Volume 45 May/June 2012

Editorial

Review Article

Chagas disease. What is known and what should be improved: a systemic review

José Rodrigues Coura; José Borges-Pereira

Major Article

Observation of initial clinical manifestations and repercussions from the treatment of 314 human injuries caused by black sea urchins (Echinometra lucunter) on the southeastern Brazilian coast

Vidal Haddad Junior
Paracoccidioidomycosis in the state of Maranhão, Brazil: geographical and clinical aspects

Wilma Batista de MatosI,II; Gisele Maria Campelo dos SantosIII; Vitor Emmanuel Bouças da SilvaIV; Eloísa da Graça do Rosário GonçalvesI,II; Antonio Rafael da SilvaI,II
Spatial analysis of new cases of leprosy in the State of Espírito Santo, Brazil, between 2004 and 2009

Poliane Barbosa SampaioI; Tiago Lessa RossiI; Crispim Cerutti JuniorII; Eliana ZandonadeI,III
Degree of disability, pain levels, muscle strength, and electromyographic function in patients with Hansen’s disease with common peroneal nerve damage

Larissa Sales Téles VérasI,II,III; Rodrigo Gomes de Souza ValeII; Danielli Braga de MelloII,IV; José Adail Fonseca de CastroI,V; Vicente LimaII; Kelson Nonato Gomes da SilvaVI; Alexis TrottVII,VIII; Estélio Henrique Martin DantasVIII
Plasmodium falciparum infection in pregnant women attending antenatal care in Luanda, Angola

Paulo Adão CamposI,II; Bianor ValenteI; Rosa Bessa CamposIII; Luzia GonçalvesIV,V; Virgílio Estóliodo RosárioI; Luís VarandasI,VI; Henrique SilveiraI

Short Communication

White piedra: molecular identification of Trichosporon inkin in members of the same family

Virgínia Bodelão Richini-PereiraI; Rosângela Maria Pires de CamargoII; Eduardo BagagliIII; Silvio Alencar MarquesII
Parasitological stool sample exam by spontaneous sedimentation method using conical tubes: effectiveness, practice, and biosafety

Steveen Rios RibeiroI; Cinthia FurstII
Natural infection of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) by trypanosomatids in two different environments in the municipality of Ouro Preto do Oeste, State of Rondônia, Brazil

Dionatas Ulisses de Oliveira MeneguettiI; Olzeno TrevisanII; Luís Marcelo Aranha CamargoIII,IV; Renato Moreira RosaV
Simultaneous circulation of all four dengue serotypes in Manaus, State of Amazonas, Brazil in 2011

Michele de Souza BastosI,II; Regina Maria Pinto de FigueiredoI; Rajendranath RamasawmyI,III; Evaulino ItapiremaI; João Bosco Lima GimaqueI,II; Lucilaide Oliveira SantosI,II; Luiz Tadeu Moraes FigueiredoIV ;Maria Paula Gomes MourãoI,II,III

Case Report

Lymphogranuloma venereum and non-Hodgkin lymphoma: a case report

Mauro Romero Leal PassosI; Wilma Nancy Campos ArzeI; Felipe Dinau Leal PassosII; Priscilla Frauches Madureira de FariaIII; Renata Queiroz VarellaIII; Mariana Dinau Leal PassosIV; Dennis de Carvalho FerreiraI,V
Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

Yi ZhangI,II; Guo-Qing ZangI; Zheng-Hao TangI; Yong-Sheng YuI
Mediastinitis and pericardial effusion in a patient with AIDS and disseminated Mycobacterium avium infection: a case report

Juan José Cortez-EscalanteI; Aline Marques dos SantosII; Giovanna de Curcio GarnicaII; Ana Lucia SarmentoIII; Cleudson Nery de CastroI; Gustavo Adolfo Sierra RomeroI
Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with H1N1 virus infection and visceral leishmaniasis in a 4.5-month-old infant

Yilmaz AyI; Basak YildizII; Hale UnverIII; Deniz Yılmaz KarapinarI; Fadil VardarII

Images in Infectious Diseases

Scorpion sting-induced unilateral pulmonary edema

Eduardo GonçalvesI,II; Bruna Tupinambá MaiaII; Hercílio Martelli JúniorI

Letter

Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of community associated-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Chetan Mandelia; Shalini Shenoy; Yamini Garg

Obituary

Wladimir Lobato Paraense An outstanding scientist(*1914 2012)

Naftale Katz, Senior Researcher
Antônia Ivoneida Aragão (*1956 2012)

Luciano Pamplona de Góes CavalcantiI,II; Alzira Maria Paiva de AlmeidaIII

Technical Report

Identification of Brazilian expertise in the fight against some neglected tropical diseases

Jorge Lima de MagalhãesI; Núbia BoechatI; Adelaide Maria de Souza AntunesII