There is no evident correlation between interleukin-10 gene polymorphisms and periportal fibrosis regression after specific treatment.

abstract：:In order to assess the reliability of the thick smear in a Plasmodium infection area, 322 thick smears were examined by a trained microscopist in field conditions. Later, the same smears were examined by an experience microscopist in ideal laboratory conditions. Reliability was measured by the Kappa index. In symptoma...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Suárez-Mutis MC,Coura JR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Zoonotic kala-azar, a lethal disease caused by protozoa of the genus Leishmania is considered out of control in parts of the world, particularly in Brazil, where transmission has spread to cities throughout most of the territory and mortality presents an increasing trend. Although a highly debatable measur...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Costa CH

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:Chagas disease is an important chronic parasitic disease that affects around 9-11 million people in Latin America. A combination of parasite and host-related factors are probably responsible for pathogenesis in the chronic phase of the disease. Among the host-related factors, the immunological response is a parameter ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Pissetti CW,Correia D,Braga T,Faria GE,Oliveira RF,Ribeiro BM,Rodrigues DB,Rodrigues V

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report human dermatitis caused by the tropical fowl mite Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese). The cases occurred in an apartment in a residential district of Porto Alegre City, State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, where three members of the same family presented with pruritic lesions on the arms and legs. On inspec...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Mentz MB,Silva GL,Silva CE

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to evaluate the response to hepatitis B (HB) revaccination of healthcare workers (HCW) who are negative for antibodies to HB surface antigen (anti-HBs) after a complete vaccination series. METHODS:HCW whose anti-HBs test was performed > 90 days after a HB vaccination course were given a 4...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Lopes MH,Sartori AM,Souza TV,Mascheretti M,Chaves Tdo S

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The outbreak occurred between February and June 2006 and included identification of the cases, analysis of medical records, cultures from environmental sources, resistance analyses and genotyping profile of Serratia marcescens. METHODS:The cultures were composed of 13 blood isolates, 17 rectal and hand sw...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Lima KV,Carvalho RG,Carneiro IC,Lima JL,Sousa Cde O,Loureiro EC,Sá LL,Bastos FC

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, four compounds were utilized at the dose of 12.5 mg/kg body weight, p.o., to treat Cebus monkeys experimentally infected with about 200 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni (SJ strain), via transcutaneous route. The oograms performed with rectal snips, as well as stool examinations carried out periodically,...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Coelho PM,Pereira LH,de Mello RT

更新日期：1995-07-01 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：:In order to estimate the incidence of and risk factors for developing tuberculosis, the clinical charts of a retrospective cohort of 281 HIV-positive adults, who were notified to the AIDS Program of the Health Department of Brasilia in 1998, were reviewed in 2003. All the patients were treatment-naive regarding antire...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Lannoy LH,Cortez-Escalante JJ,Evangelista Mdo S,Romero GA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present study shows a descriptive analysis of triatomine occurrence and its natural Trypanosoma infection rates in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, between 2006 and 2007. METHODS:Entomological data for the species, such as specimens captured in both intra and peridomiciles and natural infection index,...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva MB,Barreto AV,Silva HA,Galvão C,Rocha D,Jurberg J,Gurgel-Gonçalves R

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first published case report of an 11-year-old patient with a rupture of a liver hydatid cyst (HC) into the peritoneal cavity after an abdominal trauma in Iran. The disease was diagnosed using focused abdominal sonography for trauma. To date, no cases of traumatic ruptures of liver HCs in children have been...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sabzevari S,Badirzadeh A,Shahkaram R,Seyyedin M

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes radiography studies of the esophagus in chagasic patients of the Mambaí project over a 25 year period. Each person realized two radiographs in four different periods (1975-1976, 1980-1982, 1988-1991 and 1998-2000). The first radiograph was realized in the right anterior oblique position after swall...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Peñaranda-Carrillo R,Castro C,Rezende J,Prata A,Macêdo V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report three cases of children with visceral larva migrans confirmed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), in Goiânia. Pulmonary interstitial infiltrates with dry cough and peripheral eosinophilia characterised the first case. Clinical and laboratorial finding in the second case included dry cough, pulmonar...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Campos DM,Sousa MN,Zacariotti ET,Nardini R,Campos ML,Barbosa AP,Gebrin MC,Lima FM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms continue to increase, and therapeutic options remain scarce. Given this challenge, it has become necessary to use older antimicrobials for treatment of these pathogens. We report three patients with lower urinary tract infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapene...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： da Silva JO,Yu MC,Doi A,de Araujo MR,Neto PA,Furtado GH

