Volume 51 July/August 2018

Editorial

• Functional capacity in Chagas disease

  Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro¹

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Review Article

• Reduced functional capacity in patients with Chagas disease: a systematic review with meta-analysis

  Henrique Silveira Costa¹ Márcia Maria Oliveira Lima² Fábio Silva Martins da Costa¹ Ana Thereza Chaves¹ Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes¹ Pedro Henrique Scheidt Figueiredo² Manoel Otávio da Costa Rocha¹

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• Mortality in patients with multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: a meta-analysis

  Eliseth Costa Oliveira de Matos¹ Regis Bruni Andriolo² Yan Corrêa Rodrigues² Patrícia Danielle Lima de Lima² Irna Carla do Rosário Souza Carneiro¹ Karla Valéria Batista Lima^{2 3}

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Major Article

• Strongyloidiasis in humans: diagnostic efficacy of four conventional methods and real-time polymerase chain reaction

  Laura Francisca Campo-Polanco¹ José Mauricio Hernández Sarmiento² Miguel Antonio Mesa³ Carlos Jaime Velásquez Franco³ Lucelly López² Luz Elena Botero¹ Lina Andrea Gutiérrez Builes¹

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• Cryptococcal meningitis epidemiology: 17 years of experience in a State of the Brazilian Pantanal

  Joslaine de Oliveira Nunes¹ Rosianne Assis de Sousa Tsujisaki² Maína de Oliveira Nunes³ Gláucia Moreira Espíndola Lima³ Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago² Elenir Rose Jardim Cury Pontes² Marilene Rodrigues Chang^{1 4}

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• Predictive factors for disseminated histoplasmosis in AIDS patients with fever admitted to a reference hospital in Brazil

  Isadora Cavalcanti Ramos¹ Yuri Coelho Soares¹ Lisandra Serra Damasceno² Mariana Pitombeira Libório^{2 3} Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias¹ Jorg Heukelbach¹ Carlos Henrique Morais de Alencar¹ Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão^{1 2}

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• Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies in Chinese patients with tuberculosis

  Gao Huan^{1 2} Gao Yang^{2 3} Qu Xiao-yu² Xu Jiancheng⁴ Song Yan-qing²

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• Anti-serum validation for use in immunohistochemistry for Trypanosoma cruzi detection

  Paulo Hernane Rabelo Azevedo¹ Marcelo Antônio Pascoal Xavier¹ Glenda Nicioli da Silva² Priscilla Almeida da Costa³ Cláudia Martins Carneiro⁴ Geraldo Brasileiro Filho¹

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• Epidemiology of human visceral leishmaniasis in the urban centers of the lower-middle São Francisco Valley, Brazilian semiarid region

  Lucyo Flávio Bezerra Diniz¹ Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza² Rodrigo Feliciano do Carmo^{1 3}

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• Spatio-temporal analysis of the occurrence of human visceral leishmaniasis in Araçatuba, State of São Paulo, Brazil

  Patricia Marques Moralejo Bermudi¹ Marluci Monteiro Guirado² Lilian Aparecida Colebrusco Rodas³ Margareth Regina Dibo⁴ Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto⁵

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• Trypanosoma cruzi in Triatomines and wild mammals in the National Park of Serra das Confusões, Northeastern Brazil

  Andréa Pereira da Costa^{1 2} Juliana Isabel Giuli da Silva Ferreira¹ Ryan Emiliano da Silva¹ Renata Tonhosolo¹ Andreina de Carvalho Araújo³ Maíra Freitas Guimarães¹ Mauricio Cláudio Horta³ Marcelo Bahia Labruna¹ Arlei Marcili^{1 4}

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• Adherence to antiretroviral therapy and correlation with adverse effects and coinfections in people living with HIV/AIDS in the municipality of Goiás State

  Luane da Silva Oliveira¹ Lorena Maria Caixeta¹ José Luís Rodrigues Martins¹ Kelly Deyse Segati¹ Rodrigo Scaliante Moura¹ Marcelo Cecílio Daher¹ Emerith Mayra Hungria Pinto¹

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• HIV/AIDS case definition criteria and association between sociodemographic and clinical aspects of the disease reported in the State of Minas Gerais from 2007 to 2016

  Sybelle de Souza Castro¹ Lúcia Marina Scatena² Alfredo Miranzi¹ Almir Miranzi Neto⁴ Fernanda Carolina Camargo⁴ Altacílio Aparecido Nunes⁶

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Short Communication

• Maternal schistosomiasis: IL-2, IL-10 and regulatory T lymphocytes to unrelated antigen in adult offspring mice

  Erica de Souza Fernandes¹ Virgínia Maria de Barros Lorena² Iana Rafaela Fernandes Sales¹ Mônica Camelo Pessoa de Azevedo Albuquerque^{1 3} Yara de Miranda Gomes² Vlaudia Maria Assis Costa^{1 3} Valdênia Maria Oliveira de Souza^{1 4}

