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Health literacy & Chagas disease knowledge: A cross-sectional study in Southern Loja Province, Ecuador

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Objective: Health literacy is associated with many patient outcomes. This study sought to determine the association between a person's level of health literacy and their knowledge about Chagas disease. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted with
Talia L. Caridi, Fernanda Mariño-Polo, Cora G. Farra, Alison M. Mingus, Athar Memon, Mario J. Grijalva, Benjamin R. Bates   +6 more
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Freqüência da hipertensão arterial em chagásicos crônicos e sua repercussão no coração: estudo clínico e anatomopatológico Frequency of hypertension in patients with chronic chagas’ disease and its consequences on the heart: a clinical and pathological study

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2007
FUNDAMENTO: Dados da literatura sobre a concomitância da doença de Chagas e hipertensão arterial são controversos e, quando presentes, não se referem à repercussão da simultaneidade na história natural da doença de Chagas ou na hipertensão.
Cristina Brandt Friedrich Martin Gurgel, Eros Antonio de Almeida   +1 more
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Chagas' disease of the colon

Journal of British Surgery, 1976
Abstract One hundred cases of chagasic megacolon operated upon in Bahia, Brazil, have been analysed. The principal theories of the pathological physiology of the disease are discussed. The pre- and postoperative radio-graphic features of the colon are presented, and the surgical treatment as well as the incidence of complications and ...
openaire   +2 more sources

In the Spotlight—Established Researcher

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution, EarlyView.
Rodrigo Nunes‐da‐Fonseca
wiley   +1 more source

Evidence of internal structure validity of the nursing outcome “Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Response: Adult (0412)” for critically ill COVID‐19 patients

International Journal of Nursing Knowledge, EarlyView.
Abstract Purpose To evaluate the evidence of internal structure validity of the nursing outcome (NO) “Mechanical Ventilation Weaning Response: Adult (0412)” of the NOs classification for critically ill COVID‐19 patients. Methods A methodological study focused on internal structural validation, part of a multicenter study, was carried out in the ...
Aline Batista Maurício, Viviane Martins da Silva, Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer Cavalcante, Larissa Giardini Bruni, Sue Ann Moorhead, Elizabeth Swanson, Karen Dunn Lopez, Marcos Venícios de Oliveira Lopes, Alba Lucia Bottura Leite de Barros   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Historical Perspectives on the Epidemiology of Human Chagas Disease in Texas and Recommendations for Enhanced Understanding of Clinical Chagas Disease in the Southern United States

, 2015
Chagas disease (Trypanosoma cruzi infection) has recently been identified as an important neglected tropical disease in the United States. Anecdotally referred to as a “silent killer,” it leads to the development of potentially fatal cardiac disease in ...
Aguilar, David, Hotez, Peter J., Murray, Kristy O., Garcia, Melissa N., Woc-Colburn, Laila   +4 more
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21-Hydroxylase gene mutant allele CYP21A2∗15 strongly linked to the resistant HLA haplotype B∗14:02-DRB1∗01:02 in chronic Chagas disease [PDF]

, 2013
We previously reported protective haplotype HLA-B*14:02-DRB1*01:02 against chronic Chagas disease in Bolivia. The V281L mutant allele of the 21-Hydroxylase gene, CYP21A2*15, is reported to be located in the Class III region of the Human leukocyte antigen
Gianella, Alberto, del Puerto, Florencia, Kikuchi, Mihoko, Roca, Yelin, Gutierrez, Velarde Freddy Udalrico, Lora, Javier, Gutierrez Velarde, Freddy Udalrico, Hirayama, Kenji, Nishizawa, Juan Eiki, del, Puerto Florencia, Avila, Cinthia   +10 more
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Hospitalizations due to stroke and their relationship with Chagas disease: a population-based analytical study using data from the Hospital Information System of the Brazilian National Health System, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2022

Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde
Objective To assess whether hospitalizations due to stroke were associated with Chagas disease and the Chagas disease vulnerability index in the state of Minas Gerais. Methods This was a population-based analytical observational study.
Ana Clara de Jesus Santos, Nayara Dornela Quintino, Jeniffer Eduarda Firmino Almeida Silva, Maria do Carmo Pereira Nunes, João Alves Pereira, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Ariela Ferreira Mota, Desirée Sant'Ana Haikal   +7 more
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Mortality Related to Chagas Disease and HIV/AIDS Coinfection in Brazil

Journal of Tropical Medicine, 2012
Chagas disease in patients with HIV infection represents a potentially serious event with high case fatality rates. This study describes epidemiological and clinical aspects of deaths related to Chagas disease and HIV/AIDS coinfection in Brazil, 1999 ...
Francisco Rogerlândio Martins-Melo, Alberto Novaes Ramos, Carlos Henrique Alencar, Jorg Heukelbach   +3 more
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Risks of endemicity, morbidity and perspectives regarding the control of Chagas disease in the Amazon Region

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2012
Chagas disease, in the Amazon Region as elsewhere, can be considered an enzootic disease of wild animals or an anthropozoonosis, an accidental disease of humans that is acquired when humans penetrate a wild ecosystem or when wild triatomines invade human
José Rodrigues Coura, Angela CV Junqueira   +1 more
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