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Hepatitis B and asymptomatic malaria coinfection in Sub-Saharan African immigrants: epidemiological and clinical features of HBV infection

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Here, we conducted an epidemiological study of hepatitis B virus (HBV) mono-infected and asymptomatic malaria/HBV coinfected immigrants and further discussed the possibility of malaria disease modifying the clinical presentation of HBV infection. METHODS: A total of 195 African ...

Seroprevalencia de leptospirosis en pacientes con síndrome febril no palúdico
Seroprevalence of leptospirosis in patients with non-malarial febrile syndrome

Rev. cuba. med. trop; 70 (1), 2018
Introducción: la leptospirosis es una enfermedad zoonótica transmitida por varias especies de animales domésticos y silvestres que actúan como reservorios del agente causal y que afecta humanos que habitan áreas urbanas y rurales en el mundo. Objetivo: determinar la seroprevalencia de anticuerpos co...

Distribuição espacial da coinfecção leishmaniose visceral-HIV em Teresina/PI, 2006 a 2015

A cada ano ocorrem aproximadamente 50 a 90 mil novos casos de leishmaniose visceral (LV). Mais de 90% dos casos de LV ocorrem em sete países no mundo: Brasil, Etiópia, Índia, Quênia, Somália, Sudão do Sul e Sudão. Na América Latina, 96% ocorrem no Brasil. A coinfecção LV-HIV tem sido considerad...

A high prevalence of human papillomavirus 16 and 18 co-infections in cervical biopsies from southern Brazil

Braz. j. microbiol; 49 (supl.1), 2018
ABSTRACT HPV types 16 and 18 were studied in paraffin-fixed cervical biopsy collected in southern Brazil. HPV 16, HPV 18 and co-infection HPV 16/18 were identified in 10/57 (17.5%), 4/57 (7%) and in 43/57 (75.4%) samples, respectively. Southern Brazil has one of the highest prevalence rates of HPV 16/18 ...

Fatores associados à subnotificação de tuberculose com base no Sinan Aids e Sinan Tuberculose

Rev. bras. epidemiol; 21 (), 2018
RESUMO: Introdução: A tuberculose (TB) é um dos graves problemas da saúde pública mundial. A vigilância epidemiológica tem se mostrado uma importante ferramenta para auxiliar em ações de controle e prevenção de doenças transmissíveis, como a TB e a aids. O objetivo do presente estudo foi e...

Epidemiological profile of patients co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and HIV/AIDS in Northeast, Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: Visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) co-infection has been a research topic of interest worldwide. In Brazil, it has been observed that there is a relative underreporting and failure in the understanding and man...

Visceral leishmaniasis and leishmaniasis-HIV coinfection: comparative study

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to draw clinical and epidemiological comparisons between visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and VL associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHOD: Retrospective study. RESULTS: Of 473 cases of VL, 5.5% were coinfected with HIV. The highest prop...

Risk factors for gastrointestinal parasite infections of dogs living around protected areas of the Atlantic Forest: implications for human and wildlife health

Braz. j. biol; 77 (2), 2017
Abstract Despite the ubiquity of domestic dogs, their role as zoonotic reservoirs and the large number of studies concerning parasites in urban dogs, rural areas in Brazil, especially those at the wildlife-domestic animal-human interface, have received little attention from scientists and public health m...

Spatial analysis of viral hepatitis and schistosomiasis coinfection in an endemic area in Northeastern Brazil

Abstract INTRODUCTION: This cross-sectional study analyzed the spatial distribution of hepatitis B or C virus (HBV/HBC) and schistosomiasis coinfection. METHODS: Serum samples were collected from patients with Schistosoma mansoni infection. These were tested for serological markers of HBV/HCV infecti...

Prevalence of hepatitis C virus and human immunodeficiency virus in a group of patients newly diagnosed with active tuberculosis in Porto Alegre, Southern Brazil

Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz; 112 (4), 2017
BACKGROUND Porto Alegre is the Brazilian state capital with second highest incidence of tuberculosis (TB) and the highest proportion of people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among patients with TB. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection increases the risk of anti-TB drug-induced hepatotoxic...