Volume 52 January/February 2019

Editorial

• Fighting Rheumatic Heart Disease: What are the next moves?

  Bruno Ramos Nascimento1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5586-774X Andrea Zawacki Beaton3 4

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• West Nile virus infection in Brazil

  Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6800-6076

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• The use of meta-analysis in infectious disease surveillance: Is it a relevant tool?

  Antonio Toledo Jr1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8912-2589

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• The use of meta-analysis in infectious disease surveillance: Is it a relevant tool?

  Antonio Toledo Jr

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Review Article

• West Nile virus infections are here! Are we prepared to face another flavivirus epidemic?

  Luiza Antunes de Castro-Jorge1 * Márcio Junio Lima Siconelli1 * Beatriz dos Santos Ribeiro1 Flávia Masson de Moraes1 Jonathan Ballico de Moraes1 Mayara Rovariz Agostinho1 Taline Monteiro Klein1 Vitor Gonçalves Floriano1 Benedito Antônio Lopes da Fonseca1

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• Current vector control challenges in the fight against malaria in Brazil

  Djane Clarys Baia-da-Silva1 2 José Diego Brito-Sousa1 2 Sheila Rodrigues Rodovalho1 2 3 Cassio Peterka1 2 4 Gilberto Moresco4 Oscar Martín Mesones Lapouble1 2 3 Gisely Cardoso de Melo1 2 Vanderson de Souza Sampaio1 2 5 Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim1 2 Paulo Pimenta1 2 6 José Bento Pereira Lima7 Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda1 2 8 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro1 2

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• Hepatitis Delta Prevalence in South America: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

  Cristiane Faria de Oliveira Scarponi1 Raquel Duarte Nunes da Silva1 Job Alves de Souza Filho1 Maria Regina Lage Guerra1 Marco Antônio Ferreira Pedrosa2 Marcos Paulo Gomes Mol3

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Major Article

• Human parvovirus B19 genotype 1 in suspected dengue patients of Tefé, Amazonas State, Brazil

  Regina Maria Pinto de Figueiredo1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0222-1934 Victor Costa de Souza2 Valdinete Alves do Nascimento2 Felipe Gomes Naveca2

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• High rate of detection of OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter from two general hospitals in Brazil

  Elaini Aparecida de Oliveira1 Geraldo Renato de Paula2 Pedro Jose Juan Mondino3 Thiago Pavoni Gomes Chagas3 Sílvia Susana Bona de Mondino1 Cláudia Rezende Vieira de Mendonça-Souza1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1941-7757

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• Plasmid-mediated mcr-1 gene in Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa: first report from Pakistan

  Fareeha Hameed1 Muhammad Asif Khan1 Hafsah Muhammad1 Tahir Sarwar1 Hazrat Bilal2 Tayyab Ur Rehman1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8590-2625

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• Prevalence of self-reported dengue infections in Manaus Metropolitan Region: a cross-sectional study

  Gustavo Magno Baldin Tiguman1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9518-7194 Marcus Tolentino Silva2 Kathiaja Miranda Souza3 Tais Freire Galvao4

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• Surveillance of multidrug-resistant bacteria in pediatric and neonatal intensive care units in Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil

  Patrícia Mouta Nunes de Oliveira1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6867-398X Sibelle Nogueira Buonora1 Cristina Letícia Passos Souza2 Robinson Simões Júnior2 Thais Carolina da Silva2 Gabriel José Teixeira Bom2 Caio Henrique da Silva Teixeira2 André Ricardo Araujo da Silva3

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• Prevalence of Infection of Biomphalaria glabrata by Schistosoma mansoni and the risk of urban Schistosomiasis mansoni in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

  Vanessa Sousa Zanardi1 Lúcio Macedo Barbosa1 2 Fabiano Mosquera Simões3 Silvana Carvalho Thiengo4 Ronald Edward Blanton5 Gilmar Ribeiro Junior1 Luciano Kalabric Silva1 Mitermayer G. Reis1 6 7 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-9060

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• Association of vitamin D3, VDR gene polymorphisms, and LL-37 with a clinical form of Chagas Disease

  Luiz Roberto de Oliveira Junior1 Thaysa Buss Carvalho1 Rodrigo Mattos dos Santos1 Érika Alessandra Pellison Nunes da Costa1 Paulo Câmara Marques Pereira1 Cilmery Suemi Kurokawa1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-7527

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• Local and systemic effects caused by Crotalus durissus terrificus, Crotalus durissus collilineatus, and Crotalus durissus cascavella snake venoms in swiss mice

  Letícia Helena de Carvalho1 Leda Fabiélen Teixeira1 Kayena Delaix Zaqueo1 2 Jéssica Felix Bastos1 Neriane Monteiro Nery1 Sulamita Silva Setúbal1 Adriana Silva Pontes1 Diana Butzke3 4 Walter Cavalcante5 Marcia Gallacci6 Carla Freire Celedônio Fernandes1 Rodrigo Guerino Stabeli1 3 Andreimar Martins Soares3 4 Juliana Pavan Zuliani1 3 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9221-7749

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• Emergence of chikungunya and Zika in a municipality endemic to dengue, Santa Luzia, MG, Brazil, 2015-2017

  Farley Liliana Romero Vega1 Juliana Maria Trindade Bezerra2 Rodrigo Fabiano de Carmo Said3 Aloysio Nogueira da Gama Neto4 Emanuela Cardoso Cotrim4 Dora Mendez5 Frederico Figueiredo Amâncio6 Mariângela Carneiro1 2

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• Oral microbiota and their antibiotic susceptibility in free-living monkeys in Goiás State, Brazil: Repercussions for injuries in humans

  Elisângela de Albuquerque Sobreira1 Carla Afonso da Silva Bitencout Braga2 Sheila Canavese Rahal3 Evandro Leão Ribeiro3 Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira Leão Vasconcelos4 Lilian Carla Carneiro4 Carlos Roberto Teixeira3 Camila Contin Diniz de Almeida4 Vidal Haddad Júnior5

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• Influence of exposure and vertical transmission of HIV-1 on the neuropsychomotor development in children

  Mônica Custódia do Couto Abreu Pamplona1 2 Emanuele Cordeiro Chaves3 Alôma Cecília Carvalho1 Rúdrissa do Couto Abreu Pamplona4 Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto2 5 Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz2 5 Sandra Souza Lima2 5 Ricardo Ishak2 5

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• Characteristics of basic health units and detection of tuberculosis cases

  Marcia Ramos Costa1 Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz1 Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha2 Núbia Cristina Da Silva3 João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci4 Aline Sampieri Tonello1 Elaine Thumé5 Maria Nilza Lima Medeiros6 Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco7 Maria Elza Lima Sousa8 Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz1 Luiz Augusto Facchini9

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• Determination of antibiotic resistance genes and virulence factors in Escherichia coli isolated from Turkish patients with urinary tract infection

  Azer Özad Düzgün1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6301-611X Funda Okumuş2 Ayşegül Saral3 Ayşegül Çopur Çiçek4 Sedanur Cinemre2

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• Schistosomiasis in the Middle Paranapanema river region, state of São Paulo, Brazil: Does it matter today for public health?

