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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• Detection and molecular analysis of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum from dogs with neurological disorders

  Helio Langoni; Guilherme Matteucci; Bruno Medici; Lucilene Granuzio Camossi; Virgínia Bodelão Richini-Pereira; Rodrigo Costa da Silva

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• Epidemiologic aspects of toxoplasmosis and evaluation of its seroprevalence in pregnant women

  Amanda Luiza FonsecaI; Reysla Andrade SilvaI; Blima FuxII; Ana Paula MadureiraIII; Fabrizio Furtado de SousaIV; Carina MargonariV,VI

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• Occurrence of dolichocolon without megacolon in chronic Chagas disease patients

  Cleudson CastroI; Esperanza Bernal HernandezII; Joffre RezendeIII,IV; Aluizio Prata†

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• Seroepidemiology of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in the semiarid rural zone of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

  Carlos Ramon do Nascimento BritoI; George Harisson Felinto SampaioII; Antonia Cláudia Jácome da CâmaraIII; Daniela Ferreira NunesI; Paulo Roberto Medeiros de AzevedoIV; Egler ChiariV; Lúcia Maria da Cunha GalvãoII

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• One-year cardiac morphological and functional evolution following permanent pacemaker implantation in right ventricular septal position in chagasic patients

  Otaviano da Silva JúniorI,II; Paula Mayumi MaedaIII; Maria Cândida Calzada BorgesIV; Celso Salgado de MeloII; Dalmo CorreiaV

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• Epidemiological profile of meningococcal disease in the State of Minas Gerais and in the Central, North, and Triângulo Mineiro regions, Brazil, during 2000-2009

  Karynne Alves do NascimentoI; Sybelle de Souza Castro MiranziII; Lúcia Marina ScatenaII

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• Molecular characterization of Salmonella strains in individuals with acute diarrhea syndrome in the State of Sucre, Venezuela

  Hectorina RodulfoI; Marcos De DonatoI; Jesús LuiggiI; Elvia MichelliII; Adriana MillánI; Miriam MichelliI

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• Bacterial meningitis and living conditions

  Shirley Fonseca de SouzaI; Maria da Conceição Nascimento CostaII; Jairnilson Silva PaimII; Marcio Santos da NatividadeII; Susan Martins PereiraII; Alcina Marta de Souza AndradeI; Maria Glória TeixeiraII

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• Sandfly fauna in an area endemic for visceral leishmaniasis in Aracaju, State of Sergipe, Northeast Brazil

  Verónica de Lourdes Sierpe JeraldoI; Marco Aurélio de Oliveira GóesII; Claudio CasanovaIII; Claudia Moura de MeloI; Edilson Divino de AraújoIV; Sinval Pinto Brandão FilhoV; Danilo Esdras Rocha CruzI; Mara Cristina PintoVI

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• Analysis of sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Barra do Garças, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil, and the influence of environmental variables on the vector density of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912)

  Mirian Francisca Martins QueirozI; Jane Ramos VarjãoI; Sinara Cristina de MoraesI; Gladys Elena SalcedoII

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• Comparison between the spastic paraplegia rating scale, Kurtzke scale, and Osame scale in the tropical spastic paraparesis/myelopathy associated with HTLV

  Rodrigo Antonio Rocha da Cruz AdryI,II,III; Catarina Cöuras LinsIV; Ramon de Almeida KruschewskyV; Bernardo Galvão Castro FilhoVI

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• Evidence of a higher prevalence of HPV infection in HTLV-1-infected women: a cross-sectional study

  Sônia Sampaio LôpoI; Paula Matos OliveiraI; Iuri Usêda SantanaII; Geisa Barbosa PenaII; Maria Betânia TorralesIII; Rita Elizabeth MascarenhasII,IV; Bernardo Galvão-CastroI,IV; Maria Fernanda Rios GrassiI,IV

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• Hepatitis B virus infection in children, adolescents, and their relatives: genotype distribution and precore and core gene mutations

  Adriana Parise CompriI; Irene MiuraII; Gilda PortaII; Marcilio Figueiredo LemosI; Cláudia Patara SaraceniI; Regina Célia MoreiraI

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• Genetic diversity of dengue virus serotypes 1 and 2 in the State of Paraná, Brazil, based on a fragment of the capsid/premembrane junction region

  Ana Caroline Dalla Bona; Adriana Lacerda Twerdochlib; Mário Antônio Navarro-Silva

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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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