Volume 51 March/April 2018

Editorial

• A quick fix for Chagas disease therapy: a new trick using an old drug

  Jair Lage de Siqueira-Neto¹

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Review Article

• Preventing diseases in round-the-world travelers: a contemporary challenge for travel medicine advice

  Karis Maria de Pinho Rodrigues¹ Beatriz Meurer Moreira²

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Major Article

• Insect vectors of Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi) in Northeastern Brazil

  Arduina Sofia Ortet de Barros Vasconcelos Fidalgo¹ Alanna Carla da Costa¹ José Damião da Silva Filho² Darlan da Silva Cândido³ Erlane Chaves Freitas² Laíse dos Santos Pereira² Mônica Coelho de Andrade⁴ Kátia Cristina Morais Soares Gomes⁵ Cláudia Mendonça Bezerra⁶ Maria de Fátima Oliveira⁷

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• Evaluating the use of fluorescence-based flow cytometry assay for dengue diagnosis using peripheral blood mononuclear cells

  Luzia Aparecida Costa Barreira¹ Priscila Santos Scheucher² Marilia Farignoli Romeiro¹ Leonardo La Serra¹ Soraya Jabur Badra¹ William Marciel de Souza¹ Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo¹

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• Balance, functional mobility, and fall occurrence in patients with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis: a cross-sectional study

  Erika Pedreira da Fonseca^{1 2} Katia Nunes Sá^{1 2} Rebeca Freitas Reis Nunes¹ Antônio Carlos Ribeiro Junior¹ Síntia Freitas Bastos Lira¹ Elen Beatriz Pinto²

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• Clinical outcomes and risk factors for death from disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS who visited a high-complexity hospital in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil

  Barbara Cristina Scarcelli Boigues¹ Anamaria Mello Miranda Paniago¹ Gláucia Moreira Espíndola Lima² Maina de Oliveira Nunes² Silvia Naomi de Oliveira Uehara¹

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• First-wave protease inhibitors for hepatitis C genotype 1 treatment: a real-life experience in Brazilian patients

  Silvana Gama Florencio Chachá^{1 2} João Paulo Vilela Rodrigues³ Roberta Chaves Araújo² Leonardo Régis Leira Pereira³ Márcia Guimarães Villanova² Fernanda Fernandes Souza² Rodrigo de Carvalho Santana⁴ Ana de Lourdes Candolo Martinelli²

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• HCMV UL97 phosphotransferase gene mutations may be associated with antiviral resistance in immunocompromised patients in Belém, PA, Northern Brazil

  Dorotéa de Fátima Lobato da Silva^{1 2} Jedson Ferreira Cardoso³ Sandro Patroca da Silva³ Leda Mani França Arruda² Renato Lopes Fernandes de Medeiros² Marluce Matos Moraes² Rita Catarina Medeiros Sousa¹

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• Risk factors of Helicobacter pylori infection in an urban community in Northeast Brazil and the relationship between the infection and gastric diseases

  Irigrácin Lima Diniz Basílio^{1 2} Maria de Fátima Celino Catão¹ Janilson Dantas de Sousa Carvalho¹ Francisco Paulo Freire-Neto^{3 4 5} Leonardo Capristano Ferreira^{3 4 5} Selma Maria Bezerra Jerônimo^{2 3 4 5}

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• Natural infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in triatomines and seropositivity for Chagas disease of dogs in rural areas of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

  Yannara Barbosa Nogueira Freitas¹ Celeste da Silva Freitas de Souza² Jamille Maia e Magalhães¹ Maressa Laíse Reginaldo de Sousa¹ Luiz Ney d’Escoffier² Tânia Zaverucha do Valle² Teresa Cristina Monte Gonçalves³ Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana⁴ Thais Aaparecida Kazimoto¹ Sthenia Santos Albano Amora¹

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Short Communication

• Occurrence of Blastocystis spp. in domestic animals in Triângulo Mineiro area of Brazil

  Renata Gregório Franco Moura¹ Márcia Benedita de Oliveira-Silva² André Luiz Pedrosa² Gabriel Antônio Nogueira Nascentes³ Marlene Cabrine-Santos⁴

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• Microscopic detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in direct or processed sputum smears

  José Luiz de Oliveira Magalhães¹ Juliana Figueiredo da Costa Lima² Ana Albertina de Araújo³ Ilyana Oliveira Coutinho² Nilma Cintra Leal¹ Alzira Maria Paiva de Almeida¹

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• The role of the Xpert MTB/RIF assay among adolescents suspected of pulmonary tuberculosis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Thania Luiza de Andrade Sieiro¹ Rafaela Baroni Aurílio² Elizabeth Cristina C. Soares³ Silvia S. Chiang⁴ Clemax Couto Sant´Anna^{5 6}

