Results 21 to 30 of about 14,684 (192)

Epidemiologic and Clinical Progression of Lobomycosis among Kaiabi Indians, Brazil, 1965–2019

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Lobomycosis is a rare granulomatous skin disease with a high prevalence in the Amazon region. The Kaiabi Indians are an especially affected group. We studied the current epidemiologic and clinical progression of lobomycosis among the Kaiabi in Brazil ...
Marcos C. Florian, Douglas A. Rodrigues, Sofia B.M. de Mendonça, Arnaldo L. Colombo, Jane Tomimori   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II in Guaraní Indians, Southern Brazil Vírus linfotrópico de células T-humanas do tipo II em Índios Guaraní, Sul do Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2005
Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type II (HTLV-II) is found in many New World Indian groups on the American continent. In Brazil, HTLV-II has been found among urban residents and Indians in the Amazon region, in the North.
Marcio Menna-Barreto, Ana Ligia Bender, Sandro L. Bonatto, Loreta B. Freitas, Francisco M. Salzano, Luiza T. Tsuneto, Maria Luiza Petzl-Erler   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of Hemoglobin A1c with fasting and 2-h plasma glucose tests for diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes among high-risk South Indians

Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2018
Background: Glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) has not been evaluated extensively for diabetes and prediabetes diagnosis and short-term variability of fasting plasma glucose (FPG), 2-h PG post-75 g glucose load (2 hPG) and HbA1c has not been studied among ...
Pedapati Radhakrishna, Kolar Vishwanath Vinod, Akkilagunta Sujiv, Rathinam Palamalai Swaminathan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Elevada prevalencia de Cyclospora cayetanensis en indígenas del estado Bolívar, Venezuela High prevalence of Cyclospora cayetanensis among indigenous people in Bolivar State, Venezuela

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2005
En la actualidad las coccidiosis intestinales causadas por Cryptosporidium parvum, Isospora belli y Cyclospora cayetanensis constituyen parasitosis de gran importancia médica, sin embargo, en el Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, se desconocen muchos aspectos ...
Rodolfo Devera, Ytalia Blanco, Eva Cabello   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Níveis de mercúrio em peixes consumidos pela comunidade indígena de Sai Cinza na Reserva Munduruku, Município de Jacareacanga, Estado do Pará, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
O estudo consiste em avaliar os níveis de mercúrio no pescado consumido pela comunidade indígena de Sai Cinza (Reserva Munduruku) no Estado do Pará, e associá-los com os hábitos de consumo da população.
Edilson da Silva Brabo, Elisabeth de Oliveira Santos, Iracina Maura de Jesus, Artur Fernando Mascarenhas, Kleber Freitas Faial   +4 more
doaj  

LINGUISTIC STOCKS OF SOUTH AMERICAN INDIANS, WITH DISTRIBUTION‐MAP [PDF]

American Anthropologist, 1913
n ...
openaire   +1 more source

Human onchocerciasis in Brazil: an overview

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Human onchocerciasis was recently discovered in Brazil among Yanomámi Indians living along the border region with Venezuela in the States of Amazonas and Roraima.
Anthony J. Shelley
doaj  

EXPRESSING BEAUTY: THE COMMUNICABILITY OF THE AMERINDIANS GRAPHICAL PATTERNS

Espaço Ameríndio, 2007
In this paper I analyse some drawings and graphic practices realized by the South American Indians Wayãpi of French Guyana. The purpose here is to explore the communicative and metamorphic patterns that define this esthetical practice.
Silvia Lopes da Silva Macedo
doaj   +2 more sources

Aspectos de la fecundidad de mujeres indígenas Suruí, Rondônia, Brasil: una aproximación Aspects of the fertility of indigenous Suruí women in Rondônia, Brazil: an approximation

Revista Brasileira de Saúde Materno Infantil, 2010
OBJETIVOS: caracterizar aspectos de la fecundidad de mujeres indígenas Suruí de la Amazonía brasilera. MÉTODOS: se levantaron y sistematizaron 88 historias reproductivas y de nacimientos, obtenidas a través de visitas domiciliarias en dos aldeas ...
María Mercedes Arias Valencia, Ricardo Ventura Santos, Carlos E.A Coimbra Jr, Maurício V.G Oliveira, Ana Lúcia Escobar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A medicação assistida e os índices de cura de tuberculose e de abandono de tratamento na população indígena Guaraní-Kaiwá no Município de Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
A partir de janeiro de 1998, no Município de Dourados, Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil, foi instituído o regime de tratamento domiciliar assistido por agentes indígenas de saúde, em substituição ao regime anterior, quando os pacientes tuberculosos ...
Ana Maria Campos Marques, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha   +1 more
doaj