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Prevalencia de marcadores serológicos en donantes de sangre de Boyacá, Colombia, 2014-2015
Prevalence of serological markers in blood donors in Boyaca, Colombia, 2014-2015

Introducción: La infección que se ocasiona por la transfusión sanguínea se produce por una transmisión directa de un agente infeccioso desde una unidad de sangre al receptor susceptible. Esto constituyen una complicación de gran importancia en relación con la morbilidad y mortalidad de los recept...

Cuidado compartilhado de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS na Atenção Primária: resultados da descentralização em Florianópolis

Rev Bras Med Fam Comunidade. Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Jan-Dez; 15(42):20661Cuidado compartilhado de pessoas vivendo com HIV/AIDS na Atenção Primária: resultados da descentralização em FlorianópolisVanessa Karoline Alves de Carvalho1, Dannielle Fernandes Godoi2, Filipe de Barros Perini3, Ana Cristina Vi...

Experiências do adoecimento crônico transmissível: discursividades de pessoas vivendo com hiv

REME rev. min. enferm; 24 (), 2020
RESUMO Objetivo: analisar os sentidos discursivos produzidos por pessoas vivendo com HIV acerca da experiência do adoecimento crônico. Método: estudo qualitativo, ancorado no referencial teórico-metodológico da Análise de Discurso de matriz francesa. A partir de roteiro semiestruturado, foram ent...

Development and validation of a simple and rapid way to generate low volume of plasma to be used in point-of-care HIV virus load technologies

Braz. j. infect. dis; 24 (1), 2020
ABSTRACT A new point-of-care HIV viral load, mPIMA HIV-1/2 VL, Abbott, USA, has been recently developed. This point-of-care viral load requires no skilled person to run and uses a small plasma volume (50 µL). However, obtaining 50 µL of plasma can be a challenge in limited resource settings. We validat...

Deaths from HIV/AIDS in aged adults in the Federal District: an analysis from 2007 to 2016

Introduction: Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in Brazil experienced a significant increase in the last decade among individuals aged over 60 years. This scenario indicates the need to know the mortality profile from AIDS in aged adults, in ord...

Innovating the fight against syphilis: SIM Project

Introduction: Syphilis is a major public health problem. Its incidence has increased in Brazil, particularly in the Southern Region. New tools are available, and immediate action is necessary. Objective: To describe the pilot study of an investigation aimed to assess the prevalence of syphilis, hepatitis...

Study of reliability and concordance between two VDRL tests for syphilis investigation in patients with HIV followed-up at a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro in 2017-2019

Introduction: The laboratory diagnosis of syphilis is given by a positive treponemal test and a non-treponemal test, with VDRL (Veneral Disease Research Laboratory) being the “gold standard”. Objective: To compare two tests commercially validated for biological fluids and analyzed by different operat...

El Signo De Halo Invertido En Tomografía Computada De Tórax

Rev. méd. Panamá; 40 (1), 2020
El signo del halo invertido se caracteriza por una opacidad central de vidrio esmerilado rodeado por una consolidación del espacio aéreo más densa en forma de una media luna o un anillo. El signo del halo invertido se ha informado en asociación con un am­ plia gama de enfermedades pulmonares, incl...