Abstract Objective: To estimate the prevalence of syphilis and associated factors in riverine communities. Method: This is a cross-sectional and analytical study carried out with 250 riverside dwellers living in five communities in the city of João Pessoa, state of Paraíba. Data were collected throug...
RESUMO Objetivo: Determinar a epidemiologia e a prevalência da maculopatia miópica e da miopia patológica e os fatores de risco associados. Métodos: Trata-se de estudo observacional transversal retrospectivo realizado em um serviço de oftalmologia, com 59 pacientes com idade entre 7 e 70 anos e eq...
ABSTRACT Objective: To estimate the prevalence of complicated surgical wounds and its related factors in hospitalized adults. Method: In this cross-sectional study, information from 251 patients hospitalized in seven public hospitals in Manaus, Brazil, and at risk of suffering surgical site complicatio...
ABSTRACT Objective: to determine the prevalence of radiodermatitis, severity grades and predictive factors of its occurrence in patients with anal and rectal cancer followed up by the nursing consultation, and to analyze the association of severity grades of radiodermatitis with temporary radiotherapy i...
Abstract Birds of prey harbor a wide spectrum of various parasites, mostly with a heteroxenous life cycle. However, most reports on their parasites come from Europe. Although the Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) is a widespread species in America, parasitological surveys on this hawk are mostly focus...
Halcones/parasitología,
Helmintos/fisiología,
Phthiraptera/fisiología,
Ácaros/fisiología,
Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos/fisiología,
Chile/epidemiología,
Clima Tropical,
Enfermedades de las Aves/epidemiología,
Helmintiasis Animal/epidemiología,
Infestaciones Ectoparasitarias/veterinaria,
Infestaciones Ectoparasitarias/epidemiología,
Nematodos/aislamiento & purificación,
Platelmintos/aislamiento & purificación,
Acantocéfalos/aislamiento & purificación,
Autopsia/veterinaria,
Plumas/parasitología,
Pico/parasitología,
Prevalencia,
Distribución por Edad y Sexo
Abstract The seroprevalence of Sarcocystis spp. and Toxoplasma gondii was researched in swine raised in Santa Maria, RS, Brazil. Serum samples from 84 pigs from 31 farms were tested using indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for both agents. Additionally, 53 samples of pork sausages and tissues destin...
Porcinos/parasitología,
Sarcocistosis/epidemiología,
Sarcocistosis/diagnóstico,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/epidemiología,
Toxoplasmosis Animal/diagnóstico,
Sarcocistosis/veterinaria,
Enfermedades de los Porcinos/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Porcinos/diagnóstico,
Sarcocystis/genética,
Toxoplasma/genética,
Enfermedades de los Porcinos/parasitología,
Anticuerpos Antiprotozoarios/análisis,
Toxoplasma/inmunología,
Sarcocystis/inmunología,
Prevalencia,
Estudios Seroepidemiológicos,
Carne de Cerdo/parasitología,
ADN Protozoario/inmunología
Abstract This paper investigated information on monogenean species using 312 scientific papers, to search for infection and geographic distribution patterns in native freshwater fish from Brazil. We used 1,698 samples of 296 fish species of 28 families distributed into Characiformes, Siluriformes, Cichli...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Distribución Animal/fisiología,
Especificidad de la Especie,
Interacciones Huésped-Parásitos/fisiología,
Agua Dulce/parasitología,
Peces/parasitología,
Platelmintos/fisiología,
Platelmintos/clasificación,
Peces/clasificación,
Prevalencia,
Infecciones por Nematodos/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Trematodos/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Nematodos/veterinaria,
Infecciones por Trematodos/veterinaria,
Enfermedades de los Peces/epidemiología,
Enfermedades de los Peces/parasitología
Abstract The puffer fish Colomesus psittacus, is not commercialized on Marajó Island. They are captured as bycacth and discarded dead in the environment in artisanal fisheries that occur in the estuaries of northern Brazil. In this sense, the objective was to identify the parasites present in the gills ...
Brasil/epidemiología,
Nematodos/fisiología,
Tetraodontiformes/parasitología,
Nematodos/clasificación,
Tetraodontiformes/lesiones,
Branquias/lesiones,
Branquias/parasitología,
Enfermedades de los Peces/parasitología,
Branquias/patología,
Prevalencia,
Enfermedades de los Peces/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Nematodos/epidemiología,
Infecciones por Nematodos/veterinaria
Considering the relevance of health behaviors for chronic diseases prevalence and mortality and the increase in income concentration observed in the world and in Brazil, this study aimed to evaluate the changes in the prevalence and in the educational inequalities of Brazilian adult health behaviors betw...
Resumo Objetivo Analisar associações entre contexto de trabalho e manifestações clínicas da COVID-19 em profissionais de saúde. Métodos Estudo transversal, com profissionais de saúde do nordeste brasileiro, das categorias médica, enfermagem e fisioterapia de diferentes áreas de atuação. F...
