Editor's viewpoint

Vital Network for Brazil - National Network of Information, Discussion and Cooperation concerning Venomous Animals

Letter to the editor

Hepatitis C in prisons

Review articles

Molecular techniques for the study and diagnosis of parasite infection

A new scenario of bioprospecting of Hymenoptera venoms through proteomic approach

Chagas’ disease and Duffy antigen/receptor for chemokine (DARC): a mini-review

Original papers

Distribution and factors associated with Fasciola hepatica infection in cattle in the south of Espírito Santo State, Brazil

Immunological studies and in vitro schistosomicide action of new imidazolidine derivatives

Postprandial thermogenesis in Bothrops moojeni (Serpentes: Viperidae)

Levels of interleukins 12 (IL-12) and 13 (IL-13), hepatitis B and C serology, and blood cultures among acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients in Egypt

Assessment of Leishmania major and Leishmania braziliensis promastigote viability after photodynamic treatment with aluminum phthalocyanine tetrasulfonate (AIPcS4)

Inflammatory response, parasite load and AgNOR expression in ear skin of symptomatic and asymptomatic Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi infected dogs

Cell-free antigens from precocious Paracoccidioides brasiliensis culture induce a typical delayed type hypersensitivity reaction

Experimental Tityus serrulatus scorpion envenomation: age- and sex-related differences in symptoms and mortality in mice

Renal and vascular effects of Crotalus durissus cumanensis venom and its crotoxin fraction

Short communications

Comparison of different diagnostic tests in dogs uninfected and naturally infected with visceral leishmaniasis

Genotyping of Brazilian Giardia duodenalis human axenic isolates

Case report

Posterior fossa infarct following Viper bite: a paradox