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Educational technology for people living with HIV: validation study

Rev. bras. enferm; 71 (supl.4), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: to validate an educational technology to support the action of health professionals with people living with HIV. Method: methodological study with data collection using a four-point Likert scale for evaluation by eleven judges and 51 people living with HIV. The data were tabulated, ...

Bacillus cereus group: genetic aspects related to food safety and dairy processing

Arq. Inst. Biol; 85 (), 2018
Bacillus cereus group includes not pathogenic and high pathogenic species. They are considered as a risk to public health due to foodborne diseases and as an important cause of economic losses to industries due to production of spoilage enzymes. Some researches have been performed in order to assess the ...

Infección por Helicobacter pylori: mecanismos de contagio y prevención

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
H. pylori infection is a fascinating history, which combines the roles as one of the most prevalent commensal and a a pathogen responsible for severe diseases, some of them unimaginable until the end of last century, such as gastric cancer. In this review we present the available evidence that might help...

“Liver fluke”: conceptos actuales sobre fascioliasis

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease produced mainly by the fluke Fasciola hepatica. The human infection is mainly due to the accidental intake of metacercariae present in watercress and/or contaminated water. The human disease is uncommon in Chile, despite the high prevalence of animal infection, which a...

Compromiso gastrointestinal por Triypanosoma cruzi: ¿cuándo buscar y cuándo tratar?

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
Chagas disease is an endemic zoonosis that can cause chronic medical complications in a third of those infected, usually decades after infection. It mainly affects the peripheral nervous system of heart, esophagus and colon. At digestive level, motor dysfunction leads to the development of megaesophagus ...

Poliartritis agudas virales

Rev. chil. reumatol; 34 (3), 2018
Las poliartritis agudas son cuadros de menos seis semanas de duración, cuyas causas pueden o no ser infecciosas. Entre las primeras, destacan las virales, con gran varie-dad de agentes causales. Entre ellos se distinguen por su frecuencia: virus hepatitis B,virus hepatitis C, parvovirus B19, virus ...

Vivências de mães que tiveram filhos com microcefalia

Objetivo compreender as vivências de mães que tiveram filhos com microcefalia. Método estudo qualitativo realizado com oito mulheres, maiores de 18 anos. Foi aplicada a técnica da entrevista semiestruturada em abril de 2017. Para a análise dos dados, utilizou-se a técnica de análise de conteúd...

Vigilancia entomológica de culícidos en la provincia de Matanzas durante el año 2015
Entomological surveillance of culicids in the province of Matanzas during 2015

Rev. medica electron; 39 (6), 2017
Introducción: la vigilancia entomológica es la recolección de información sobre los vectores de enfermedades y su entorno. Es un componente de la vigilancia epidemiológica, que consiste en una actividad del control de los vectores que se realiza durante todo el año, para conocer la presencia de est...

El virus respiratorio sincicial: patógeno de niños... y de grandes

Desde el descubrimiento del virus respiratorio sincicial (VRS) en 1956, se ha demostrado en todo el mundo su impacto como el principal causante de infecciones respiratorias agudas bajas (IRAB) que requieren hospitalización en el lactante. Posteriormente se ha descrito que una inadecuada respuesta inmune...