Volume 51 November/December 2018

Major Article

• Alterations in the lipid profiles and circulating liver enzymes in individuals infected by Schistosoma mansoni

  Fabiana Letícia da Silva¹ Rodrigo Pimenta Del-Rei² Déborah Bittencourt Mothé Fraga³ Leonardo Maia Leony² Alina Maria Gonzaga Carlos de Souza⁴ Fred Luciano Neves Santos²

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• Factors associated with leprosy in a municipality of the Pre-Amazon region, state of Maranhão, Brazil

  Antônio Rafael da Silva^{1 2} Pedro Martins Lima Neto^{2 3} Leonardo Hunaldo dos Santos³ Raina Jansen Cutrim Propp Lima⁴ Pedro Luiz Tauil⁵ Eloísa da Graça do Rosário Gonçalves^{1 2}

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• Prevalence and risk factors of toxoplasmosis among adults in a small Brazilian city

  Afonso Dinis Costa Passos¹ Valdes Roberto Bollela² João Marcelo Fortes Furtado³ Moisés Moura de Lucena³ Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues¹ Jayter Silva Paula³ Laura Valdiane Luz Melo⁴ Maria de Lourdes Veronese Rodrigues³

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• Favorable responses to treatment with 5 mg Sbv/kg/day meglumine antimoniate in patients with American tegumentary leishmaniasis acquired in different Brazilian regions

  Jamyra Iglesias Cataldo¹ Fátima Conceição-Silva² Liliane de Fátima Antônio¹ Armando de Oliveira Schubach¹ Mauro Célio de Almeida Marzochi¹ Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino^{1 3} Maria Inês Fernandes Pimentel¹ Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra¹ Raquel de Vasconcellos Carvalhaes de Oliveira⁴ Juliana Helena da Silva Barros⁵ Raquel da Silva Pacheco¹ Maria de Fátima Madeira¹

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• Assessment of different methods for the detection of biofilm production in coagulase-negative staphylococci isolated from blood cultures of newborns

  Roberta Filipini Rampelotto^{1 2} Vinicius Victor Lorenzoni¹ Danielly da Costa Silva^{1 2} Silvana Silveira Coelho¹ Vanessa Wust¹ Litiérri Razia Garzon¹ Melise Silveira Nunes^{1 3} Bettina Meneghetti^{1 3} Patrícia Chaves Brites⁴ Manfredo Hörner⁵ Rosmari Hörner^{1 2}

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• Fluctuations in serological hepatitis C virus levels in HIV patients

  Vanessa Cristina Martins Silva¹ Samira Julien Calux¹ Marcilio Figueiredo Lemos¹ Adriana Parise Compri¹ Ana Paula de Torres Santos² Isabel Takano Oba¹ Maria Cássia Jacintho Mendes-Correa³ Regina Célia Moreira¹

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• Influence of the inflammatory response on treatment of hepatitis C with triple therapy

  Fernanda Cristina Winckler¹ Aline Marcia Marques Braz² Vanessa Nogueira da Silva¹ Marjorie de Assis Golim² Vanessa Gutierrez de Andrade¹ Paulo Eduardo de Abreu Machado^{1 2} Liciana Vaz de Arruda Silveira³ Giovanni Faria Silva¹

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• Predictive factors of dengue severity in hospitalized children and adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Ralph Antonio Xavier Ferreira¹ Claire Fernandes Kubelka² Luis Guillermo Coca Velarde³ Jorge Paulo Strogoff de Matos⁴ Laura Cunha Ferreira¹ Mariana Mancebo Reid¹ Sérgio Setúbal¹ Solange Artimos de Oliveira¹

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Short Communication

• Prevalence and risk factors of syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus co-infection at a university hospital in Brazil

  Alex Maurício Garcia Santos¹ Valter Romão de Souza Júnior¹ Fábio Lopes de Melo² Ana Emília Costa de Araújo Aquino¹ Maria Olivia Aureliano Ramos¹ Lucas Marinho Araújo¹ Celso Rodrigues de Lira¹ Patrícia Maria sobral¹ François Figueiroa¹ Heloisa Ramos Lacerda de Melo¹ Paulo Sérgio Ramos de Araújo^{1 4}

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• Antiprotozoal action of synthetic cinnamic acid analogs

  Ana Paula de Azevedo dos Santos^{1 2 3} Saara Nery Fialho^{1 5} Daniel Sol Sol de Medeiros^{1 2 3} Ana Fidelina Gómez Garay^{2 3 4} Jorge Alfonso Ruiz Diaz^{2 3 4} Maria Celeste Vega Gómez⁴ Carolina Bioni Garcia Teles^{1 2 5 6} Leonardo de Azevedo Calderon^{1 2 3}

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• PCR sensitivity of peripheral blood of dogs co-infected with Leishmania spp. and Ehrlichia spp. in endemic area of Brazil

  Ana Paula Stefanello da Silveira¹ Victor Bruno Duarte Vieira¹ Leticia Surian Batalini² Silvia Barbosa do Carmo³ Elisabete Friozi³ Eduardo José de Arruda⁴ Manoel Sebastião da Costa Lima Junior⁵ Herintha Coeto Neitzke-Abreu^{1 6}

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• American cutaneous leishmaniasis in a northeast Brazilian city: clinical and epidemiological features