  Raquel Gardini Sanches Palasio1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1564-0871 Aline Nazaré Bortoleto2 Iara Giordano Rosa-Xavier3 Maria Teresa Macoris Andrighetti3 Roseli Tuan2 Francisco Chiaravalloti-Neto1

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• Epidemiological and clinical profile of infective endocarditis at a Brazilian tertiary care center: an eight-year prospective study

  Paulo Vieira Damasco1 2 3 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5025-4007 Julio Cesar Delgado Correal3 Ana Carolina Da Cruz-Campos4 Bruno Reznik Wajsbrot5 Rodrigo Guimarães da Cunha5 Aloysio Guimarães da Fonseca5 Márcia Bueno Castier5 Claudio Querido Fortes6 João Carlos Jazbick5 Elba Regina Sampaio de Lemos7 John Wilhelmus Rossen8 Robson de Souza Leão1 4 5 Raphael Hirata Junior1 4 5 † Ana Luíza de Mattos Guaraldi1 4 5

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• Evaluation of the transcriptional immune biomarkers in peripheral blood from Warao indigenous associate with the infection by Mycobacterium tuberculosis

  Zaida Araujo1 Andrea Palacios1 Leonor Enciso-Moreno2 Juan Ernesto Lopez-Ramos2 3 Albina Wide4 Jacobus Henri de Waard5 Bruno Rivas-Santiago2 Carmen Judith Serrano2 Yadira Bastian-Hernandez2 6 Julio Enrique Castañeda-Delgado2 6 Jose Antonio Enciso-Moreno2

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• β-Glucan of Candida albicans Cell Wall Extract Inhibits Salmonella Typhimurium Colonization by Potentiating Cellular Immunity (CD8 + and CD4 + T Cells)

  Sri Winarsih, Tomson Kosasih, Marvin Anthony Putera, Nayla Rahmadhiani, Erlien Lindawati Poernomo, Kresna Septiandy Runtuk, Melissa Valensia Oswari

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• Climatic variables associated with dengue incidence in a city of the Western Brazilian Amazon region

  Juliana Lúcia Duarte, Fredi Alexander Diaz-Quijano, Antônio Carlos Batista, Leandro Luiz Giatti

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• Association of serum levels of C-reactive protein with CRP-717 T/C polymorphism and viremia in HCV and HBV carriers

  Tuane Carolina Ferreira Moura, Ednelza da Silva Graça Amoras, Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz, Simone Regina Souza da Silva Conde, Alan Barroso Araújo Grisólia, Ricardo Ishak, Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto

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• Hansen’s disease deformities in a high risk area in Mozambique: A case study

  Abdoulaye Marega1 Paulo das Neves Pires1 Jaibo Mucufo1 Artur Muloliwa2

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• Agreement between upper endoscopy and esophagography in the diagnosis of megaesophagus in Chagas disease

  Fernando de Barros1 João Carlos de Almeida Soares1 Fernando Prado de Barros1 Luiz Henrique Conde Sangenis1 Gilberto Marcelo Sperandio da Silva1 Ana Beatriz Monteiro Fonseca2 Alejandro Marcel Hasslocher-Moreno1 Andrea Silvestre de Sousa1 Roberto Magalhães Saraiva1 Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano1 3

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• Superimposing a high-fat diet on Schistosoma mansoni infection affects renin-angiotensin system components in the mouse kidney

  Danielle Guedes Dantas Lira1 2 Danielly Cantarelli de Oliveira2 Fábio André Brayner2 3 André de Lima Aires2 4 Mônica Camelo Pessoa A. Albuquerque2 4 Leucio Duarte Vieira5 Célia Maria Machado Barbosa de Castro1 2 Ana Durce Paixão5

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• ERG11 gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to fluconazole in Candida isolates from diabetic and kidney transplant patients

  Volmir Pitt Benedetti1 2 Daiani Cristina Savi3 Rodrigo Aluizio3 Douglas Adamoski3 Vanessa Kava3 Lygia Vitória Galli-Terasawa3 Chirlei Glienke2 3

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• Ecology of phlebotomine sand flies in an area of leishmaniasis occurrence in the Xakriabá Indigenous Reserve, Minas Gerais, Brazil

  André Tetzl Costa1 Edelberto Santos Dias2 Andreza Geisiane Maia Souza2 Fabiana de Oliveira Lara e Silva2 George Luiz Lins Machado-Coelho1 3

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• IgG1 and IgG4 antibodies against Core and NS3 antigens of hepatitis C virus

  Vanessa Costa dos Santos1 Maria Isabel Schinoni2 Isabela Silva de Oliveira3 Maria Luiza Sousa Atta3 Ajax Mercês Atta3

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• A randomized, open-label clinical trial comparing the long-term effects of miltefosine and meglumine antimoniate for mucosal leishmaniasis

  Raimunda Nonata Ribeiro Sampaio1 3 5 Juliana Saboia Fontenele e Silva2 Carmen Dea Ribeiro de Paula3 Cláudia Porto3 Jorgeth de Oliveira Carneiro da Motta3 Ledice Inacia de Araujo Pereira4 Sofia Sales Martins5 Daniel Holanda Barroso5 Gustavo Subtil Magalhães Freire3 Ciro Martins Gomes1 3

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• Asymptomatic Plasmodium infection in a residual malaria transmission area in the Atlantic Forest region: Implications for elimination

  Renata Bortolasse Miguel1 2 Hermano Gomes Albuquerque1 2 Maria Carmen Arroyo Sanchez3 José Rodrigues Coura1 2 Simone da Silva Santos1 Sidnei da Silva4 Carlos José de Carvalho Moreira1 Martha Cecilia Suárez-Mutis1 2

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• Pain and Quality of Life in Human T-cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1-Associated Myelopathy or Tropical Spastic Paraparesis After Home-Based Exercise Protocol: A Randomized Clinical Trial

  Maíra Carvalho Macêdo Renata de Sousa Mota1 2 Naiane Araújo Patrício1 Abrahão Fontes Baptista1 3 Antônio de Souza Andrade Filho4 Katia Nunes Sá1 5

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• Comparative assessment of the replication efficiency of dengue, yellow fever, and chikungunya arboviruses in some insect and mammalian cell lines

  Nidya Alexandra Segura Guerrero

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• Factors associated with the presence of triatomines in rural areas of south Argentine Chaco

  Liliana Crocco, Julieta Nattero, Ana López, Miriam Cardozo, Carola Soria, Valeria Ortiz, Claudia S. Rodriguez

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• Emergence of chikungunya and Zika in a municipality endemic to dengue, Santa Luzia, MG, Brazil, 2015-2017

  Farley Liliana Romero Vega¹ Juliana Maria Trindade Bezerra² Rodrigo Fabiano de Carmo Said³ Aloysio Nogueira da Gama Neto⁴ Emanuela Cardoso Cotrim⁴ Dora Mendez⁵ Frederico Figueiredo Amâncio⁶ Mariângela Carneiro^{1 2}

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• Oral microbiota and their antibiotic susceptibility in free-living monkeys in Goiás State, Brazil: Repercussions for injuries in humans

  Elisângela de Albuquerque Sobreira¹ Carla Afonso da Silva Bitencout Braga² Sheila Canavese Rahal³ Evandro Leão Ribeiro³ Lara Stefânia Netto de Oliveira Leão Vasconcelos⁴ Lilian Carla Carneiro⁴ Carlos Roberto Teixeira³ Camila Contin Diniz de Almeida⁴ Vidal Haddad Júnior⁵

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• Influence of exposure and vertical transmission of HIV-1 on the neuropsychomotor development in children

  Mônica Custódia do Couto Abreu Pamplona^{1 2} Emanuele Cordeiro Chaves³ Alôma Cecília Carvalho¹ Rúdrissa do Couto Abreu Pamplona⁴ Antonio Carlos Rosário Vallinoto^{2 5} Maria Alice Freitas Queiroz^{2 5} Sandra Souza Lima^{2 5} Ricardo Ishak^{2 5}

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• Characteristics of basic health units and detection of tuberculosis cases

