CURRENT ISSUE

Editorial

• The use of meta-analysis in infectious disease surveillance: Is it a relevant tool?

  Antonio Toledo Jr

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Review Article

• West Nile virus infections are here! Are we prepared to face another flavivirus epidemic?

  Luiza Antunes de Castro-Jorge1 * Márcio Junio Lima Siconelli1 * Beatriz dos Santos Ribeiro1 Flávia Masson de Moraes1 Jonathan Ballico de Moraes1 Mayara Rovariz Agostinho1 Taline Monteiro Klein1 Vitor Gonçalves Floriano1 Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca1

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• Current vector control challenges in the fight against malaria in Brazil

  Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva1 2 José Diego Brito-Sousa1 2 Sheila Rodrigues Rodovalho1 2 3 Cassio Peterka1 2 4 Gilberto Moresco4 Oscar Martín Mesones Lapouble1 2 3 Gisely Cardoso de Melo1 2 Vanderson de Souza Sampaio1 2 5 Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim1 2 Paulo Pimenta1 2 6 José Bento Pereira Lima7 Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda1 2 8 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro1 2

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• Hepatitis Delta Prevalence in South America: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Cristiane Faria de Oliveira Scarponi1 Raquel Duarte Nunes da Silva1 Job Alves de Souza Filho1 Maria Regina Lage Guerra1 Marco Antônio Ferreira Pedrosa2 Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol3

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Major Article

• β-Glucan of Candida albicans Cell Wall Extract Inhibits Salmonella Typhimurium Colonization by Potentiating Cellular Immunity (CD8 + and CD4 + T Cells)

  Sri Winarsih, Tomson Kosasih, Marvin Anthony Putera, Nayla Rahmadhiani, Erlien Lindawati Poernomo, Kresna Septiandy Runtuk, Melissa Valensia Oswari

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• Climatic variables associated with dengue incidence in a city of the Western Brazilian Amazon region

  Juliana Lúcia Duarte, Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano, Antônio Carlos Batista, Leandro Luiz Giatti

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• Association of serum levels of C-reactive protein with CRP-717 T/C polymorphism and viremia in HCV and HBV carriers

  Tuane Carolina Ferreira Moura, Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Simone Regina Souza da Silva Conde, Alan Barroso Araújo Grisólia, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto

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• Hansen’s disease deformities in a high risk area in Mozambique: A case study

  Abdoulaye Marega1 Paulo das Neves Pires1 Jaibo Mucufo1 Artur Muloliwa2

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• Agreement between upper endoscopy and esophagography in the diagnosis of megaesophagus in Chagas disease

  Fernando de Barros1 João Carlos de Almeida Soares1 Fernando Prado de Barros1 Luiz Henrique Conde Sangenis1 Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva1 Ana Beatriz Monteiro Fonseca2 Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno1 Andrea Silvestre de Sousa1 Roberto Magalhães Saraiva1 Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano1 3

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Short Communication

• Clinical and epidemiology evaluation of Aids-infected patients hospitalized between 2011 and 2016 in the Santos region of Brazil

  Roberto Focaccia1 Maria Luiza Alessi Ribeiro2 Ana Carolina Carvalho Cossich2 Raphael França Lacerda de Andrade2 Karla Fabiana Begosso Sampaio da Fonseca Carbonari2 Gabriela Amim Kallouf2 Regiane Maria Rosa Vieira2 João Pedro Lima Gemha2 Aline Andruskevicius de Castro2 Josiani Picin Correa de Oliveira2 Flávio David Haddad Filho2 Juliana Rocha Pinto Dias2 Susiele Thaís Luz de Melo2 Beatriz Bandini Gonçalves2 Camila Salles Lopes2 Fernanda Franceschi2 Larissa Attina de Brito2 Nathalia Jacob dos Santos Bittar3 Sergio Feijoó3 Gelvana Barreto Reis3

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• Use of pharmaceutical nanotechnology for the treatment of leishmaniasis

  Carine Santana Ferreira Marques1 2 Jorge Barreto Machado Júnior1 2 Lucas Rannier de Melo Andrade1 2 Luciana Nalone Andrade1 2 André Luis Souza dos Santos3 Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz4 Marco Chaud5 Alini Tinoco Fricks1 2 Patrícia Severino1 2

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• Increase in the diagnosis of mycobacteremia after the implementation of semi-automated blood culture at a Brazilian public health laboratory

