ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the temporal trends in pneumonia mortality rates (standardized by age, using the 2010 population of Brazil as the standard) in all Brazilian geographical regions between 1996 and 2012. Methods: This was an ecological time-series study examining secondary data from the Mor...
Zika virus (ZIKV) is widely distributed in Brazil and the Northeast Region (NE) is the most affected zone, showing the highest incidence of microcephaly associated with ZIKV congenital infections worldwide. We report attempts to infect three populations of Culex quinquefasciatus from severely affected si...
RESUMO Objetivo: avaliar a variação temporal dos percentuais de câncer mamário feminino em estádios precoce e tardio e analisar as variáveis sócio-demográficas associadas com esses estádios. Métodos: estudo de dados secundários realizado entre 2000 e 2015 no Hospital Regional de Araguaína, ...
ABSTRACT Objective: To evaluate epidemiological aspects of urinary tract infection in older patients with urinary incontinence living in long-term care institutions in Belo Horizonte. Method: Concurrent cohort held from April 1st to October 1st, 2015. The study was conducted in two long-term care instit...
ABSTRACT Objective: to know the prevalence and factors associated with frailty in elderly assisted by the Centro Mais Vida de Referência em Assistência à Saúde do Idoso (Mais Vida Health Reference Center for the Elderly) in the North of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Method: cross-sectional study, with samp...
Abstract Nematodes were analyzed in Iguana iguana, a large lizard Iguanidae that is widely distributed throughout the Americas. The aims of the study were investigate the helminths associated with the lizard, I. iguana in semi-arid areas of northeastern Brazil and analyze the parasitological indices (pre...
Abstract Streptococcus agalactiae is one of the most common pathogens leading to mastitis in dairy herds worldwide; consequently, the pathogen causes major economic losses for affected farmers. In this study, multilocus sequence typing (MLST), genotypic capsular typing by multiplex polymerase chain react...
Proteínas Bacterianas/genética,
Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Genotipo,
Mastitis Bovina/epidemiología,
Mastitis Bovina/microbiología,
Epidemiología Molecular,
Tipificación de Secuencias Multilocus,
Infecciones Estreptocócicas/epidemiología,
Infecciones Estreptocócicas/microbiología,
Infecciones Estreptocócicas/veterinaria,
Streptococcus agalactiae/clasificación,
Streptococcus agalactiae/genética,
Streptococcus agalactiae/aislamiento & purificación,
Factores de Virulencia/genética,
Factores de Virulencia/metabolismo
Abstract Purpose: To evaluate severity and built a pilot of a national databank about pediatric trauma and to determine its severity. Methods: Prospective study of unintentional pediatric trauma in five hospitals in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Results: 916 patients in 4 months. 61.5% of traumati...
Morais, Silvia Helena de Oliveira;
Segheto, Wellington;
Silva, Danielle Cristina Guimarães da;
Coelho, France Araújo;
Reis, Vanessa Guimarães;
Ferreira, Fabrícia Geralda;
Martinho, Karina Oliveira;
Rocha, Anna Lígia Cabral da;
Pessoa, Milene Cristine;
Longo, Giana Zarbato.
Summary Objective: To analyze factors associated with chronic joint symptoms (CJS) in adults. Method: A population-based, cross-sectional study was performed with a sample of 1,217 adults aged between 20 and 59 years, in the city of Viçosa, in 2014. The sampling process was performed by conglomerates ...
Factores de Edad,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Enfermedad Crónica,
Métodos Epidemiológicos,
Artropatías/epidemiología,
Persona de Mediana Edad,
Obesidad,
Sobrepeso,
Enfermedades Reumáticas/epidemiología,
Factores Sexuales,
Factores Socioeconómicos
Summary Introduction: The Brazilian HIV/AIDS management and treatment guideline (PCDT), published in 2013, recommends and standardizes the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in all adult patients, in spite of LTCD4 count. This study aimed to analyze the first year of HAART use in patien...
Análisis de Varianza,
Fármacos Anti-VIH/efectos adversos,
Fármacos Anti-VIH/clasificación,
Fármacos Anti-VIH/uso terapéutico,
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/efectos adversos,
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/clasificación,
Terapia Antirretroviral Altamente Activa/estadística & datos numéricos,
Brasil/epidemiología,
Recuento de Linfocito CD4,
Sustitución de Medicamentos/estadística & datos numéricos,
Infecciones por VIH/tratamiento farmacológico,
Infecciones por VIH/epidemiología,
Prevalencia,
Factores Sexuales
