Volume 50 March/April 2017

Editorial

• Implications of SNPs on toll-like receptor genes in malaria: what do we know?

  Allyson Guimarães Costa^{1 2 3} Rajendranath Ramasawmy^{1 2 4 5} Adriana Malheiro^{1 3 5} Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda^{1 2 6}

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Review Article

• A meta-analysis of TLR4 and TLR9 SNPs implicated in severe malaria

  Gunanidhi Dhangadamajhi¹ Avishek Kar¹ Ronnaly Rout² Prabin Dhangadamajhi³

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Major Article

• Assessment of the sensory and physical limitations imposed by leprosy in a Brazilian Amazon Population

  Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar¹ Sandra Souza Lima¹ Ricardo Ishak¹ Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto¹

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• Presence of Mycobacterium leprae genotype 4 in environmental waters in Northeast Brazil

  Maísa Viana de Holanda¹ Livia Erika Carlos Marques¹ Maria Luisa Bezerra de Macedo¹ Maria Araci de Andrade Pontes² José Antonio Beltrão Sabadia³ Ligia Regina Franco Sansigolo Kerr⁴ Rosa Lívia Freitas Almeida⁵ Cristiane Cunha Frota¹

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• Analysis of clinical data and T helper 1/T helper 2 responses in patients with different clinical forms of leprosy

  Ricardo Wilson de Pinho Rodrigues^{1 2} Afonso Bezerra Ribeiro² Gilcele de Campos Martin Berber³ LeeYun Sheng⁴ Amilcar Sabino Damazo^{2 5}

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• Concordance between IFNγ gene +874 A/T polymorphism and interferon-γ expression in a TB-endemic indigenous setting

  Zaida Araujo¹ Andrea Palacios¹ Rubén Biomon¹ Bruno Rivas-Santiago² Carmen Judith Serrano² Leonor Enciso-Moreno² Juan Ernesto López-Ramos^{2 3} Albina Wide⁴ Juan Carlos Jiménez⁵ Carlos Fernández de Larrea⁶ José Antonio Enciso-Moreno²

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• Evaluating respiratory musculature, quality of life, anxiety, and depression among patients with indeterminate chronic Chagas disease and symptoms of pulmonary hypertension

  Alícia Cristina Suman¹ Érika Alessandra Pellison Nunes da Costa^{1 2} Silméia Garcia Zanati Bazan³ João Carlos Hueb³ Fabio Cardoso de Carvalho³ Luis Cuadrado Martin³ Hugo Hyung Bok Yoo³

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• Evaluation of antioxidant therapy in experimental Chagas disease

  Thais de Mello Tieghi¹ Camilla Chimelo Manca¹ Lígia Cangussu Tomaz Garcia¹ Roberto Esteves Pires Castanho¹ Altino Luiz Silva Therezo² Fernando Frei³ Elane de Fátima Taipeiro⁴ Luciamáre Perinetti Alves Martins¹

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• Group B Streptococcus detection in pregnant women via culture and PCR methods

  Cláudia Wollheim¹ Rosa Dea Sperhacke² Sabrina Kahler Ribeiro Fontana³ Andréa Cristina Vanni² Sérgio Kakuta Kato^{2 4 5} Patricia Regina de Araújo¹ Afonso Luis Barth⁶ José Mauro Madi³

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• Phenotypic methods for screening carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae and assessment of their antimicrobial susceptibility profile

  Danielly da Costa Silva^{1 2} Roberta Filipini Rampelotto^{1 2} Vinícius Victor Lorenzoni¹ Silvana Oliveira dos Santos^{1 2} Juliana Damer^{1 2} Manfredo Hörner³ Rosmari Hörner¹

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• Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii contamination in an intensive care unit

  Otávio Hallal Ferreira Raro¹ Stephanie Wagner Gallo¹ Carlos Alexandre Sanchez Ferreira¹ Sílvia Dias de Oliveira¹

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• Circulating microRNA as a marker for predicting liver disease progression in patients with chronic hepatitis B

  Behnaz Riazalhosseini¹ Rosmawati Mohamed² Yamunah Devi Apalasamy¹ Immaculate Mbongo Langmia¹ Zahurin Mohamed¹

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Short Communication

• Serosurvey of anti- Leptospira sp. and anti- Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in capybaras and collared and white-lipped peccaries

