Studies on Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) in the campus FIOCRUZ mata Atlântica, Jacarepaguá, in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

abstract：:Clinical presentation of paracoccidioidomycosis (PCM) can be diverse. Morphology and quantity of skin lesions depends on interactions between host immunity and fungus virulence. Diagnosis can be a challenge considering that this fungus has low virulence and some individuals have immunity to microorganism, which result...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Abreu MAMM,Lastória JC,Mattos ALA,Alchorne MMA

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the aim of evaluating the cardiac autonomic function in elderly chagasic patients living in an endemic area, we evaluated, by using computadorized heart rate variability, 28 elderly chagasic with the indeterminate form, 28 elderly non chagasic and 28 young healthy control. In all patients we performed conventiona...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Resende LA,Carneiro AC,Ferreira BD,da Silva RA,da Silva VJ,Prata A,Correia D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

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更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the larvicidal activity of dried leaf extracts from Pinus caribaea Morelet against Aedes aegypti was evaluated for the first time. Pinus caribaea extracts were obtained by macerating dried leaves in alkaline hydroethanol, ethanol and acetone solutions followed by evaporation under reduced pressure. The ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Kanis LA,Antonio RD,Antunes EP,Prophiro JS,da Silva OS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice were infected with only one sex cercaria derived from sympatric strains of Schistosoma mansoni. Adult worms presented significative differences (p < 0.05) regarding suckers, testicular lobes, ovary and thickness of the tegument. Data show that morphometric study of unisexual infection worms can be also used for c...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Machado-Silva JR,Neves RH,Ormond L,Hulstijn M,Gomes DC

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION: :Bottlenecks still exist during human immunodeficiency virus care that may delay the achievement of better outcomes. METHODS: :We established a monitoring system to trace patients throughout the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome care process in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, to ident...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Almeida MC,Araújo FF,Ortega-Jacome GP,Tuboi SH,Fernandes GC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is a retrospective study with ecological features that describes the epidemiological pattern and geographical distribution of American tegumentary leishmaniasis cases in Campinas, São Paulo, between 1992 and 2003. The probable infection locations were georeferenced by means of Global Position System and spatially...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nasser JT,Donalisio MR,Vasconcelos CH

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to estimate the incidence of tuberculous meningitis in the State of Santa Catarina (SC), Brazil, during the period from 2001 to 2010. METHODS:Ecological, temporal, and descriptive methods were employed using data obtained from the Information System on Disease Notification (Siste...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza CH,Yamane A,Pandini JC,Ceretta LB,Ferraz F,da Luz GD,Simões PW

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclospora cayetanensis causes watery diarrhea in tropical countries, among travelers and after ingestion of contaminated water and food. Very little is known about its epidemiology, pathogenic aspects and reservoirs. In Brazil, its prevalence is unknown and to date there have been reports of three outbreaks. We repor...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Gonçalves EM,Uemura IH,Castilho VL,Corbett CE

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study evaluated the incidence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among nursing students at the Federal University of Espírito Santo, using the purified protein derivative test. In parallel, we evaluated whether knowledge on tuberculosis transmission mechanisms had any impact on nursing students' ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Maciel EL,Viana MC,Zeitoune RC,Ferreira I,Fregona G,Dietze R

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present study aimed to assess the seroprevalence and spatial distribution of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in dogs. METHODS:Blood samples (n = 241) were collected and analyzed for the presence of anti-N. caninum and anti-T. gondii antibodies. The spatial distribution was evaluated using kerne...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Souza IB,Fernandes PR,Silva TRM,Santos CVB,Silva NMMD,Ubirajara Filho CRC,Carvalho GA,Alves LC,Mota RA,Ramos RAN

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors present schistosomiasis mortality data in the country, in macrozones and in the federal units during the period of 1977-86. They relate mortality average to the control program. Its impact seems to be evident, especially concerning the population that underwent treatment. Here the reinfection risk has been...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silveira AC,Vasconcelos MF,Melo JE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During previous research on phlebotomine fauna in a settlement of the Brazilian National Agrarian Reform Institute (INCRA) on the Bodoquena Range, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, dogs were observed with clinical aspects suggestive of visceral leishmaniasis. A serological survey to leishmaniasis in 97 dogs, by indire...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nunes VL,Galati EA,Nunes DB,Zinezzi RO,Savani ES,Ishikawa E,Camargo MC,D'Auria SR,Cristaldo G,Rocha HC