  Marcia Ramos Costa¹ Rejane Christine de Sousa Queiroz¹ Thiago Augusto Hernandes Rocha² Núbia Cristina Da Silva³ João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci⁴ Aline Sampieri Tonello¹ Elaine Thumé⁵ Maria Nilza Lima Medeiros⁶ Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho Branco⁷ Maria Elza Lima Sousa⁸ Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca Thomaz¹ Luiz Augusto Facchini⁹

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Short Communication

• Occurrence of triatomines (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) in domestic and natural environments in Novo Remanso, Itacoatiara, Amazonas, Brazil

  Diego Gomes Batista1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-9196 Constança Britto2 Gersonval Leandro Silva Monte3 Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro4

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• Vaccination coverage and immunity against hepatitis B in public health dentists

  Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin1 Ketlin Lara Tosta Vanzo1 Suzely Adas Saliba Moimaz1 Artênio José Ísper Garbin1 Fernando Yamamoto Chiba1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4406-405X

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• Comparison of methodologies for detecting Trypanosoma cruzi parasites by microscopic observation of microhematocrit capillary tubes

  Marina Vera-Ku1 2 Guillermo Meza-González1 3 Yves Carlier4 5 Carine Truyens4 Rubí Gamboa-León1 5 6 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6923-4620

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• Origanum vulgare L. essential oil inhibits the growth of carbapenem-resistant gram-negative bacteria

  Nathalie Gaebler Vasconcelos1 2 Júlio Croda3 4 Késia Esther Silva1 Maria Lorenza Leal Motta1 Wirlaine Glauce Maciel1 Letícia Cristina Limiere2 Simone Simionatto1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2367-0915

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• Emergence of aph(3’)-VI and accumulation of aminoglycoside modifying enzyme genes in KPC-2-possessing Enterobacter aerogenes isolates from infections and colonization in patients from Recife-PE, Brazil

  Elza Ferreira Firmo1 Adriane Borges Cabral2 Érica Maria de Oliveira1 Ana Catarina Souza Lopes1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0277-108X

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• Standardization of Antigenemia and qPCR Cut-off Values in Whole Blood for the Detection of Cytomegalovirus Disease in HIV Patients

  Suzana Carstensen1 Sonia Mara Raboni1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7907-7585 João Cesar Beenke França2 Francine Teixeira2

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• Spatial distribution of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in vulnerable areas for the transmission of arboviruses

  Efraim Naftali Lopes Soares1 2 Marcos Antônio Bezerra Santos3 Lucia Oliveira de Macedo3 Cléber Vinícius Brito Santos4 Maria Cláudia Ribeiro Agra5 Leucio Câmara Alves6 Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos3 Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho3

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• HPA-1a/1b could be considered a molecular predictor of poor prognosis in chronic hepatitis C

  Rejane Maria Tommasini Grotto1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-9486 Francielle Martins Santos1 Natália Picelli1 Giovanni Faria Silva3 Adriana Camargo Ferrasi1 3 Valéria Cristina Rodrigues Sarnighausen2 Maria Inês de Moura Campos Pardini1 3

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• Phylogenetic analysis of Dengue-2 serotypes circulating in mangroves in Northern Cordoba, Colombia

  Richard Hoyos-López1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1195-681X Maria Claudia Atencia-Pineda1 Juan Carlos Gallego-Gómez2

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• Adherence to malaria prophylaxis among travelers from a middle-income country

  Karis Maria de Pinho Rodrigues1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2250-8107 André Bon Fernandes da Costa3 Guilherme Santoro-Lopes1

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• Nocturnal Activity Rhythm of Nyssomyia intermedia (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) in Campus Fiocruz Mata Atlântica, an American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis Transmission Area, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Filipe Jonas Mattos Soares de Souza1 Vanderlei Campos Silva1 Cláudia Alves de Andrade Coelho1 Alfredo Carlos Rodrigues de Azevedo1 Leonardo Bastos2 Nataly Araujo de Souza1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9412-3084

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• HIV/AIDS in small cities in Midwest Santa Catarina, south of Brazil: Clinical and epidemiological aspects, opportunistic infections.

  Lilian Tânia Amorim1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6993-2162 Bruno Rodolfo Schlemper Junior1

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• Non-venomous snakebites in the Western Brazilian Amazon

  Ageane Mota da Silva1 2 Viviane Kici da Graça Mendes3 4 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde5 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-7817

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• Antifungal efficiency of chemically and thermally-activated acrylic resins after surface treatment using poly (diallyldimethylammonium chloride)

  Rennan Luiz Oliveira dos Santos1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9093-3805 Carina Domaneschi1 Victhoria Beatriz Pedroso1 Giovanna Piacenza Florezi1 Luciana da Silva Ruiz2 Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra3 Norberto Nobuo Sugaya1 Claudete Rodrigues Paula1

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• Polymorphism in the interleukin-10 gene is associated with overactive bladder phenotype associated with HTLV-1 infection

  Marcos Braz1 2 Joyce Moura Oliveira2 Jamile Leão Rêgo1 2 Edgar Marcelino de Carvalho1 2 3 5 Silvane Maria Braga Santos2 4 5 Léa Cristina Castellucci1 2 5 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9625-2469

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• Epidemiological and TNFα polymorphism evaluation in patients with cryptococcal meningitis treated at a referral hospital in North Brazil

  Alena Mileo Monteiro Diniz1 Danielle Cristinne Azevedo Feio1 Aniel de Sarom Negrão Silva1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0490-3704 Rommel Rodríguez Burbano2 Patrícia Danielle Lima de Lima1

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• Addressing travelers’ perception of risk in pre-travel care: Reports from a travel clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  Emersom Cicilini Mesquita1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5132-3315 Margareth Catoia Varela1 Pedro Emmanuel Americano Alvarenga do Brasil1 Danusa Ferreira Correa2 Mari Tuyama2 Flavio de Carvalho2 Elizabeth de Souza Neves2 José Cerbino-Neto1 Alberto dos Santos de Lemos1 Marcellus Dias da Costa1

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• Effect of artemisinin-piperaquine treatment on the electrocardiogram of malaria patients

  Wanting Wu1 Yuan Liang1 Guangchao Wu1 Yinghang Su1 Hongying Zhang1 Zhenyan Zhang1 Changsheng Deng1 2 Qi Wang1 Bo Huang1 2 Bo Tan2 Chongjun Zhou2 Jianping Song1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5429-0440

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• Chicken eggs as a surveillance tool for malaria and leishmaniasis vector presence

  Rarissa de Oliveira e Silva1 Maria Edilene Martins de Almeida2 3 Eric Fabrício Marialva2 4 Antônio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro5 6 Diogo Pereira de Castro3 Cláudia Maria Rios-Velasquez7 Luis André Morais Mariúba1 3 * Felipe Arley Costa Pessoa7 * http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6318-1887

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• Reduction of relative handgrip strength and cardiometabolic risk in individuals with HIV/AIDS

  Fabiana Brito Santos1 Maria Ester Pereira da Conceição-Machado2 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5982-4213 Ethiane de Jesus Sampaio3 Lilian Barbosa Ramos2 Jairza Maria Barreto-Medeiros2

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• Knowledge about HIV/AIDS in older adults using the services of Family Health Strategy

  Giovanna Gaudenci Nardelli1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5173-5328 Eliana Maria Gaudenci2 Rodrigo Eurípedes da Silveira3 Luan Augusto Alves Garcia1 Bruna Sthephanie Sousa Malaquias1 Álvaro da Silva Santos4

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• Emergence of bla NDM-1 associated with the aac(6’)-Ib-cr, acrB, cps, and mrkD genes in a clinical isolate of multi-drug resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from Recife-PE, Brazil

  Alexsandra Maria Lima Scavuzzi1 Elza Ferreira Firmo1 Érica Maria de Oliveira1 Ana Catarina de Souza Lopes1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0277-108X

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• Genotypes of clinical varicella-zoster virus isolates from Manaus, Brazil

  Michele de Souza Bastos1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3450-666X Jennifer Folster2 Otávio Primo de Alvarenga1 Daniele de Araujo Sampaio3 Ronaldo Marques Pontes Rabelo4 Guilherme Augusto Pivoto João1 4 Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de Lacerda1 5 D. Scott Schmid2

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• Anti-Hepatitis B Antibody Levels In Immunized Medical Students: Are They At Risk?

