Volume 45 May/June 2012

Editorial

Dengue in Brazil

Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo

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
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
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
Occurrence of dolichocolon without megacolon in chronic Chagas disease patients

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

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

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