  Leila Sabrina Ullmann¹ Mara Lúcia Gravinatti² Ricardo Seiti Yamatogi¹ Leonilda Correa dos Santos³ Wanderlei de Moraes³ Zalmir Silvino Cubas³ Lucilene Granuzzio Camossi⁴ Ivan Roque de Barros Filho² Helio Langoni⁴ Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira² Alexander Welker Biondo²

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• Infrared thermography to diagnose and manage venomous animal bites and stings

  Carlos Roberto de Medeiros¹ Marcos Leal Brioschi² Solange Nogueira de Souza¹ Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira²

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• Wuchereria bancrofti infection in Haitian immigrants and the risk of re-emergence of lymphatic filariasis in the Brazilian Amazon

  Edson Fidelis da Silva Junior¹ Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda^{1 2 3} Gilberto Fontes⁴ Maria Paula Gomes Mourão^{1 2} Marilaine Martins²

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• Leprosy in Southern Brazil: a twenty-year epidemiological profile

  Ana Paula Nazario^{1 2} Jair Ferreira^{3 4} Lavínia Schuler-Faccini^{4 5 6} Marilu Fiegenbaum¹ Osvaldo Artigalás^{7 8} Fernanda Sales Luiz Vianna^{4 5 6 9}

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• Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility of non-fermenting Gram-negative bacilli isolated from clinical samples at a tertiary care hospital

  Anne de Rossi Argenta¹ Daiane Bopp Fuentefria² Andréa Michel Sobottka¹

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• A duplex endpoint PCR assay for rapid detection and differentiation of Leptospira strains

  Douadi Benacer¹ Siti Nursheena Mohd Zain¹ John W. Lewis² Mohd Khairul Nizam Mohd Khalid³ Kwai Lin Thong¹

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• Ascogregarina taiwanensis infection in Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in Santa Catarina, South Brazil

  Josiane Somariva Prophiro^{1 2} Thiago Nunes Pereira^{2 3} Joice Guilherme de Oliveira² Guilherme Werner Dandolini² Mario Antonio Navarro da Silva¹ Onilda Santos da Silva³

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• Operational research principles for a routine service process for monitoring the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome treatment cascade: data from a cohort in Brazil

  Meire Cavalieri de Almeida¹ Fernanda Friggi Araújo² Guillermo Patricio Ortega-Jacome³ Suely Hiromi Tuboi⁴ Guilherme Côrtes Fernandes^{2 3}

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Case Report

• Facial botryomycosis-like pyoderma in an HIV-infected patient: remission after initiation of darunavir and raltegravir

  Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva¹ Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva¹ Fernando Raphael de Almeida Ferry¹ Jorge Francisco da Cunha Pinto¹

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• Paracoccidioidomycosis with sarcoid-like lesions:a diagnostic challenge

  Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de Abreu¹ Joel Carlos Lastória² Antonio Luiz de Arruda Mattos³ Maurício Mota de Avelar Alchorne⁴

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• Intralesional treatment with meglumine antimoniate in three patients with New World cutaneous leishmaniasis and large periarticular lesions with comorbidities

  Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel¹ Érica de Camargo Ferreira e Vasconcellos² Carla de Oliveira Ribeiro³ Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra¹ Mauricio Naoto Saheki¹ Mariza de Matos Salgueiro¹ Liliane de Fátima Antonio¹ Armando de Oliveira Schubach¹

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• Chikungunya virus infection with severe neurologic manifestations: report of four fatal cases

  Priscilla Karen de Oliveira Sá¹ Michaela de Miranda Nunes¹ Ingrid Ramalho Leite¹ Maria das Graças Loureiro das Chagas Campelo¹ Cláudia Ferreira Ribeiro Leão¹ Joelma Rodrigues de Souza^{2 3} Lúcio Roberto Castellano² Ana Isabel Vieira Fernandes^{2 4}

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Spleen damage in a dog naturally infected by Leishmania infantum

  José Claudio Carneiro de Freitas¹ Adam Leal Lima¹ Diana Célia Sousa Nunes-Pinheiro¹

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Letter

• Accuracy of CareStart™ G6PD rapid diagnostic test: variation in results from different commercial versions

  Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro^{1 2} Marcelo Augusto Mota Brito^{1 2} Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda^{1 2 3}

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