First serologic evidence of human hantavirus infection in Alagoas State in Northeastern Brazil.

abstract：:The prevalence of intestinal parasites was carried on users of the Health Center of Sousas District, Campinas, SP (1986-1990). From 770 observed medical records we verify 114 positive cases (14.8%) for protozoa, helminths and commensals. Ascaris lumbricoides (48.2%), Giardia lamblia (30.7%), Trichuris trichiura (18.4%...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gioia I

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A list of 8 type specimens belonging to the Subfamily Triatominaeis deposited in the Entomological Collection of the Instituto Butantan. This note reports a chronological description of the Collection including 343 specimens represented by 5 species of Panstrongylus, 18 species of Triatoma, 2 species of Psamolestes an...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Marassá AM,Barata JM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to demonstrate the geographical expansion of visceral leishmaniasis in Pernambuco State, Brazil. With data on the number of visceral leishmaniasis cases notified from 1990 to 2001, maps showing the biannual evolution of the geographical distribution of the disease per municipality were elaborated. A m...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Dantas-Torres F,Brandão-Filho SP

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bacterial meningitis has great social relevance due to its ability to produce sequelae and cause death. It is most frequently found in developing countries, especially among children. Meningococcal meningitis occurs at a high frequency in populations with poor living conditions. This study describes the te...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza SF,Costa Mda C,Paim JS,Natividade MS,Pereira SM,Andrade AM,Teixeira MG

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From a total of 1,020 students examined, 983 (92%) showed positive results for at least one species of parasite. Six months after treatment, a sample of 383 students (37.5%) was reevaluated and 347 (90.6%) presented positive results. There was no significant change in prevalence before and after treatment, although th...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Fontes G,Oliveira KK,Oliveira AK,da Rocha EM

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the prevalence of varicella-zoster virus infection in young adults from different Brazilian urban regions, 975 serum samples from blood donors aged 20 to 29 years, from tropical climate cities (Salvador and Fortaleza) and from temperate climate cities (S o Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre) were tested by a...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Reis AD,Pannuti CS,de Souza VA

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:780 patients with recurrent conjunctival infections or persistent complaints of itching, burning pain, lacrimation and conjunctival hyperemia were subject to conjunctival smear examination for cytology and the presence of inclusion bodies. Two hundred and forty seven (31.7%) showed cytoplamic inclusions; 235 of them w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Couto-Júnior A,Corrêa SM,Campos Filho W,Bottari CO,Sawan FM,Tavares-Neto J,Angotti HS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Opportunistic fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts are caused by Candida species, and the majority of such infections are due to Candida albicans. However, the emerging pathogen Candida dubliniensis demonstrates several phenotypic characteristics in common with C. albicans, such as production of ge...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silveira-Gomes F,Sarmento DN,Espírito-Santo EP,Souza Nde O,Pinto TM,Marques-da-Silva SH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yeast infections are common in immunocompromised patients, although emerging species have been changing the epidemiological profile. The ability to secrete proteinases has been associated with pathogenicity within the genus Candida. This study had the aims of diagnosing yeast infections in immunocompromised patients a...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Macêdo DP,Farias AM,Lima Neto RG,Silva VK,Leal AF,Neves RP

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes five additional Brazilian human cases of polycystic hydatid disease due to Echinococcus vogeli, reviews the previous cases reported in Brazil, including one report of E. oligarthus (20 in total), and some epidemiological aspects of this disease which is no longer a curiosity but rather a problem t...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： D'Alessandro A,Moraes MA,Raick AN

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosing cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with only non-respiratory symptoms has been challenging. We reported the diagnosis of a child who tested positive for COVID-19 with abdominal pain/diarrhea and tracked his family cluster. One member of the family tested positive for COVID-19 on real-time reverse-trans...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Jesus MCS,Lima AGA,Santos VS,Storti-Melo LM,Moura TR,Santos RWFD,Santos CAD,Martins-Filho PR,Cuevas LE,Gurgel RQ

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of entomopathogenic fungi to control disease vectors has become relevant because traditional chemical control methods have caused damage to the environment and led to the development of resistance among vectors. Thus, this study assessed the pathogenicity of entomopathogenic fungi in Triatoma dimid...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Vázquez-Martínez MG,Cirerol-Cruz BE,Torres-Estrada JL,López MH

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When the human T cell lymphotropic virus (HTLV) is integrated with the host cell genome (provirus), its proviral DNA is a replication marker. Proviral load appears to be an important factor in the development of diseases related to these retroviruses. In this study, a methodology for absolute quantification of the HTL...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Tamegão-Lopes BP,Rezende PR,Maradei-Pereira LM,de Lemos JA

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To evaluate physical capacity as determined by the six-minute walk test (6MWT) in patients with chronic heart failure due to Chagas' disease associated with systemic arterial hypertension (Chagas-SAH). METHODS:A total of 98 patients routinely followed at the Cardiomyopathy Outpatient Service were recruite...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Dourado KC,Bestetti RB,Cardinalli-Neto A,Cordeiro JA

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In Brazil, studies have shown that HTLV seroprevalence among pregnant women varies from 0 to 1.8%. However, this seroprevalence was unknown in the State of Pará, Brazil. The present study describes, for the first time, the HTLV seroprevalence among pregnant women from the State of Pará, Northern Brazil. M...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sequeira CG,Tamegão-Lopes BP,Santos EJ,Ventura AM,Moraes-Pinto MI,Succi RC

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy remains a major cause of death due to heart failure in Latin American countries and for which there is currently no effective treatment. While chagasic patients wait for the development of more efficient and less toxic chemotherapeutics for the elimination of Trypanosoma cruzi, a new st...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： dos Santos RR,Soares MB,de Carvalho AC

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we quantified various growth factors in the myocardium of 19 patients with chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy and heart failure, through the immunoperoxidase technique. We looked for T. cruzi antigens, growth factors (GM-CSF, TGF-beta1, PDGF-A and PDGF-B) and inflammatory cells (CD4+, CD8+, CD20+ and CD68+)....

