Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Leprosy is mainly transmitted among family members who share genetic and ambient factors. The clinical form of leprosy in the index case and kinship could be risk factors for leprosy transmission. High antibody levels in household contacts (HC) in the absence of neural or skin les...
Anticuerpos Antibacterianos/sangre,
Antígenos Bacterianos/sangre,
Trazado de Contacto,
Ensayo de Inmunoadsorción Enzimática,
Composición Familiar,
Glucolípidos/sangre,
Inmunoglobulina M/sangre,
Lepra/diagnóstico,
Lepra/transmisión,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Factores de Riesgo
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Natural and artificial ecotope infestation by the kissing bug triatomines and their colonization and infection by Trypanosoma cruzi , the Chagas disease agent, were evaluated in nine municipalities of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. METHODS Following identification, triat...
Brasil,
Enfermedad de Chagas/transmisión,
Genotipo,
Insectos Vectores/clasificación,
Insectos Vectores/parasitología,
Panstrongylus/genética,
Panstrongylus/parasitología,
Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa,
Rhodnius/genética,
Rhodnius/parasitología,
Triatoma/genética,
Triatoma/parasitología,
Trypanosoma cruzi/aislamiento & purificación
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Hantavirus diseases are emerging human diseases caused by Hantavirus spp. of the Bunnyaviridae family. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) has been detected in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil since 2004. Among the 27 Brazilian Federal Units, DF has the highest fatality rate. M...
Abstract: INTRODUCTION This paper aims to describe the dispersion of Lutzomyia longipalpis and the autochthonous occurrence of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in the Northwest region of the State of São Paulo between 2007 and 2013 and to analyze their expansion. METHODS Information about the vector and asso...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Perros/mortalidad,
Enfermedades de los Perros/transmisión,
Incidencia,
Insectos Vectores,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/mortalidad,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/transmisión,
Leishmaniasis Visceral/veterinaria,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Psychodidae,
Análisis Espacio-Temporal
Abstract Zika virus, already widely distributed in Africa and Asia, was recently reported in two Northeastern Brazilian: State of Bahia and State of Rio Grande do Norte, and one Southeastern: State of São Paulo. This finding adds a potentially noxious virus to a list of several other viruses that are wi...
El virus Andes es el agente causante del síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus en Argentina y países limítrofes. Existen varios genotipos característicos en las cuatro regiones endémicas del país. En la provincia de Buenos Aires, zona central, co-circulan tres genotipos: AND-BsAs, AND-Lechiguanas y AND-...
Abstract In Brazil, leprosy is endemic in three regions: the North, Northeast, and Mid-West. Counties with contiguous binational urban areas are characterized by a constant fow of people, goods, and services, which facilitates the transmission of diseases and influences the epidemiological profile of lep...
Objetivo: i) Estudar os casos de tuberculose (TB) por transmissão recente em brasileiros e migrantes sul-americanos, quantificar a transmissão cruzada recente entre ambas as populações e estudar seus fatores associados; ii) Avaliar, isoladamente, os fatores associados à transmissão recente da TB e ...
O uso das águas costeiras para fins recreacionais está associado com benefícios à saúde e bem-estar, todavia eventuais impactos negativos podem diminuir estes benefícios. Esses usos variam de acordo com o tipo de atividade desenvolvida, sendo que a recreação de contato primário requer contato di...
Trata-se de estudo descritivo de abordagem qualitativa que utilizou o método narrativa de vida. Definiu como objeto: a experiência vivenciada da mulher em relação ao tratamento da sífilis. As questões norteadoras foram: qual a experiência vivenciada por mulheres que transmitiram sífilis para os s...