  Keila Zaniboni Siqueira Batista1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5644-3650 Lucas Pecker de Azambuja2 Suzane de Souza2 Maely Cordeiro de Souza3 Caio Maurício Mendes de Cordova3 Hercílio Higino da Silva Filho1

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• Decreased uric acid levels in the acute phase of Plasmodium vivax malaria

  Luciano Teixeira Gomes1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4036-3688 Ananda Karla Bellei2 Denise Inácio de Andrade2 Priscila Zanini Gotardo2 Andreia Ferreira Nery1 2 Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes1 2

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• New record and extended geographical distribution of Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz, 1904) in Ceará, northeastern Brazil

  Estelita Lima Cândido1 Ulisses Mariano da Silva2 Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti3 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3440-1182

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• Reemerging diseases in Brazil: sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics of syphilis and its under-reporting

  Artênio José Ísper Garbin1 Ronald Jefferson Martins1 Naiana de Melo Belila1 Sandra Margareth Exaltação2 Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5069-8812

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• Plasmodium falciparum malarial parasites from Brazil lack artemisinin resistance-associated mutations in the kelch13 gene

  Francesca Chapadense1 Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado2 3 Ana Maria Revorêdo da Silva Ventura3 André Áreas4 Renato Beilner Machado1 Giselle Rachid Viana3 Mariano Gustavo Zalis4 Ana Maria de Castro1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3327-967X Pedro Cravo5 6

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• Circulation of spotted fever group rickettsiae among dogs seropositive for Leishmania spp. in an urban area of Brazil

  Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2703-3211 Niara Vanat Nadal1 Helena Keiko Toma2 Adilson Benedito de Almeida3 Matheus Dias Cordeiro4 Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca4 Fabiano Borges Figueiredo3 Maurício Afonso Verícimo5 Nathalie Costa da Cunha6 Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny1

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• Use of Kisser glycerol gelatin to prepare microscope slides of Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae)

  Vanusa Gonçalves Holanda1 Diogo Brunno e Silva Barbosa1 Leudimar Aires Pereira2 Maria Regiane Araujo Soares1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2428-2052

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• Congenital Chagas disease: alert of research negligence

  Nayra Dias1 Bruna de Carvalho1 Nadjar Nitz1 Luciana Hagström1 Tamires Vital1 Mariana Hecht1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3512-7696

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• TGF-β1 polymorphism in American tegumentary leishmaniasis in a Southern Brazilian population

  Fabiane Vieira Berg Shehadeh1 Rosiane Ribeiro dos Santos1 Laiane Alzira Denski da Silva2 Waldir Veríssimo da Silva Júnior3 Rejane Ribas-Silva1 Adriana Danmvolf Ribas1 Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira4 Sueli Donizete Borelli2 Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides4 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4482-4944

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• Temporal and spatial distribution of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in north Paraná: 2010-2015

  Mariana Barbosa Detoni1 Débora Messagi Lima1 Thaïs Peron da Silva1 Lais Fernanda Machado1 Fernanda Tomiotto-Pellissier1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7273-8237 Idessania Nazareth Costa1 Wander Rogério Pavanelli1 Francisco José de Abreu Oliveira1 Luiz Antonio Custódio3 Ivete Conchon-Costa1 Francine Nesello Melanda1

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• Stress conditions in the host induce persister cells and influence biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A

  Rafael Ovando Fraiha1 Ana Paula Ramos Pereira1 Eliana da Costa Alvarenga Brito1 Clayton Luiz Borges2 Ana Flávia Alves Parente3 Renata Trentin Perdomo1 Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo4 Simone Schneider Weber1 5 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4181-142X

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• Clinical and epidemiology evaluation of Aids-infected patients hospitalized between 2011 and 2016 in the Santos region of Brazil

  Roberto Focaccia1 Maria Luiza Alessi Ribeiro2 Ana Carolina Carvalho Cossich2 Raphael França Lacerda de Andrade2 Karla Fabiana Begosso Sampaio da Fonseca Carbonari2 Gabriela Amim Kallouf2 Regiane Maria Rosa Vieira2 João Pedro Lima Gemha2 Aline Andruskevicius de Castro2 Josiani Picin Correa de Oliveira2 Flávio David Haddad Filho2 Juliana Rocha Pinto Dias2 Susiele Thaís Luz de Melo2 Beatriz Bandini Gonçalves2 Camila Salles Lopes2 Fernanda Franceschi2 Larissa Attina de Brito2 Nathalia Jacob dos Santos Bittar3 Sergio Feijoó3 Gelvana Barreto Reis3

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• Use of pharmaceutical nanotechnology for the treatment of leishmaniasis

  Carine Santana Ferreira Marques1 2 Jorge Barreto Machado Júnior1 2 Lucas Rannier de Melo Andrade1 2 Luciana Nalone Andrade1 2 André Luis Souza dos Santos3 Maria do Socorro Pires e Cruz4 Marco Chaud5 Alini Tinoco Fricks1 2 Patrícia Severino1 2

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• Increase in the diagnosis of mycobacteremia after the implementation of semi-automated blood culture at a Brazilian public health laboratory

  Adelaide Fernandes Costa1 Sueli Lemes de Ávila Alves2 Ivanísio Gomes de Santana2 Disley Xavier Rodrigues Dias2 Edna Joana Claudio Manrique2 3

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• Adverse events in patients with leprosy on treatment with thalidomide

  Paula Lana de Miranda Drummond1 2 Roberta Márcia Marques dos Santos1 Gabriela Oliveira Carvalho2 Cristiane Aparecida Menezes de Pádua2

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• Natural history of experimental arthritis induced by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in wistar rats

  Eduardo Alexandre Loth1 Vanessa Cecatto1 Rodrigo Daniel Genske2 Maricília Silva Costa2 Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra1 Cleverson Marcelo Pilatti2

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• Morphological differentiation between seven Brazilian populations of Haemagogus capricornii and Hg. janthinomys (Diptera: Culicidae) using geometric morphometry of the wings

  Shayenne Olsson Freitas Silva1 2 * Ana Laura Carbajal de la Fuente3 * Cecilia Ferreira de Mello1 4 Jeronimo Alencar1

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• Serological status of childbearing-aged women for Toxoplasma gondii and cytomegalovirus in northern Kosovo and Metohija

  Jelena Aritonovic Pribakovic1 Natasa Katanic1 Tatjana Radevic1 Mirjana Stojanovic Tasic1 Mirjana Kostic1 Boban Stolic1 Aleksandra Radulovic2 Verica Minic3 Ksenija Bojovic4 Radoslav Katanic1

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• Performance of an immuno-rapid malaria Pf/Pv rapid diagnostic test for malaria diagnosis in the Western Brazilian Amazon

  Monica Regina Farias Costa1 Ana Luísa Rubert Barcelos2 Maria Angélica de Camargo2 Gisely Cardoso de Melo1 3 Anne Cristine Almeida1 3 Allyson Guimarães da Costa1 3 Jose Diego de Brito Sousa1 3 Marly Marques de Melo1 3 Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim1 3 Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda1 2 4 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro1 3

