Volume 45 May/June 2012

Editorial

• Dengue in Brazil

  Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

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Review Article

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

  José Rodrigues Coura; José Borges-Pereira

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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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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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

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• Parasitological stool sample exam by spontaneous sedimentation method using conical tubes: effectiveness, practice, and biosafety

  Steveen Rios RibeiroI; Cinthia FurstII

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• 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

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• 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

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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

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• Listeria monocytogenes meningitis in an immunocompetent adult: a case report

  Yi ZhangI,II; Guo-Qing ZangI; Zheng-Hao TangI; Yong-Sheng YuI

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• 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

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• 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

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Scorpion sting-induced unilateral pulmonary edema

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

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Letter

• Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of community associated-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

  Chetan Mandelia; Shalini Shenoy; Yamini Garg

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Obituary

• Wladimir Lobato Paraense An outstanding scientist(*1914 †2012)

  Naftale Katz, Senior Researcher

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• Antônia Ivoneida Aragão (*1956 †2012)

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

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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

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