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Reis MM,Higuchi Mde L,Aiello VD,Benvenuti LA

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 1956, Africanized honeybees (AHB) migrated from Brazil to other regions of the Western Hemisphere, including South, Central, and North America, except for Canada. Despite being productive, they are highly aggressive and cause fatal accidents. This study aimed to evaluate patients at the Clinical Hospita...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Almeida RA,Olivo TE,Mendes RP,Barraviera SR,Souza Ldo R,Martins JG,Hashimoto M,Fabris VE,Ferreira Junior RS,Barraviera B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated clinical and epidemiological differences among the serotypes of dengue in Rio de Janeiro's 2001-2002 outbreak of the disease. Out of 362 cases that had viral isolation samples, notified by the Information System for Notification Diseases (SINAN), from January/2001 to June/2002, 62 were caused by ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Passos MN,Santos LM,Pereira MR,Casali CG,Fortes Bde P,Ortiz Valencia LI,Alexandre Ade J,Medronho Rde A

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study had the aim of isolating and identifying keratinophilic fungi from soil and correlating them with dermatomycosis agents. According to our results, the predominance of Trichophyton tonsurans as a dermatomycosis agent among children in the city of Recife, PE, is probably due to children's greater contact with...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Leal AF,Macêdo DP,Laranjeira D,de Souza-Motta CM,Fernandes MJ,Magalhães OM,Beltrão EI,Neves RP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) have become common in hospitals and the community environment, and this wide resistance has limited patient treatment. Clindamycin (CL) represents an important alternative therapy for infections caused by S. aureus. Antimicrobial susce...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Bottega A,Rodrigues Mde A,Carvalho FA,Wagner TF,Leal IA,Santos SO,Rampelotto RF,Hörner R

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mansonic schistosomiasis remains a medical-social issue in Northeastern Brazil. In children, surgical treatment includes splenectomy and spleen autoimplantation. This procedure reduces post-splenectomy sepsis. The aim of this study was to analyze the phagocyte rate and the cellular viability of monocytes in patients w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Brandt CT,de Castro CM,de Lavor SM,de Castro FM

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brazilian spotted fever is an infectious disease with a high mortality rate if not treated early. Differential diagnosis is difficult, as the first clinical signs are non-specific and can be confused with other diseases. The aim of the study was to investigate evidence of infection with Rickettsia ricketts...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Prata JA,Souza CE,Angerami RN,Barbosa TM,Santos FC,Colombo S,Guercio VM,Donalísio MR

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vivo antimalarial drug efficacy studies of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria at an isolated site in the Amazon basin of Peru bordering Brazil and Colombia showed >50% RII/RIII resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine but no evidence of resistance to mefloquine. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Magill AJ,Zegarra J,Garcia C,Marquiño W,Ruebush TK 2nd

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought for evidence of previous CMV infection in patients of a general hospital serving the low income population of Rio de Janeiro. An enzyme immunoassay was used to detect anti-CMV antibodies in 713 typical hospital patients classified into eight different groups. Positive tests were found in 87% of pregn...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Suassuna JH,Leite LL,Villela LH

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Leptospirosis is caused by a bacterium of the genus Leptospira. This study aimed at investigating the seroprevalence of and risk factors for leptospirosis in humans in Manaus, State of Amazonas. METHODS:Interviews were performed, and 1,000 blood serum samples were examined using a microscopic agglutinatio...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva LA,Lima KM,Fernandes OC,Balassiano IT,Avelar KE,Jesus MS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report the larvicidal activity of two formulations from Amanita muscariaagainst Culex quinquefasciatus, as well as the viability of the aqueous extract after storage. METHODS The larvicidal activity of aqueous extract and powder from A. muscaria, and the viability of the aqueous extract after storage, w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cárcamo MC,Carapeto LP,Duarte JP,Bernardi E,Ribeiro PB

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Exclusive or associated lesions in various structures of the autonomic nervous system occur in the chronic forms of Chagas disease. In the indeterminate form, the lesions are absent or mild, whereas in the exclusive or combined heart and digestive disease forms, they are often more pronounced. Depending on...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Junqueira LF Jr

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The distribution of the most frequent enteroparasites in the population of Assis, State of São Paulo, was studied from 1990 to 1992. A total of 18,366 medical examinations from six sanitary care centers in the neighbourhoods of Marialves, Progresso, city center, Xavier, Fiúza and Bonfim were analyzed. The general prev...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Ludwig KM,Frei F,Alvares Filho F,Ribeiro-Paes JT

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From 1954 to 1990 granuloma inguinale was diagnosed in 259 patients al the dermatology service of the Universidade Federal do Pará in Belém, Brazil. Among them, 56 cases had occurred in the twenty-year period 1954-1974 and as many as 133 cases were seen during the last five years only. Greater sexual liberty, poor soc...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva D,Salgado U,Macêdo C,Neves C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00