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• Popular names for bushmaster (Lachesis muta) and lancehead (Bothrops atrox) snakes in the Alto Juruá region: repercussions for clinical-epidemiological diagnosis and surveillance

  Ageane Mota da Siva1 2 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde2 5

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• Prevalence of urodynamic changes with risk for upper urinary tract damage in neuroschistosomiasis patients

  Carlos Antonio de Souza1 Fernanda Camila F.S Calisto2 Carlos Antonio de Souza Filho1 Larissa Clara Lopes de Souza2 Luis Gustavo Morato de Toledo4 Antonio Pedro Flores Auge3

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• Anti-Candida and anti-quorum sensing activity of airborne microorganisms detected by a rapid method

  Andria Lopes Cruz1 Fabiana Silva de Souza1 Maxwel Adriano Abegg1 2

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• Biofilm formation by blood isolates of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in the presence of a hyperglycidic solution at comparable concentrations of total parenteral nutrition

  Thalita Caroline Herek1 Vinícius Ribeiro Menegazzo2 Mayara Baptistucci Ogaki1 Hugo Felix Perini1 Luciana Furlaneto Maia3 Marcia Cristina Furlaneto1

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• Stress conditions in the host induce persister cells and influence biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A

  Rafael Ovando Fraiha, Ana Paula Ramos Pereira, Eliana da Costa Alvarenga Brito, Clayton Luiz Borges, Ana Flávia Alves Parente, Renata Trentin Perdomo, Maria Ligia Rodrigues Macedo, Simone Schneider Weber

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• Temporal and spatial distribution of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in north Paraná: 2010-2015

  Mariana Barbosa Detoni, Débora Messagi Lima, Thaïs Peron da Silva, Lais Fernanda Machado, Fernanda Tomiotto-Pellissier, Idessania Nazareth Costa, Wander Rogério Pavanelli, Francisco José de Abreu Oliveira, Luiz Antonio Custódio, Ivete Conchon-Costa, Francine Nesello Melanda

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• TGF-β1 polymorphism in American tegumentary leishmaniasis in a Southern Brazilian populatio

  Fabiane Vieira Berg Shehadeh, Rosiane Ribeiro dos Santos, Laiane Alzira Denski da Silva, Waldir Veríssimo da Silva Júnior, Rejane Ribas-Silva, Adriana Danmvolf Ribas, Thaís Gomes Verzignassi Silveira, Sueli Donizete Borelli, Sandra Mara Alessi Aristides

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• Congenital Chagas disease: alert of research negligence

  Nayra Dias, Bruna de Carvalho, Nadjar Nitz, Luciana Hagström, Tamires Vital, Mariana Hecht

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• Use of Kisser glycerol gelatin to prepare microscope slides of Phlebotomine sandflies (Diptera: Psychodidae)

  Vanusa Gonçalves Holanda, Diogo Brunno e Silva Barbosa, Leudimar Aires Pereira, Maria Regiane Araujo Soares

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• Circulation of spotted fever group rickettsiae among dogs seropositive for Leishmania spp. in an urban area of Brazil

  Sabrina Destri Emmerick Campos, Niara Vanat Nadal, Helena Keiko Toma, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Matheus Dias Cordeiro, Adivaldo Henrique da Fonseca, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Maurício Afonso Verícimo, Nathalie Costa da Cunha, Nádia Regina Pereira Almosny

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• Plasmodium falciparum malarial parasites from Brazil lack artemisinin resistance-associated mutations in the kelch13 gene

  Francesca Chapadense, Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado, Ana Maria Revorêdo da Silva Ventura, André Áreas, Renato Beilner Machado, Giselle Rachid Viana, Mariano Gustavo Zalis, Ana Maria de Castro, Pedro Cravo

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• Reemerging diseases in Brazil: sociodemographic and epidemiological characteristics of syphilis and its under-reporting

  Artênio José Ísper Garbin, Ronald Jefferson Martins, Naiana de Melo Belila, Sandra Margareth Exaltação, Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin

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• New record and extended geographical distribution of Aedes fluviatilis (Lutz, 1904) in Ceará, northeastern Brazil

  Estelita Lima Cândido, Ulisses Mariano da Silva, Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti

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• Rapid Detection of Sepsis using CESDA: the Caenorhabditis elegans Sepsis Detection Assay

  Ling Fei Tee1 Toh Leong Tan2 Hui-min Neoh1 Rahman Jamal1

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• The role of pregnant women with rash in the Zika virus sentinel surveillance

  Renata Soares Martins1 Michele Higa Fróes1 Leila del Castillo Saad1 Satiro Márcio Ignácio Junior1 Walkiria Delnero Almeida Prado1 Ernesto Machado Figueiredo1 Renato Pereira de Souza2 Juliana Silva Nogueira2 Adriana Yurika Maeda2 Helena Keico Sato1 Regiane Cardoso de Paula1 Gizelda Katz1

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• Vaccination against influenza in elderly people: factors associated with acceptance and refusal of the vaccine

  Cristiano José Mendes Pinto1 Everton Henrique Ramos Pereira1 Camila Machado Teodoro1 Rute Angelica Becari1 Viviane Gomes de Assis1 Josiane Cristina Ferrari2 Eduardo Luiz Hoehne1

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• Syphilis in female sex workers: an epidemiological study of the highway system of the state of Pará, northern Brazil

  Natalia dos Santos Cavalcante1 Heverton Rodrigo Reis de Lima1 Denise Ferreira Tabosa1 Elisa do Socorro Sousa Barbosa1 Nayara Priscila da Silva Costa1 Luana Mota da Costa1 2 Paula Cristina Rodrigues Frade2 3 Luisa Caricio Martins2 4 Gláucia Caroline Silva-Oliveira1 Aldemir Branco de Oliveira-Filho1 2

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• Quality of life of people with HIV/AIDS – the influence of social determinants and disease-related factors

  Simone Miyada1 Artenio Jose Isper Garbin1 Bruno Wakayama1 Tania Adas Saliba1 Clea Adas Saliba Garbin1

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• Extractivism of palm tree fruits: A risky activity because of snakebites in the state of Acre, Western Brazilian Amazon

  Ageane Mota da Silva1 2 Jacqueline Sachett3 4 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 5 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde6

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• Prevalence of HIV and associated factors among visceral leishmaniasis cases in an endemic area of Northeast Brazil

  Gardenia de Oliveira Santos1 Nathalia Priscila Sales de Jesus1 Juliana Vasconcelos Cerqueira-Braz2 Victor Santana Santos3 Ligia Mara Dolce de Lemos1

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• First report of Panstrongylus lignarius (Walker, 1873) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) in the State of Acre, Brazil

  Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro1 2 Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro1 2 Janis Lunier de Souza3 Acigelda da Silva Cardoso3 Fernanda Portela Madeira1 2 Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo2 4 5 6 7 Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti2 8 9 10

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• IgE antibodies from schistosomiasis patients to recognize epitopes in potato apyrase

  Michélia Antônia do Nascimento Gusmão1 Nayara Braga Emídio1 Danielle Gomes Marconato1 Priscila Silva Grijó Farani1 Luiz Felipe Maniezzi1 Paulo Marcos Zech Coelho2 Rodrigo Correa Oliveira2 Eveline Gomes Vasconcelos1 Priscila de Faria-Pinto1

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• Binational burden of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Oiapoque, Amapá State, Brazil, bordering French Guiana

  Thiago Vasconcelos-dos-Santos1 2 Raimunda Cleide Gonçalves Chaves3 Ghislaine Prévot4 Fernando Tobias Silveira1 Marinete Marins Póvoa1 2 Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel1 5

