Meningoencephalitis by Naegleria fowleri: epidemiological study in Anzoategui state, Venezuela.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) remains a major public health issue in Brazil. This ecological study aimed to evaluate the spatiotemporal distribution of notified new AIDS cases in Brazil between 2012 and 2016. METHODS:A Bayesian spatiotemporal model based on the Poisson distribution was used to...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Martinez EZ,Zucoloto ML,Galdino G,Nunes AA,Lizzi EADS

更新日期：2019-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the detection of new cases of leprosy in Prudentópolis, State of Paraná, from 1998 to 2005. Additionally, we investigated the age group and predominant clinical form of leprosy cases. Data were obtained from clinical-epidemiological records of confirmed leprosy cases that were not...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sanches LA,Pittner E,Sanches HF,Monteiro MC

更新日期：2007-09-01 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

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:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is involved in the pathogenesis of autoimmune and rheumatic disorders. Although the human platelet antigens (HPA) polymorphism are associated with HCV persistence, they have not been investigated in rheumatological manifestations (RM). This study focused on verifying assoc...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Medolago NB,Ferrasi AC,Rocha OMD,Pardini MIMC,Grotto RMT,Galvani AF,Silva GF

更新日期：2020-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This communication reports the first occurrence of Panstrongylus lignarius in the State of Acre, Brazil. METHODS:A specimen of P. lignarius was collected from a residence in a rural area of the municipality of Rio Branco, Acre, Western Amazon. RESULTS:This new report of P. lignarius extends the distribut...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Ribeiro MAL,Castro GVS,Souza JL,Cardoso ADS,Madeira FP,Camargo LMA,Meneguetti DUO

更新日期：2019-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are selected based on their performances. Here, we compared the diagnostic performance of different malaria RDTs. METHODS:Febrile patients were tested for malaria using Vikia Malaria Pf/Pan, Meriline-Meriscreen Pf/Pv/Pan, Right Sign Malaria Pf/Pan, and Right Sign Malaria Pf R...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Ditombi BCM,Minko JI,Tsamba RP,Ngomo JMN,Nymane T,Ognagosso FBB,M'bondoukwe NP,Mawili-Mboumba DP,Akotet MKB

更新日期：2020-06-22 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：:Anthropometric measurements and biochemical determinations were performed on HIV-infected individuals and on patients with AIDS from the Ribeirão Preto region, SP, Brazil, in order to evaluate their nutritional and vitamin A status. Plasma retinol was measured by HPLC, and hepatic vitamin A stores were evaluated by th...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silveira SA,Figueiredo JF,Jordão Júnior A,de Unamuno Mdo R,Rodrigues M deL,Vannucchi H

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the State of Amazonas, Brazil, urban expansion together with precarious basic sanitation conditions and human settlement on river banks has contributed to the persistence of waterborne and intestinal parasitic diseases. Time series of the recorded cases of cholera, typhoid fever, hepatitis A and leptospirosis are d...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Martins M,Lacerda MV,Monteiro WM,Moura MA,Santos EC,Saraceni V,Saraiva MG

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Epidemiological data on the prevalence of extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBLs) are scarce in Brazil despite the fact that these data are essential for empirical treatment and control measures. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of different ESBLs by type and distribution in a tert...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nogueira Kda S,Conte D,Maia FV,Dalla-Costa LM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ML Flow and anti-PGL-I ELISA are serological tests that detect IgM antibodies against the phenolic glycolipid I (PGL-I), specific to Mycobacterium leprae. To evaluate the outcomes of ML Flow and ELISA (PGL-I) serological tests in leprosy-endemic areas in comparison to non-endemic ones, a total of 351 volunteers from B...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Silva RC,Lyon S,Araos R,Lyon AC,Grossi MA,Lyon SH,Penido RA,Bührer-Sékula S,Antunes CM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION: :This study analyzed blackfly awareness and perceptions of health education practices for blackfly control among vulnerable populations in Brazil. METHODS: :An exploratory descriptive quantitative research analysis was performed to investigate and analyze the awareness of and potential participation in b...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Nascimento-Carvalho ÉSD,Maia-Herzog M

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evlachovaea sp was tested on nymphs of 5 Triatoma spp 5 Rhodnius spp, Panstrongylus herreri and Dipetalogaster maximus at 25 degrees C, 75% humidity and humidity >98%. Most species showed susceptibility to fungal infection at high humidity. Mortality was reduced at 75% humidity. Fungal development was observed on 69.5...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Luz C,Rocha LF,Silva IG