  Cícero Roberto Pinheiro Grangeiro Júnior^{1 2} João Vitor Cândido Pimentel^{1 2} Antonio Gilvan Teixeira Júnior^{1 2} Aline Felipe de Jesus¹ Thaila Cristhina Fernandes Galvão¹ Lorenza Andrés Almeida de Souza³ Maria do Socorro Vieira Gadelha^{1 2} Kécia Silva Damasceno^{1 2 4} Modesto Leite Rolim Neto^{1 2 4} Marcos Antonio Pereira de Lima^{1 2} Vânia Barbosa do Nascimento⁴ Cláudio Gleidiston Lima da Silva¹

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• Using a Chagas disease hospital database: a clinical and epidemiological patient profile

  Andressa Bruscato¹ Mariane Barroso Pereira² Mariana Degaki Archilia¹ Thassia Mariane Teodoro¹ Eros Antônio de Almeida² Luiz Cláudio Martins² Eduardo de Figueiredo Peloso³ Fernanda Ramos Gadelha¹

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• Echocardiographic Study of the Coronary Sinus in the Indeterminate Form of Chagas Disease

  Glauco Andre Machado¹ Dalton Alexandre dos Anjos² Flávia de Freitas Rodrigues² Renata Fockink dos Anjos² Marcelo Barbosa Melo Luckemeyer³ Daniel França Vasconcelos⁴ Cleudson Nery de Castro¹

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• Syphilis in pregnancy, congenital syphilis, and factors associated with mother-to-child transmission in Itapeva, São Paulo, 2010 to 2014.

  Sérgio Eleutério da Silva Neto¹ Stael Silvana Bagno Eleutério da Silva² Ana Marli Christovam Sartori³

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• Absence of cytomegalovirus in gingivitis and chronic periodontitis in HIV-1 patients in Northern Brazil

  Ricardo Roberto de Souza Fonseca¹ Ana Cláudia Braga Amoras Alves² Thalita de Almeida Amanajás² Brenna Magdalena Lima Nogueira³ Tatiany Oliveira de Alencar Menezes⁴ Leonardo Quintão Siravenha⁵ Danilo Leôncio Aguiar Pereira⁵ Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado⁵ Luciana Campêlo da Silva Gilet⁶ Silvio Augusto Fernandes de Menezes¹

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• Hepatitis E virus infection among rural Afro-descendant communities from the eastern Brazilian Amazon

  Alex Junior Souza de Souza¹ Candida Maria Abrahão de Oliveira¹ Vânia Pinto Sarmento¹ André Antonio Corrêa das Chagas¹ Nayara Silva Nonato¹ Dickson Ciro Nascimento de Brito¹ Kemere Marques Vieira Barbosa¹ Manoel do Carmo Pereira Soares¹ Heloisa Marceliano Nunes¹

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• Seroepidemiological aspects of human infection by Strongyloides stercoralis in Alfenas, southern Minas Gerais, Brazil

  Juliana Barbosa Nunes¹ Thamy Cristina de Oliveira Emídio¹ Marcos José Marques¹ Ivo Santana Caldas¹ Raquel Lopes Martins Souza¹ Herminia Yohko Kanamura¹ Julia Maria Costa-Cruz²

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Case Report

• Vancomycin-induced severe thrombocytopenia in a young infant

  Quan-yao Chen¹ Jun Wan¹ Jian-hui Yang¹ Min Lin¹ Yao Chen¹

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• Type 1 cardiorenal syndrome in a patient with an acute infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi in the Brazilian Amazon region – a case report

  Karla Cristina Petruccell¹ Gabriel Castro Tavares¹ Márcio Pinheiro Lima¹ Jessica Vanina Ortiz^{2 3} Alba Regina Brandão¹ Katia do Nascimento Couceiro^{2 3} João Marcos Bemfica Barbosa-Ferreira^{2 3 4} Mônica Regina Hosannah da Silva e Silva⁵ Maria das Graças Vale Barbosa Guerra^{2 3} Jorge Augusto de Oliveira Guerra^{2 3}

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• Diabetes insipidus secondary to tuberculous meningoencephalitis with hypothalamic involvement extending to the hypophysis: a case report

  Monique Freire Santana^{1 2} Guilherme Augusto Pivoto João¹ Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda¹ Luiz Carlos de Lima Ferreira^{1 3}

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• Subcutaneous nodules of cysticercosis as a sign of asymptomatic neurocysticercosis in an HIV positive patient

  Elisah Agaba¹ Deepak Modi¹ Ozge Gunduz¹ Zateen Modi¹

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Diabetic foot ulcers with myiasis: a potential route for resistance gene dissemination for enterococci?

  Felipe Tavares Rodrigues¹ Valéria Magalhães Aguiar² Claudia Soares Lessa²

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• Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction in a patient with syphilis and human immunodeficiency virus infection

  Aurean D’Eça Júnior¹ Lívia dos Santos Rodrigues² Luciana Cavalcante Costa³

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Letter

• Silent arenavirus infection in individuals living in colniza, Mato Grosso, Brazil

  Jorlan Fernandes¹ Thayssa Alves Coelho da Silva¹ Renata Carvalho de Oliveira¹ Alexandro Guterres¹ Elaine Cristina de Oliveira^{2 3} Ana Claudia Pereira Terças⁴ Silvana C. Levis⁵ Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes² Marina Atakana² Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos¹

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Mini Review

• Association between polymorphisms in the genes encoding toll-like receptors and dectin-1 and susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis: a systematic review

  Daiane de Oliveira Cunha¹ Jacqueline Andréia Bernardes Leão-Cordeiro² Hellen da Silva Cintra de Paula³ Fábio Silvestre Ataides⁴ Vera Aparecida Saddi^{1 4} Cesar Augusto Sam Tiago Vilanova-Costa⁵ Antonio Márcio Teodoro Cordeiro Silva^{1 4}

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