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• Accumulation of oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum in Biomphalaria glabrata (Pulmonata:Planorbidae) under experimental conditions

  Cinthia Lopes Schiffler1 Jairo Pinheiro2 Teresa Cristina Bergamo do Bomfim3

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• Bronchiolitis Hospitalization in Southern Brazil from 2002 to 2012: A Count Time-series Approach

  Guilherme Zubatch da Cunha1 Eniuce Menezes de Souza2 Márcia Lorena Alves dos Santos3

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• The topical treatment of old world cutaneous leishmaniasis with gentian violet along with cryotherapy: a pilot single-blind randomized controlled clinical trial

  Mozhdeh Sepaskhah1 Kasra Behdad1 Zahra Bagheri2

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• Spatiotemporal patterns of AIDS incidence among adults in São Paulo, Brazil

  Elisangela Aparecida da Silva Lizzi1 Altacílio Aparecido Nunes2 Edson Zangiacomi Martinez2

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• Survival analysis of patients with sepsis in Brazil

  Eliane Pereira da Silva1 Vinícius da Costa Duarte2 Miguel Maia Soares2 Alexia Tayane Menezes de Melo2 Emily Ramos Calife2 Gilmar da Silva Rebouças2 Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza3

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• Clinico-immunological spectrum of American tegumentary leishmaniasis and leprosy coinfection: A case series in Southeastern Brazil

  Sebastian Vernal1 Roberto Bueno-Filho1 Ciro Martins Gomes2 Ana Maria Roselino1

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• Different susceptibilities of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus larvae to plant-derived products

  Alzeir Machado Rodrigues1 2 Caroline de Goes Sampaio3 João Sammy Nery de Souza4 Adriana Rolim Campos5 Abel Brasil Ramos da Silva6 Selene Maia de Morais7 Victor Emanuel Pessoa Martins8

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• Clinical and laboratory profiles of children with severe chikungunya infection

  Francisca Lillyan Christyan Nunes Beserra1 Gustavo Mesquita Oliveira1 Tino Miro Aurélio Marques1 Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias1 Janete Romão dos Santos1 Elizabeth De Francesco Daher2 Robério Dias Leite3 4 Evelyne Santana Girão1 4 Roberto da Justa Pires Neto1 4

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• Cost-effectiveness analysis of diagnostic-therapeutic strategies for visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil

  Tália Santana Machado de Assis1 2 Ana Rabello2 Gláucia Cota2 Guilherme Loureiro Werneck3 André Luís Ferreira de Azeredo-da-Silva4 5

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• Confirmation of the occurrence of Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus (Champion, 1899) in the state of Acre, Western Amazon

  Ailse Silva de Oliveira1 Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro1 2 Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro1 2 Nilson Alves Brilhante3 Luís Marcelo Aranha Camargo1 4 5 6 7 Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti1 8 9 10

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• Honey bee envenoming in Santa Catarina, Brazil, 2007 through 2017: an observational, retrospective cohort study

  Suzana Kniphoff de Oliveira1 Daisson José Trevisol2 Gabriel Cremona Parma2 Rui Seabra Ferreira Júnior3 4 Alexandre Naime Barbosa5 Benedito Barraviera3 4 Fabiana Schuelter-Trevisol1 2

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• Seroprevalence of Neospora caninum and Toxoplasma gondii in dogs from an urban area of North-eastern Brazil: a spatial approach

  Islanne Barbosa de Souza1 Pollyanne Raysa Fernandes2 Tatiene Rossana Móta Silva1 Cleber Vinicius Brito Santos3 Naiara Mirelly Marinho da Silva1 Carlos Roberto Cruz Ubirajara Filho1 Gílcia Aparecida de Carvalho1 Leucio Câmara Alves2 Rinaldo Aparecido Mota2 Rafael Antonio Nascimento Ramos1

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• Schistosomiasis mansoni in the northeast region of brazil: temporal modeling of positivity, hospitalization,and mortality rates

  Leonardo Feitosa da Silva1 Bruno Eduardo Bastos Rolim Nunes1 Thiago Cavalcanti Leal1 João Paulo Silva de Paiva1 Amanda Maria Sandes Lemos1 Lívia Monique Maurício de Araújo1 Maria Deysiane Porte de Araújo1 2 Michael Ferreira Machado1 Carlos Alberto de Carvalho Fraga1 3 Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza1 2

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• Descriptive analysis of syphilis cases reported in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil identifies failure in treatment

  José Victor Bortolotto Bampi1 Maisa Estopa Correa1 Graciela Mendonça dos Santos Bet1 2 Silvana Beutinger Marchioro1 Simone Simionatto1

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• Occurrence of triatomines in an urban residential complex in the municipality of Rio Branco, Acre, South-Western Amazon

  Mariane Albuquerque Lima Ribeiro1 2 Gabriela Vieira de Souza Castro1 2 Janis Lunier de Souza3 João Aristeu da Rosa4 5 Luis Marcelo Aranha Camargo2 6 7 8 Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira Meneguetti2 9 10

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• Prevalence of cryptococcosis in Atlántico, department of Colombia assessed with an active epidemiological search

  María Clara Noguera1 Patricia Escandón2 Merle Arévalo1 Yina García1 Luz Estela Suárez3 Elizabeth Castañeda2

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• Serological and molecular retrospective analysis of hepatitis E suspected cases from the Eastern Brazilian Amazon 1993-2014

  Alex Junior Souza de Souza1 2 Andreza Pinheiro Malheiros2 Vânia Pinto Sarmento2 Fabricio de Souza Resende2 Max Moreira Alves2 Heloisa Marceliano Nunes2 Manoel do Carmo Pereira Soares2 Lilian Rose Marques de Sá1

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• Relationships between phagocytosis, mucoid phenotype, and genetic characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae clinical isolates

  Francinete Carla Nunes Cavalcanti1 Juliana Falcão Rodrigues2 Adriane Borges Cabral3 4 Larissa Caina Barbosa de Azarias3 Marcos Antônio de Morais Júnior5 Célia Maria Machado Barbosa de Castro1 Ana Catarina de Souza Lopes1

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• Biofilm formation by blood isolates of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto in the presence of a hyperglycidic solution at comparable concentrations of total parenteral nutrition

  Thalita Caroline Herek¹ Vinícius Ribeiro Menegazzo² Mayara Baptistucci Ogaki¹ Hugo Felix Perini¹ Luciana Furlaneto Maia³ Marcia Cristina Furlaneto¹

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• Anti-Candida and anti-quorum sensing activity of airborne microorganisms detected by a rapid method

  Andria Lopes Cruz¹ Fabiana Silva de Souza¹ Maxwel Adriano Abegg^{1 2}

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• Popular names for bushmaster (Lachesis muta) and lancehead (Bothrops atrox) snakes in the Alto Juruá region: repercussions for clinical-epidemiological diagnosis and surveillance

  Ageane Mota da Siva^{1 2} Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro^{3 4} Paulo Sérgio Bernarde^{2 5}

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• Prevalence of urodynamic changes with risk for upper urinary tract damage in neuroschistosomiasis patients

  Carlos Antonio de Souza¹ Fernanda Camila F.S Calisto² Carlos Antonio de Souza Filho¹ Larissa Clara Lopes de Souza² Luis Gustavo Morato de Toledo⁴ Antonio Pedro Flores Auge³

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• Performance of an immuno-rapid malaria Pf/Pv rapid diagnostic test for malaria diagnosis in the Western Brazilian Amazon

