Volume 45 July/August 2012

Editorial

• Parasite, vectors and reservoirs as determinants of tegumentary leishmaniasis

  Edgar Marcelino Carvalho

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Review Article

• Cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeastern Brazil: a critical appraisal of studies conducted in State of Pernambuco

  Maria Edileuza Felinto de BritoI,II; Maria Sandra AndradeIII; Filipe Dantas-TorresI,IV; Eduardo Henrique Gomes RodriguesI; Milena de Paiva CavalcantiI; Alzira Maria Paiva de AlmeidaI; Sinval Pinto Brandão-FilhoI

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Major Article

• Rotavirus genotyping in gastroenteritis cases of an infantile population from Western Brazilian Amazonia

  Maria Sandra Moura CostaI; Paulo Afonso NogueiraI,II; Gleicienne Félix MagalhãesI; Paula TaquitaII; Luis André MariúbaII; Marilene PenattiIII; Patrícia Puccinelli OrlandiI,II

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• Development of cognitive abilities of children infected with helminths through health education

  Lucas LobatoI; Aline MirandaII; Isabela Marinho FariaIII; Jeffrey Michael BethonyIV,V; Maria Flávia GazzinelliIV

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• Increased detection of schistosomiasis with Kato-Katz and SWAP-IgG-ELISA in a Northeastern Brazil low-intensity transmission area

  Teiliane Rodrigues CarneiroI,II; Marta Cristhiany Cunha PinheiroI,II; Sara Menezes de OliveiraII; Ana Lúcia de Paula HanemannI,II; José Ajax Nogueira QueirozII; Fernando Schemelzer Moraes BezerraI,II,III

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• Antigens of worms and eggs showed a differentiated detection of specific IgG according to the time of Schistosoma mansoni infection in mice

  Rafaella Fortini Queiroz GrenfellI; Watson Hermann MartinsI; Vanessa Silva-MoraesI; Suedali Villas-Boas BarataII; Elizandra Giani RibeiroI; Edward OliveiraIII; Paulo Marcos Zech CoelhoI

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• Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging findings in Schistosomiasis mansoni: expanded gallbladder fossa and fatty hilum signs

  Luciana Cristina dos Santos SilvaI; Luciene Mota AndradeI,II; Ivie Braga de PaulaII; Leonardo Campos de QueirozIII; Carlos Maurício Figueiredo AntunesI; José Roberto LambertucciI

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• Distribution of QPY and RAH haplotypes of granzyme B gene in distinct Brazilian populations

  Fernanda Bernadelli GarciaI; Simone KashimaII,III; Evandra Strazza RodriguesII; Israel Tojal SilvaII; Tathiane Maistro MaltaII,III; Larissa Deadame de Figueiredo NicoleteIV; Dimas Tadeu CovasII,V; Helio Moraes-SouzaI,VI

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• Improving tuberculosis control through the partnership between university and the health system

  Mariana Soares Valença; Jeane Zanini da Rocha; Ivy Bastos Ramis; Lillian Lucas Carrion; Catiúcia Madruga; Maíra Bidart de Macedo; Carlos James Scaini; Andrea von Groll; Pedro Eduardo Almeida da Silva

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• In vitro action of antiparasitic drugs, especially artesunate, against Toxoplasma gondii

  Thaís Cobellis GomesI,II; Heitor Franco de Andrade JúniorII; Susana Angélica Zevallos LescanoI; Vicente Amato-NetoI

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• Factors associated with Leishmania chagasi infection in domestic dogs from Teresina, State of Piauí, Brazil

  João Pereira da SilvaI; Guilherme Loureiro WerneckII; Emanuelle Cardoso MacedoIII; Hanny de CarvalhoIV; Maria do Socorro Pires e CruzIII

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• Nosocomial infections in a pediatric intensive care unit of a developing country: NHSN surveillance

  Juliana Pena PortoI; Orlando Cesar ManteseII; Aglai ArantesII; Claudete FreitasI; Paulo Pinto Gontijo FilhoI; Rosineide Marques RibasI

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• Rifampicin fails to eradicate mature biofilm formed by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  Keli Cristine ReiterI,II; Gustavo Enck SambranoII; Bárbara VillaII; Thiago Galvão da Silva PaimI,II; Caio Fernando de OliveiraI,II; Pedro Alves d'AzevedoI,II

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• A retrospective serologic survey of hantavirus infections in the county of Cássia dos Coqueiros, State of São Paulo, Brazil