更新日期：2001-05-01 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：: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: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：INTRODUCTION:Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common infectious disease in the world. We aimed to analyze the spatial risk of tuberculosis mortality and to verify associations in high-risk areas with social vulnerability. METHODS:This was an ecological study. The scan statistic was used to detect areas at risk, and the B...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Berra TZ,Queiroz AAR,Yamamura M,Arroyo LH,Garcia MCDC,Popolin MP,Santos DTD,Ramos ACV,Alves LS,Fronteira IE,Chiaravalloti F Neto,Palha PF,Arcêncio RA

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillosis is an infection caused by saprophytic fungi of the genus Aspergillus, which typically occurs in immunosuppressed individuals, but has also been reported in immunocompetent patients. The main routes of entry are the respiratory tract, skin, cornea, and ear, and the infection may be localized or disseminat...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Azulay-Abulafia L,Sousa MA,Pussanti A,Coimbra DD,Vega H,Bernardes Filho F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The etiology of several hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases remains largely unknown. Although Fasciola hepatica has been associated with liver fibrosis in Latin America, it has not yet been associated with HCC. This study aimed to determine the existence of specific IgG antibodies against F. hepatica in t...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Machicado C,Bertani S,Herrera-Velit P,Espinoza J,Ruiz E,Marcos L

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Were analyzed 648 serum samples from laboratory staff in Goiânia, Goiás aiming detection of three serological markers of HBV: HBsAg, anti-HBsAg and anti-HBcAg. The HBsAg and anti-HBcAg positive samples were also analyzed for HBeAg, anti-HBeAg and anti-HBcAgIgM markers. HBV infection rate of 24.1% was observed and, fro...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva PA,Fiaccadori FS,Borges AM,Silva SA,Daher RR,Martins RM,Cardoso Dd

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Few studies have addressed the primary characteristics of patients infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) in the general population, especially those living in small- and medium-sized cities in Brazil. We aimed to determine the clinical, demographic, and epidemiologic characteristics of patients diagnosed w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Prestes-Carneiro LE,Vieira JT,Isaac LB,Portelinha Filho AM

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In vitro bioassays were performed to access the larvicidal activity of crude extracts from the endophytic fungus Pestalotiopsis virgulata (Melanconiales, Amphisphaeriaceae) and the saprophytic fungus Pycnoporus sanguineus (Basidiomycetes, Polyporaceae) against the mosquitoes Aedes aegypti and Anopheles nun...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Bücker A,Bücker NC,Souza AQ,Gama AM,Rodrigues-Filho E,Costa FM,Nunez CV,Silva AC,Tadei WP

更新日期：2013-07-01 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

abstract：:Two patients with concomitant leptospirosis and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are reported. In these cases different clinical aspects that can be attributed to simultaneity of these pathologies was not observed. ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： da Silva MV,Batista L,Camargo ED,Leitão PA,Szalkay VG,Rosenthal C,Vaz AJ,de Souza AM

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case report of disseminated cutaneous sporotrichosis as the initial presentation of AIDS in a 24-year-old HIV-positive male patient. He presented multiple ulcerated skin lesions distributed over the face, thorax, legs and arms. Biopsy of one of the cutaneous lesions was suggestive of sporotrichosis and c...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Carvalho MT,de Castro AP,Baby C,Werner B,Filus Neto J,Queiroz-Telles F

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:The author presents his personal point of view on the present situation of Chagas' disease control in Latin America countries. He compares the situation with African trypanosomiasis. He comments on the existence of cases in other Continents. He emphasizes the success of the fighting against domiciliated triatomine bug...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Marsden PD

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Hepatitis B virus (HBV) constitutes an important risk factor for cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The link between circulating microRNAs and HBV has been previously reported, although not as a marker of liver disease progression in chronic hepatitis B (CHB). The aim of this study was to charac...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Riazalhosseini B,Mohamed R,Apalasamy YD,Langmia IM,Mohamed Z

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00