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• Negative serology of Fasciola hepatica infection in patients with liver cancer in Peru: a preliminary report

  Claudia Machicado^{1 2} Stéphane Bertani³ Patricia Herrera-Velit¹ Jose Espinoza¹ Eloy Ruiz⁴ Luis Marcos⁵

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• Epidemiological and clinical profile of patients with Chagas disease in the Central-North area of Paraná, Southern Brazil

  Aretuza Zaupa Gasparim¹ Carlos Edmundo Rodrigues Fontes^{1 2} Diogo Francisco Rossoni³ Max Jean de Ornelas Toledo^{1 4}

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• Home care in the Federal District: factors associated with the first occurrence of acute lower respiratory infection and death

  Leny Nunes de Barros¹ Maria Regina Fernandes de Oliveira^{2 3}

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• Is it possible to perform bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing with a positive blood culture bottle for quick diagnosis of bloodstream infections?

  Tamily Cristina Lemos¹ Laura Lúcia Cogo² Adriane Cheschin Maestri² Milena Hadad³ Keite da Silva Nogueira^{2 4}

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• First report of Rhodnius neglectus (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) from the State of Acre, Brazil, and the Brazilian Western Amazon Region

  Leandro José Ramos^{1 2} Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro^{1 3} Janis Lunier de Souza⁴ Jader de Oliveira^{5 6} João Aristeu da Rosa^{4 5} Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo^{3 7 8 9} Renildo Moura da Cunha^{2 10 11} Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti^{3 10 12}

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• The relationship between atopy and neurological manifestations in HTLV-1 infection

  Raquel Crisóstomo Lima Verde^{1 2} José Abraão Carneiro Neto¹ Silvane Maria Braga Santos^{1 3 4} Edgar Marcelino Carvalho^{1 4} Marcus Miranda Lessa^{1 2}

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• Prevalence of hypoalbuminemia in outpatients with HIV/AIDS

  José Adalberto Leal¹ Maria Arlene Fausto² Mariângela Carneiro^{1 3} Unaí Tubinambás^{1 4}

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• High-risk behaviors for hepatitis B and C infections among female sex workers

  Marco Antonio Moreira Puga¹ Larissa Melo Bandeira¹ Sabrina Moreira dos Santos Weis¹ Fernanda Rodas Pires Fernandes¹ Lisie Souza Castro¹ Tayana Serpa Ortiz Tanaka¹ Grazielli Rocha de Rezende¹ Sheila Araújo Teles² Vivianne de Oliveira Landgraf de Castro¹ Paula Guerra Murat¹ Gina Jonasson Mousquer Capelin¹ Ana Rita Coimbra Motta-Castro^{1 3}

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Case Report

• Pulmonary paracoccidioidomycosis: a case report of reactivation in a patient receiving biological therapy

  Lúcia Carla Polaco Covre¹ Pâmela Mazzini Hombre¹ Aloísio Falqueto² Paulo Mendes Peçanha² Valéria Valim³

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• Cat scratch disease presenting as axillary lymphadenopathy and a palpable benign mammary nodule mimicking a carcinoma

  Larissa Cabral Marques¹ Kátia Pincerato² Adriana Akemi Yoshimura¹ Felipe Eduardo Martins Andrade¹ Alfredo Carlos Simões Dornellas de Barros¹

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• Meningitis caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Panama in Brazil: first case reported

  Maria Regina Pires Carneiro¹ Maria Iracema de Aguiar Patrício² Sona Jain¹ Dalia dos Prazeres Rodrigues³ Sergio Eduardo Longo Fracalanzza⁴

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Oral cavity syphilides

  Walter de Araujo Eyer-Silva¹ Marcelo Costa Velho Mendes de Azevedo¹ Guilherme Almeida Rosa da Silva¹

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• Central nervous system tuberculosis mimicking tentorium meningioma: a rare case

  Bernardo Carvalho Muniz¹ Bruno Niemeyer¹ Lana Sayuri Makita²

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Letter

• Efficacy of the main repellents available in the Brazilian market against Aedes aegypti bites under concentrations applied to pediatric populations

  Bruna Oliveira da Silva¹ Thainá Oliveira Felicio Olivatti¹ Rafael Guimarães Kanda¹ Gustavo Noé de Marco¹ Felipe José Santaella¹ Newton Goulart Madeira² Vidal Haddad Junior¹ Hélio Amante Miot¹

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Mini Review

• Response to different benznidazole doses in animal models of chronic phase Chagas disease: a critical review

  Cauê Benito Scarim¹ Aline Rimoldi Ribeiro² João Aristeu da Rosa³ Chung Man Chin¹

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