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• In vitro antifungal susceptibility of Candida speciesisolated from diabetic patients

  Mohammad Taghi Hedayati^{1 2} Mahin Tavakoli^{2 3} Fateme Zakavi⁴ Tahereh Shokohi^{1 2} Ramin Mofarrah⁵ Saham Ansari⁶ Mojtaba Taghizadeh Armaki⁷

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• Alterations induced in the ileum of mice upon inoculation with different species of Leishmania: a preliminary study

  Amanda Gubert Alves dos Santos¹ Jéssica de Paula Ferlini² Suellen Lais Vicentino^{1 3} Maria Valdrinez Campana Lonardoni⁴ Debora de Mello Gonçales Sant’Ana¹ Gessilda de Alcântara Nogueira de Melo^{1 4}

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• Antibacterial activity of fractions and isolates of Maytenus guianensis Klotzsch ex Reissek (Celastraceae) Chichuá Amazon

  Tamires Mota da Silva¹ Clarice Maia Carvalho^{1 2 3} Renato Abreu Lima⁴ Valdir Alves Facundo^{5 6} Renildo Moura da Cunha^{1 3} Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti^{1 2 3}

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• Comparison of five methods of extraction of Staphylococcus aureus DNA for molecular detection by PCR

  Maristela Oliveira Lara¹ Thabata Coaglio Lucas¹ Evanguedes kalapothakis² Ronaldo Luis Thomasini³ Carla Jorge Machado⁴

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• Culicidae fauna (Diptera: Culicidae) survey in urban, ecotonal and forested areas, from the Moreno municipality – Pernambuco State, Brazil.

  Cláudio Júlio da Silva¹ Sônia Valéria Pereira² Edivaldo José Apolinário¹ Gilvan Leite dos Santos¹ Maria Alice Varjal Melo-Santos^{3 4} Alexandre Freitas da Silva^{3 4} Gabriel Luz Wallau^{3 4} Cláudia Maria Fontes de Oliveira^{3 4}

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• Is early HIV infection diagnosis at a reference center a reality in the state of Ceara?

  Luis Lopes Sombra Neto¹ Monya Garcia Baracho^{1 2} Geysa Maria Nogueira Farias³ Danielle Malta Lima^{1 3 4} Jeová Keny Baima Colares^{1 2 4} Lara Gurgel Fernandes Távora^{1 2}

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• Lifestyle and sleep patterns among people living with and without HIV/AIDS

  Isis Kelly dos Santos¹ Kesley Pablo Morais de Azevedo¹ Flávia Cavalcante Monteiro Melo¹ Kátia Kamila Felix de Lima¹ Rianne Soares Pinto¹ Paulo Moreira Silva Dantas² Humberto Jefferson de Medeiros³ Maria Irany Knackfuss³

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• Prevalence of hepatitis C virus genotypes in the State of Pará, Brazil

  Vanessa de Souza Guimarães^{1 2} Talita Gomes de Melo¹ Rita de Cássia Damasceno Ferreira² Sherley Ferreira de Almeida² Luisa Caricio Martins³

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• Dengue seroprevalence and its socioeconomic determinants in Faisalabad, Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

  Faiz Ahmed Raza^{1 2} Sajjad Ashraf^{1 3} Shahida Hasnain² Jameel Ahmad⁴ Mazhar Iqbal¹

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Case Report

• Multiple bee stings, multiple organs involved: a case report

  Luana Ferreira Martins de Toledo¹ Daniella Campelo Batalha Cox Moore^{1 2} Daniella Mancino da Luz Caixeta¹ Margarida dos Santos Salú¹ Carla Verona Barreto Farias³ Zina Maria Almeida de Azevedo¹

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• Chagas cardiomyopathy associated with serological cure after trypanocidal treatment during childhood

  Marisa Liliana Fernández¹ Yolanda Hernández¹ Karenina Scollo² Mónica Ines Esteva³ Adelina Rosa Riarte¹ Nilda Graciela Prado¹

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• Septic arthritis of native hip joint by Staphylococcus lugdunensis: a case report

  Bhavita Gaglani¹ Michelle Dahdouh² Kinchit Shah³

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• Influence of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on the muscle tonus and amplitude of movement in HTLV-1-infected patients with HAM/TSP

  Kelly Helorany Alves Costa¹ Tatiane Bahia do Vale Silva² Givago da Silva Souza³ Richelma de Fátima de Miranda Barbosa⁴

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• The train tracks sign is a valuable skin marker of envenomations caused by caterpillars

  Paulo Ricardo Criado¹ Vidal Haddad Junior²

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• Noncontiguous multiple-level brucellar spondylitis with subsequent relapse

  Yao Zhang¹ Qiang Zhang¹ Chang-song Zhao¹

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Letter

• Jequitiranabóia, the flying snake

  Vidal Haddad Junior¹ Pedro Sgarbi Saad Secanho² Adriana Lucia Mendes³

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