging to individuals with chronic Chagas disease living in Botucatu town and surrounding region, São Paulo State, Brazil

 

Histological characterization of Sticholecitha serpentis Prudhoe, 1949 (Digenea, Bieriidae, Sticholecithinae), parasite.of Bothrops moojeni Hoge, 1966 (Serpentes, Viperidae)

 

Polymerase chain reaction in detecting Leishmania sp in symptomatic and asymptomatic seropositive dogs

 

Measurement of IL-10 serum levels in Balb/C mice treated with Beta-1,3 polyglucose or sulfadiazine and acutely infected by Toxoplasma gondii

 

Crotacetin, a novel snake venom C-type lectin is homolog of convulxin

 

Renal involvement in visceral Leishmaniasis dogs

 

Case report

Cerebral edema associated to scorpion sting: a two-case sting report

 

Short communications

Listeria monocytogenes in HIV-infected patients in a Hospital of Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

 

Use of Cavia porcellus (Guinea pigs) as an experimental model for Leishmania (Viannia)braziliensis

 

Theses

Comparison between traditional techniques and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for human tuberculosis diagnosis

 

Fungicidal activity of multinucleated giant cells induced in vitro by interferon-gamma and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis antigen

 

Jorge Lobo's disease immunopathology cellular composition of the inflammatory infiltrate and cytokine quantification in the supernatant of mononucleated cell cultures and in blood serum

 

Rotavirus gastroenteritis in hospital specializing in children with craniofacial malformations

 

PP65 antigenemia for cytomegalovirus infection diagnosis in AIDS patients

 

Activation of phagocytes from peripheral human blood by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Production of superoxide anion and modulation by melatonin hormone

 

Immune response to Rhodococcus equi infection in high and low antibody-producer mice (selection IV-A)

 

Modulation of macrophage activity induced by b-1,3 polyglucose extracted.from Saccharomyces cerevisae, in BALB/C mice infected with Toxoplasma gondii

 

Evaluation of macrophages and T cells activity in murine experimental models of high and low antibody-producers (selection IV-A) infected with Paracoccidioides brasiliensis