  Adelaide Fernandes Costa1 Sueli Lemes de Ávila Alves2 Ivanísio Gomes de Santana2 Disley Xavier Rodrigues Dias2 Edna Joana Claudio Manrique2 3

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• Adverse events in patients with leprosy on treatment with thalidomide

  Paula Lana de Miranda Drummond1 2 Roberta Márcia Marques dos Santos1 Gabriela Oliveira Carvalho2 Cristiane Aparecida Menezes de Pádua2

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• Natural history of experimental arthritis induced by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in wistar rats

  Eduardo Alexandre Loth1 Vanessa Cecatto1 Rodrigo Daniel Genske2 Maricília Silva Costa2 Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra1 Cleverson Marcelo Pilatti2

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Case Report

• Unusual vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite in a girl from a tropical area: A case report

  Malihe Hasanzadeh1 Hossein Zarrinfar2 * Mohsen Najjari3

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• A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon

  Kamila Vieira Silva1 3 Renato do Carmo Said1 João Guilherme Pontes Lima Assy1 Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte2 Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez1 Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França1 3

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• First report of treatment failure in a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis infected by Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi carrying Leishmania RNA virus: a fortuitous combination?

  Ricardo Vieira-Gonçalves1 # Giselle Aparecida Fagundes-Silva1 # Júlia Furtado Heringer1 Maria Fantinatti1 Alda Maria Da-Cruz1 Manoel Paes Oliveira-Neto2 Jorge Augusto Oliveira Guerra3 Adriano Gomes-Silva1 4

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• Cervical brucellar spondylitis causing incomplete limb paralysis

  Yao Zhang1 Qiang Zhang1 Chang-song Zhao1

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• Congenital toxoplasmosis: the challenge of early diagnosis of a complex and neglected disease

  Janer Aparecida Silveira Soares1 Antônio Prates Caldeira2

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Biett’s sign: a hallmark sign of secondary syphilis

  Fred Bernardes Filho1 Ana Laura Rosifini Alves Rezende1 Marcos Davi Gomes de Sousa2

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• Envenomation by a juvenile pit viper (Bothrops atrox) presumed to be dead

  Ageane Mota da Silva1 2 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde5

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• Multivesicular hydatid cyst of the kidney

  Ebrahim Rasoulian1 Mohammad Zibaei2 3 Farzaneh Firoozeh4

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• Histopathological findings of nucleus pulposus in lumbar brucellar spondylodiscitis

  Yao zhang1 Qiang Zhang1 Zheng Zeng2

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• Herpes simplex virus transmission following brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba) bite

  Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Lara Braga Oliveira, Edson Elias da Silva

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Letter

• “Kambô” frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor): use in folk medicine and potential health risks

  Francisco Vaniclei Araújo da Silva1 2 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde1 2

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• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chagas Disease: Recent Developments and Future Needs

  Colin Forsyth1 Andrea Marchiol1 Rafael Herazo1 Eric Chatelain1 Carolina Batista1 Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft1 Graeme Bilbe1 Sergio Sosa-Estani1

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• The dentist’s role in syphilis prevention and control

  Clea Adas Saliba Garbin, Antonio Carlos Pacheco Filho, Artênio José Isper Garbin, Karina Tonini dos Santos Pacheco

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• Prevention of zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised patients: a neglected question

  Andréa de Lima Rodrigues Alves Pereira¹ Maria Rita Donalísio Cordeiro¹ Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami²

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Erratum

• Erratum: Hepatitis Delta Prevalence in South America: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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• Erratum: Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis among adults in a small Brazilian city

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Mini Review

• Rheumatic heart disease in the modern era: recent developments and current challenges.

  Matheus Tozatto Baptista Coelho Leal1 Livia Silva Araújo Passos1 2 Felipe Vieira Guarçoni1 João Marcelo de Souza Aguiar1 Rafael Benjamim Rosa da Silva1 Thiago Mendonça Nunes de Paula1 Rafael Figueiredo dos Santos1 Maria Cecília Landim Nassif1 Nayana F. A. Gomes1 Timothy C. Tan3 Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes1

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Obituary

• Nota de Falecimento Sueli de Melo Bueno

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• Francisco das Chagas Oliveira Luz (★1933 †2017)

  Pedro Luiz Tauil, João Barberino Santos, Cleudson de Castro Nery

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• Luiz Fernando Ferreira (★1936 †2018)

  Pedro Paulo Chieffi¹

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