  Soraya Jabur BadraI,II; Felipe Gonçalves Mota MaiaII; Glauciane Garcia FigueiredoII; Gilberto Sabino dos Santos JuniorII; Gelse Mazzoni CamposII; Luiz Tadeu Moraes FigueiredoII; Afonso Dinis Costa PassosI

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• Hepatitis B virus infection in a population exposed to occupational hazards: firefighters of a metropolitan region in central Brazil

  Luciana Contrera-Moreno; Sonia Maria Oliveira de Andrade; Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Pontes; Alcione Cavalheiro Faro Stief; Maurício Antonio Pompilio; Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro

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• Molecular epidemiology of hepatitis B virus among the indigenous population of the Curuçá and Itaquaí Rivers, Javari Valley, State of Amazonas, Brazil

  Cristóvão Alves da CostaI; Lucinete Okamura KimuraII

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• Descriptive study of HTLV infection in a population of pregnant women from the state of Pará, Northern Brazil

  Carina Guilhon SequeiraI,II; Bruna Pedroso Tamegão-LopesIII; Eduardo José Melo dos SantosIV; Ana Maria Revoredo VenturaI,II; Maria Isabel Moraes-PintoIV; Regina Célia de Menezes SucciIV

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• Biological, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors associated with death from AIDS in Brasília, Brazil, in 2007

  Luiz Antonio Bueno LopesI,II; Edina Mariko Koga da SilvaIII

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• Liver fibrosis progression in HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfected patients with normal aminotransferases levels

  Fábio Heleno de Lima PaceI; Lincoln Eduardo Vieira de Castro FerreiraII; Antonio Eduardo Benedito SilvaIII; Maria Lucia Gomes FerrazIII

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• Phlebotomine sandflies fauna (Diptera: Psychodidae) at rural settlements in the municipality of Cáceres, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil

  Graziella Borges AlvesI; Elisa Teruya OshiroII; Marcio da Cruz LeiteIII; Aline Vidor MelãoIII; Letícia Moraes RibeiroII; Nathália Lopes Fontoura MateusII; Reginaldo Peçanha BrazilIV; José Dilermando Andrade FilhoV; Alessandra Gutierrez de OliveiraI,II

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• Ecological aspects of the sandfly fauna (Diptera, Psychodidae) in an American cutaneous leishmaniasis endemic area under the influence of hydroelectric plants in Paranapanema river, State of Paraná, Brazil

  Mariza Fordellone Rosa CruzI; Eunice Aparecida Bianchi GalatiII; Carolina Fordellone Rosa CruzIII

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Short Communication

• Epidemiology of malaria in the municipality of Cruzeiro do Sul, State of Acre, Brazil, in 2010: uses of a control chart at the local level

  Rui Moreira BrazI,II; Elisabeth Carmen DuarteII; Pedro Luiz TauilII

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• Comparative evaluation of adverse effects in the use of powder trivalent antivenom and liquid antivenoms in Bothrops snake bites

  Iran Mendonça da SilvaI,II; Antônio Magela TavaresIII

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Case Report

• Actinomycosis affecting the spinal cord: a case report

  Maria Isabela Alves RamosI; Jair Almeida CarneiroII; Fabiano de Oliveira PoswarII; Daniella Cristina NassauIII; Fernando Antônio ColaresIV

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• Tick paralysis cases in Argentina

  Carlos Remondegui

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• Primary multidrug-resistant tuberculosis and its control implications in the State of Amazonas, Brazil: report of 3 cases

  Marlucia Silva GarridoI,II,III; Anette Chrusciak TalhariIV; Irineide Assumpção AntunesIV,V; Joycenea da Silva MatsudaI,III,VI; Etelvina das Graças ZaranzaVII; Flor Ernestina Martinez-EspinosaIV,VI; Samira Bührer-SékulaIV,VIII

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Oral chronic hyperplastic candidiasis associated with juvenile dermatomyositis

  Dennis de Carvalho FerreiraI; Kátia Regina Netto dos SantosI; Gesmar Volga Haddad HerdyII

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Letter

• Detection of clusters of leprosy cases among Guarani Indians in the Southern region of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  José Augusto da Costa NeryI; Maria Inês Fernandes PimentelII; Marcelo Rosandiski LyraII; Bernadeth de Lourdes Von SohstenIII; Diana Pinheiro MarinhoIV; André Reynaldo Santos PérisséIV

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Obituary

• Almério de Castro Gomes (*1942 †2012)

  Jose Maria Soares Barata; Delsio Natal; Eunice Bianchi Galati

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