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

V.14, n.3, p.387-556, 2008.

Contents - ISSN 1678-9199.

 

Editor's viewpoint

Paracoccidioidomycosis: advances and unmet needs 100 years after its initial description by Lutz

 

Review article

Ballast water: a review of the impact on the world public health

 

Original papers

Production of Trichophyton mentagrophytes antigens and their characterization in mice

 

The effects of low-level laser on muscle damage caused by Bothrops neuwiedi venom

 

On some toxinological aspects of the starfish Stellaster equestris (Retzius, 1805)

 

Environmental risk factors for canine toxoplasmosis in a deprived district of Botucatu, SP, Brazil

 

The venom gland of the scorpion species Euscorpius mingrelicus (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae): morphological and ultrastructural characterization

 

Evaluation of the neutralizing capacty of Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) antivenom againstLeiurus quinquestriatus (Ehrenberg, 1928) venom (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

 

Pharmacological characterization of venoms obtained from Mexican toxoglossate gastropods on isolated guinea pig ileum

 

Histology and histochemistry of the venom apparatus of the black scorpion Androctonus crassicauda (Olivier, 1807) (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

 

Short communications

New reports on parasitism by Haplometroides buccicola (Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) in Brazilian snakes

 

TNF-a and IL-6 immunohistochemistry in rat renal tissue experimentaly infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar Canicola

 

Case reports

Bite by moray eel

 

Envenomation by the Malagasy colubrid snake Langaha madagascariensis

 

Theses

Evalution of methods for the detection of MRSA in patients of Botucatu Medical School Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil

 

Identification and characterization of excretory/secretory products of Giardia duodenalis trophozoites

 

Hepatozoon spp. (Hepatozoidae) prevalence in snakes morphological, morphometrical and molecular characterization in Crotalus durissus terrificus (Viperidae) naturally infected

 

Metabolism of pectenotoxins in brown crabs Cancer pagurus fed blue mussels Mytilus edulis

 

Effect of levofloxacin on intestinal microbiota of patients with community-acquired pneumonia