更新日期：2015-05-01 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：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：:A case of larva migrans or serpiginous linear dermatitis on the scalp of a teenager is reported. An ancylostomid larva was found within a sebaceous gland acinus. The unusual skin site for larva migrans as well as the penetration through the sebaceous gland are highlighted. The probable mechanism by which the parasite ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Guimarães LC,Silva JH,Saad K,Lopes ER,Meneses AC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital transmission of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Argentina has being increasing its relative importance with control of vectorial and transfusional transmission growth. It is for this reason that vertical transmission is seen, in the future, as a continuous source of infected newborns, even with vectorial and...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sosa-Estani S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serologic studies in Brazil have indicated a 25% to 56% prevalence of dengue virus infections. However, these studies were carried out in populations of middle-sized and larger cities. The present study describes two epidemics of classic dengue fever in two small cities in the State of Bahia. The first occurred in 198...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Vasconcelos PF,Mota K,Straatmann A,Santos-Torres S,da Rosa AP,Tavares Neto J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Amphotericin B, azole or sulfamide drugs are used for treatment of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis. Among the azole drugs, voriconazole was active in vitro against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis and showed efficacy in the treatment of patients infected with this fungus.In the present study the antifung...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Granzoto DS,Vitali LH,Martinez R

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors report a case of a 12-year-old child with a complaint of pain and deformity in the lower thoracic region that had lasted for two years. Clinical, epidemiological and laboratory characteristics associated with images of apparent damage in the T9-T10 and T11-T12 vertebrae taken by radiography of the thoracic...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos FC,Nascimento AL,Lira LA,Lima JF,Montenegro Rde A,Montenegro LM,Schindler HC

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A time series study of admissions, deaths and acute cases was conducted in order to evaluate the context of Chagas disease in Pernambuco. METHODS:Data reported to the Information Technology Department of the Brazilian National Health Service between 1980 and 2008 was collected for regions and Federal Unit...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Braz SC,Melo Mde F,Lorena VM,Souza WV,Gomes Yde M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a matter of concern for blood bank professionals and blood transfusion recipients, especially in cases of transfusions to neonates and immunocompromised patients. Thus, the present study aimed to determine the seroprevalence of CMV IgG and IgM antibodies among blood donor...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza MA,Passos AM,Treitinger A,Spada C

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourteen, 30 and 104 cases of American tegumentary leishmaniasis were recorded respectively, in 1993, 1994 and 1995, in the coast region of São Paulo State. Aiming to characterize the fauna and seasonal and hourly distributions of the phlebotominic species, adult specimens were captured fortnightly between November/95...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Brito M,Casanova C,Mascarini LM,Wanderley DM,Corrêa FM

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study confirmed the absence of natural infection with Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus (XMRV) or XMRV-related disease in human populations of the Brazilian Amazon basin. We demonstrated that 803 individuals of both sexes, who were residents of Belem in the Brazilian State of Pará, were n...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gomes ST,Imbiriba L,Burbano RR,Silva AL,Feitosa RN,Cayres-Vallinoto IM,Ishak Mde O,Ishak R,Vallinoto AC

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The population aging in Brazil was associated with the alterations in the morbimortality of the population. The aim of this study was to verify the causes of death and other pathological processes in autopsied elderly. The elderly with 60 years or more in the period from 1976 to 1998 represented 394 cases (24.4%). The...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Oliveira FA,dos Reis MA,Castro EC,da Cunha SF,Teixeira Vd Vde P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the performance of single and combined laboratory parameters, B-lymphocyte percentages (%LB), T/B cell ratio and %CD8+HLA-DR+/CD8+, to differentiate asymptomatic cases (AS) from HAM/TSP patients (HT) within a population of HTLV-1 seropositive cases. Percentage indices demonstrated that each parame...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Coelho-dos-Reis JG,Rocha RD,Brito-Melo GE,Ribas JG,Carneiro-Proietti AB,Catalan-Soares B,Barbosa-Stancioli EF,Grupo Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas em HTLV.,Martins-Filho OA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00