  Monica Regina Farias Costa¹ Ana Luísa Rubert Barcelos² Maria Angélica de Camargo² Gisely Cardoso de Melo^{1 3} Anne Cristine Almeida^{1 3} Allyson Guimarães da Costa^{1 3} Jose Diego de Brito Sousa^{1 3} Marly Marques de Melo^{1 3} Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim^{1 3} Marcus Vinicius Guimarães de Lacerda^{1 2 4} Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro^{1 3}

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• Serological status of childbearing-aged women for Toxoplasma gondii and cytomegalovirus in northern Kosovo and Metohija

  Jelena Aritonovic Pribakovic¹ Natasa Katanic¹ Tatjana Radevic¹ Mirjana Stojanovic Tasic¹ Mirjana Kostic¹ Boban Stolic¹ Aleksandra Radulovic² Verica Minic³ Ksenija Bojovic⁴ Radoslav Katanic¹

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• Morphological differentiation between seven Brazilian populations of Haemagogus capricornii and Hg. janthinomys (Diptera: Culicidae) using geometric morphometry of the wings

  Shayenne Olsson Freitas Silva^{1 2} * Ana Laura Carbajal de la Fuente³ * Cecilia Ferreira de Mello^{1 4} Jeronimo Alencar¹

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• Natural history of experimental arthritis induced by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis in wistar rats

  Eduardo Alexandre Loth¹ Vanessa Cecatto¹ Rodrigo Daniel Genske² Maricília Silva Costa² Rinaldo Ferreira Gandra¹ Cleverson Marcelo Pilatti²

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Case Report

• Earliest identification of New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase 1 (NDM-1) in Acinetobacter pittii in Brazil

  Roseneide Campos Deglmann1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5636-2703 Vanessa Cristine Kobs1 3 Debora de Oliveira1 Patricia Burgardt1 Paulo Henrique Condeixa de França1 2 Marcelo Pillonetto4 5

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• First description of a clinical case of murine typhus in Campeche, Mexico

  Selene Blum-Domínguez1 Sokani Sánchez-Montes2 Luis Alberto Núñez-Oreza3 José Mendoza-Zamudio4 Ingeborg Becker2 Miriam Berzunza-Cruz2 Paulino Tamay-Segovia5 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-0476

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• Envenomation by an opisthoglyphous snake, Erythrolamprus aesculapii (Dipsadidae), in southeastern Brazil

  Rafael Costabile Menegucci1 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2191-7817 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Pedro Ferreira Neto4 Marcio Martins5

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• Human pulmonary dirofilariasis with secondary myocarditis

  Andréa Beltrami Doltrário1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2624-7963 Natalí Caneli Valim1 Ellen Aparecida Pereira Barboza Dellaspora1 Gilberto Gambero Gaspar1 Fernanda Guioti Puga1 Alexandre Todorovic Fabro2 Mariângela Ottoboni Brunaldi2 Roberto Martinez1

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• Detection of HIV-1 infections in blood donors during the pre-seroconversion window period in São Paulo, Brazil

  Nanci Alves Salles1 Anna Shoko Nishiya1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0623-1999 Suzete Cleusa Ferreira1 Vanderson Geraldo Rocha1 2 Alfredo Mendrone-Junior1

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• Schistosomal Myeloradiculopathy – A case report

  Maria Aparecida da Silva1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9598-3796 Gisele Alborghetti Nai2 Nair Toshiko Tashima1 Flávia Noris Chagas1 Suellen Marmoutelo Basso3 Ana Cláudia Ferreira Geraldini3 Renata Janeiro Marques3 Thaís Dante Correia Rocha3

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• Successful treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis with intralesional meglumine antimoniate: A case series

  Margarita Arboleda1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4939-1212 Santiago Barrantes1 Luz Yaned Úsuga1 Sara María Robledo2

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• Chronic Cystoisospora belli infection in an HIV/AIDS patient treated at the specialized assistance service in Porto Velho County – Rondônia.

  Flávia Serrano Batista1 2 3 Laís de Souza Miranda1 Márcia Benedita de Oliveira Silva4 Roger Lafontaine Mesquita Taborda1 Maiara Cristina Ferreira Soares5 Najla Benevides Matos6 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7271-5764

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• Visceral leishmaniasis in pregnant women from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: A case report and literature review

  Francielly Tertulino Cunha1 Isadora Correia Lopes1 Francisco Clitson Sousa Oliveira2 Igor Thiago Queiroz3 4 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2346-0272

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• Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus

  Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8862-6566 Amanda Terra de Sá Koerich2 Luciana Bonnassis Burg1 Sara Letícia Kretzer3 Joanita Ângela Gonzaga Del Moral4 Ivânio Alves Pereira2

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• De novo histoid leprosy in a Colombian patient with multiple skin nodules on the ears and extremities

  Lina Marcela Piedrahíta-Rojas1 Claudia Juliana Díaz1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-7748 Kevin Escandón-Vargas2

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• Septic arthritis caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Rubislaw: A case report

  Antonio Mário Tassinari1 Mariana Tresoldi das Neves Romaneli2 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6400-9926 Ricardo Mendes Pereira3 Antonia Teresinha Tresoldi4

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• Good response to pentamidine isethionate in a case of Mucosal Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that was difficult to treat: Case Report

  Benivaldo Ramos Ferreira Terceiro1 Tania Salgado de Souza Torraca2 Frederico Pereira Bom Braga1 Ana Cristina da Costa Martins1 Lucia Regina Brahim1 Mauricio Naoto Saheki1 Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda1 Armando de Oliveira Schubach1 Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3110-9271

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• Unusual vaginal bleeding due to a leech bite in a girl from a tropical area: A case report

  Malihe Hasanzadeh1 Hossein Zarrinfar2 * Mohsen Najjari3

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• A case of envenomation caused by Oxybelis fulgidus (Serpentes, Colubridae) in Brazilian Amazon

  Kamila Vieira Silva1 3 Renato do Carmo Said1 João Guilherme Pontes Lima Assy1 Marcelo Ribeiro Duarte2 Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez1 Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França1 3

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• First report of treatment failure in a patient with cutaneous leishmaniasis infected by Leishmania (Viannia) naiffi carrying Leishmania RNA virus: a fortuitous combination?

  Ricardo Vieira-Gonçalves1 # Giselle Aparecida Fagundes-Silva1 # Júlia Furtado Heringer1 Maria Fantinatti1 Alda Maria Da-Cruz1 Manoel Paes Oliveira-Neto2 Jorge Augusto Oliveira Guerra3 Adriano Gomes-Silva1 4

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• Cervical brucellar spondylitis causing incomplete limb paralysis

  Yao Zhang1 Qiang Zhang1 Chang-song Zhao1

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• Congenital toxoplasmosis: the challenge of early diagnosis of a complex and neglected disease

  Janer Aparecida Silveira Soares1 Antônio Prates Caldeira2

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• First case report of cryptococcosis due to Cryptococcus decagattii in a pediatric patient in Argentina

  Ana Berejnoi1 Constanza Giselle Taverna2 Mariana Mazza2 Matías Vivot2 Guillermina Isla2 Susana Córdoba2 Graciela Davel2

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• Challenging Management of Hepatitis B infection in Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients in an Endemic Area during Immunosuppressive Therapy

  Gabriel Pacífico Seabra Nunes1 Patrícia da Silva Cunha2 Daniele Patrícia Dal Bosco2 Sandra Lúcia Euzébio Ribeiro3

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• De novo histoid leprosy in a Colombian patient with multiple skin nodules on the ears and extremities

  Lina Marcela Piedrahíta-Rojas, Claudia Juliana Díaz, Kevin Escandón-Vargas

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• Visceral leishmaniasis mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus

  Greyce Christine Lisboa Bueno, Amanda Terra de Sá Koerich, Luciana Bonnassis Burg, Sara Letícia Kretzer, Joanita Ângela Gonzaga Del Moral, Ivânio Alves Pereira

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• Visceral leishmaniasis in pregnant women from Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil: A case report and literature review

  Francielly Tertulino Cunha1 Isadora Correia Lopes, Francisco Clitson Sousa Oliveira, Igor Thiago Queiroz

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• Septic arthritis caused by Salmonella enterica serotype Rubislaw: A case report

  Antonio Mário Tassinari¹ Mariana Tresoldi das Neves Romaneli² Ricardo Mendes Pereira³ Antonia Teresinha Tresoldi⁴

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• Good response to pentamidine isethionate in a case of Mucosal Leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis that was difficult to treat: Case Report

  Benivaldo Ramos Ferreira Terceiro, Tania Salgado de Souza Torraca, Frederico Pereira Bom Braga, Ana Cristina da Costa Martins, Lucia Regina Brahim, Mauricio Naoto Saheki, Luciana de Freitas Campos Miranda, Armando de Oliveira Schubach, Cláudia Maria Valete-Rosalino

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Images in Infectious Diseases

• Extensive vesiculobullous exanthema following chikungunya fever in a 13-year-old patient

  Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8978-9903 Roberto da Justa Pires Neto1 2 Robério Dias Leite2

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• Cerebral and mediastinal abscesses caused by Nocardia asiatica in an hiv-infected patient

  Francisco Kennedy Scofoni Faleiros de Azevedo1 Valéria Dutra2 Francisco José Dutra Souto1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-6781

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• Secondary syphilis: a woman with flat condyloma

  Leonardo Moscovici1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4842-5422 Renata Zago Lorenzato2 Wanessa Teixeira Bellissimo-Rodrigues1 Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues1

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• Treatment of hepatic alveolar echinococcosis infringing the inferior vena cava

  Qiancheng Du1 Ying Zhou2 * http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4553-4367 Haining Fan2 * http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9710-4946

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• Herpes simplex virus transmission following brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba) bite

  Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6969-2234 Lara Braga Oliveira2 Edson Elias da Silva3

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• Venom concentrations in blisters and hemorrhagic bullae in a patient bitten by a Taiwan habu (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)

  Chih-Chuan Lin1 http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6600-8919 Po-Jung Wang2 Chien-Chun Liu2

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• Biett’s sign: a hallmark sign of secondary syphilis

  Fred Bernardes Filho1 Ana Laura Rosifini Alves Rezende1 Marcos Davi Gomes de Sousa2

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• Envenomation by a juvenile pit viper (Bothrops atrox) presumed to be dead

  Ageane Mota da Silva1 2 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde5

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• Multivesicular hydatid cyst of the kidney

  Ebrahim Rasoulian1 Mohammad Zibaei2 3 Farzaneh Firoozeh4

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• Histopathological findings of nucleus pulposus in lumbar brucellar spondylodiscitis

  Yao zhang1 Qiang Zhang1 Zheng Zeng2

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• Herpes simplex virus transmission following brown howler monkey (Alouatta guariba) bite

  Marcelo Rosandiski Lyra, Lara Braga Oliveira, Edson Elias da Silva

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• Venom concentrations in blisters and hemorrhagic bullae in a patient bitten by a Taiwan habu (Protobothrops mucrosquamatus)

  Chih-Chuan Lin¹ Po-Jung Wang² Chien-Chun Liu²

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Letter

• De novo histoid leprosy – Further points of focus

  Sajitha Venkatesan1 Pugazhenthan Thangaraju2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4090-2004

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• Scientific production of the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) researchers in the fields of tropical medicine and infectious diseases

  Gabriela Pereira Dias1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-0284 Daniella Reis Barbosa Martelli1 2 Lucimar Batista de Almeida3 Gabriel Albuquerque Barbosa2 Eduardo Araújo Oliveira4 Hercílio Martelli Júnior1 2

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• West Nile virus retinitis in a patient with neuroinvasive disease

  Suzana Konjevoda1 2 Boris Dzelalija3 Samir Canovic1 Zrinjka Pastar2 Vladimir Savic4 Irena Tabain5 Ljubo Barbic6 Ljiljana Peric7 8 Dario Sabadi7 8 Vladimir Stevanovic6 Tatjana Vilibic-Cavlek5 9 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-5547

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• Risk of adverse events related to prolonged antibiotic use in patients diagnosed with Baggio-Yoshinari syndrome, or autochthonous Lyme-like disease, in Brazil

  Álvaro Adolfo Faccini-Martínez1 2 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-0132

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• Scorpionism in Brazil: exponential growth of accidents and deaths from scorpion stings

  Pasesa Pascuala Quispe Torrez1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2839-8466 Flávio Santos Dourado2 Rogério Bertani3 Palmira Cupo4 Francisco Oscar de Siqueira França1 5

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• The dentist’s role in syphilis prevention and control

  Clea Adas Saliba Garbin1 Antonio Carlos Pacheco Filho1 Artênio José Isper Garbin1 Karina Tonini dos Santos Pacheco2

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• Prevention of zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised patients: a neglected question

  Andréa de Lima Rodrigues Alves Pereira1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7886-4541 Maria Rita Donalísio Cordeiro1 Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami2

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• “Kambô” frog (Phyllomedusa bicolor): use in folk medicine and potential health risks

  Francisco Vaniclei Araújo da Silva1 2 Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro3 4 Paulo Sérgio Bernarde1 2

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• Clinical Practice Guidelines for Chagas Disease: Recent Developments and Future Needs

  Colin Forsyth1 Andrea Marchiol1 Rafael Herazo1 Eric Chatelain1 Carolina Batista1 Nathalie Strub-Wourgaft1 Graeme Bilbe1 Sergio Sosa-Estani1

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• The dentist’s role in syphilis prevention and control

  Clea Adas Saliba Garbin, Antonio Carlos Pacheco Filho, Artênio José Isper Garbin, Karina Tonini dos Santos Pacheco

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• Prevention of zoonotic diseases in immunocompromised patients: a neglected question

  Andréa de Lima Rodrigues Alves Pereira¹ Maria Rita Donalísio Cordeiro¹ Rodrigo Nogueira Angerami²

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Erratum

• Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical/Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine

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• Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical/Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine

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• Erratum: Hepatitis Delta Prevalence in South America: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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

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• Erratum: Hepatitis Delta Prevalence in South America: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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

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Mini Review

• Rheumatic heart disease in the modern era: recent developments and current challenges.

  Matheus Tozatto Baptista Coelho Leal1 Livia Silva Araújo Passos1 2 Felipe Vieira Guarçoni1 João Marcelo de Souza Aguiar1 Rafael Benjamim Rosa da Silva1 Thiago Mendonça Nunes de Paula1 Rafael Figueiredo dos Santos1 Maria Cecília Landim Nassif1 Nayana F. A. Gomes1 Timothy C. Tan3 Maria Carmo Pereira Nunes1

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Obituary

• Dr. Vicente Amato (★1927 †2018)

  Marcos Boulos1 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4615-514X

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• Francisco das Chagas Oliveira Luz (★1933 †2017)

  Pedro Luiz Tauil1 http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8140-8942 João Barberino Santos1 Cleudson de Castro Nery1

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• Luiz Fernando Ferreira (★1936 †2018)

  Pedro Paulo Chieffi1

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• Francisco das Chagas Oliveira Luz (★1933 †2017)

  Pedro Luiz Tauil, João Barberino Santos, Cleudson de Castro Nery

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• Luiz Fernando Ferreira (★1936 †2018)

  Pedro Paulo Chieffi¹

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