更新日期：2004-03-01 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：:Previous evaluation of the genetic variability of four biogeographical populations of Lutzomyia whitmani from known foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil demonstrated two main spatial clusters: Corte de Pedra-BA, Ilhéus-BA and Serra de Baturité-CE in the first cluster, and Martinho Campos-MG in the second. Further...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： de Souza CM,Fortes-Dias CL,Linardi PM,Dias ES

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the endemic regions of Bolivia the infection of the feminine population in fertile age by T. cruzi is frequent (20 to 50 % of the women in fertile age) and the rate of fetal maternal transmission is of approximately 5%. A great percentage of infected women do not transmit the infection to the fetus. The intention o...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Torrico F,Castro M,Solano M,Rodriguez P,Torrico MC,Truyens C,Carlier Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:An epidemiological study was undertaken to identify determinant factors in the occurrence of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in areas under the influence of hydroelectric plants in Paranapanema river, State of Paraná, Brazil. The ecological aspects of the phlebotomine fauna were investigated. METHODS:San...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Cruz MF,Galati EA,Cruz CF

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight hundred and sixty six bio-sensors for the passive detection of triatomine bugs, were tried in intra-domiciles of thirteen municipalities of an endemic area of Triatoma sordida in the North of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. This species is nowadays the most captured in Brazil and mainly in the above region. The sens...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Dias JC,Vieira Ede P,Tadashi H,Azeredo BV

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Present report demonstrates that repeated radiation of Schistosoma mansoni-infected Biomphalaria glabrata, totaling 15,000 rads, caused a sudden, albeit transient, suppression of cercarial shedding. Initially, sporocysts practically disappeared from the snail tissues. The more resistant developing cercariae presented ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Azevedo CM,Borges CC,Andrade ZA

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency with which condoms are used in sex relations by subjects with HIV was determined by interviewing 132 individuals, 82 men and 50 women, most of them from São Paulo state and some from other regions of the country, all of them seen at an outpatient clinic of the School of Medicine in Botucatu. The women we...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Galvão MT,Marcondes-Machado J

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：:This study presents the clinical and epidemiological aspects of children affected with dengue, in Manaus, AM, in 2006 and 2007. There were 482 The aim of this study was to present the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of children affected by dengue, in Manaus, State of Amazonas, in 2006 and 2007. Analysis w...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Rocha LA,Tauil PL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:from an epidemiological point of view, more than 120 species of triatomine (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) are known. The occurrence and positivity for Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomines in 16 municipalities of the Triângulo Mineiro and Alto Paranaíba were evaluated from January 2002 to December 2004. METHODS:the t...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Paula MB,Costa IN,Freitas Pde A,Limongi JE,Pajuaba Neto Ade A,Pinto Rde M,Gonçalves AL,Costa-Cruz JM

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:An exceptional case of a 15-year-old puerpera with septic shock caused by Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus and Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome is reported. The findings were observed at the necropsy. The characteristics of the diagnosis, pathogenesis and evolution of this puerperal infection (sepsis), associated ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Araújo Sde A,Lana AM,Garcia PP,Godoy P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Leprosy in Brazil is a public health issue, and there are many regions in the State of Espírito Santo with high endemic incidence levels of leprosy, characterizing this state as a priority for leprosy programs. The aim of this study was to determine the spatial distribution of coefficients of new cases of ...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Sampaio PB,Rossi TL,Cerutti Junior C,Zandonade E

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of malaria by Plasmodium vivax relapsed after treatment with drugs in doses recommended by the Ministry of Health are presented. Both patients were overweight and were followed in the Federal District, an area considered free from vector transmission of the disease. Radical cure was obtained after medication...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Santos JB,Luz Fd,Deckers FA,Tauil PL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional status and some iron metabolism parameters of acute phase response (APR) positive and APR-negative AIDS patients were studied. Twenty-nine AIDS patients were submitted to 24h food intake recall, anthropometry, and albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), hemoglobin, ferritin, and total iron binding capacity (TIB...

journal_title：Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

authors： Monteiro JP,Cunha DF,da Cunha SF,dos Santos VM,Silva-Vergara ML,Correia D,Bianchi ML

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00