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Integrative and Multidisciplinary Care for People Living With Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus in Bahia, Brazil: 20 Years of Experience

Frontiers in Medicine, 2022
Brazil is home to the highest absolute number of human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1)-infected individuals worldwide; the city of Salvador, Bahia, has the highest prevalence of HTLV-1 infection in Brazil.
Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Ana Verena Galvão-Castro, Aidê Nunes, Ana Karina Galvão – Barroso, Thessika Hialla Almeida Araújo, Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro, Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro, Ceuci Lima Xavier Nunes, Ceuci Lima Xavier Nunes, Adriele Ribeiro, Monique Lírio, Noilson Lázaro Gonçalves, Sônia Lúcia Rangel, Cristiane Maria Carvalho Costa Dias, Daniele Piai Ozores, Selena Márcia Dubois-Mendes, Isabela Lima, André Luís Pereira Silva, Washington Luiz Abreu de Jesus, Fred Luciano Neves Santos, José Guilherme Reis de Oliveira, Yscela Vanessa Pimentel de Moraes, Adijeane Oliveira de Jesus, Francisco Daltro, Ney Boa-Sorte, Humberto Castro-Lima, Maria Luísa Carvalho Soliani   +29 more
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Aspectos clínicos e epidemiológicos dos casos de síndrome gripal notificados por um laboratório de referência em saúde pública

Diversitas Journal, 2021
RESUMO: Dentre as infecções respiratórias, a Síndrome Gripal (SG) é caracterizada em pacientes com febre de início súbito, com tosse, dor de garganta, e com sintomas como mialgia, artralgia ou cefaleia.
Murilo Barros Silveira, Nayara Messias da Silva, Andrea Finotti, Luiz Augusto Pereira, Edna Joana Claúdio Manrique   +4 more
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Functional capacity of natural killer cells in HTLV-1 associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP) patients

BMC Infectious Diseases, 2019
Background Natural killer (NK) cells are part of the innate immune system and provide surveillance against viruses and cancers. The ability of NK cells to kill virus-infected cells depends on the balance between the effects of inhibitory and activating ...
Gabriel Andrade Nonato Queiroz, Rita Elizabeth Moreira Mascarenhas, Vincent Vieillard, Raphaela Lisboa Andrade, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi   +5 more
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Estimativa de adesão ao medicamento antirretroviral coformulado 3 em 1

ABCS Health Sciences, 2018
Introdução: Com o propósito de estimular a adesão aos antirretrovirais e minimizar os riscos de resistência a estes medicamentos, o Ministério da Saúde (MS) passou a disponibilizar o medicamento 3 em 1, uma coformulação de tenofovir (300 mg), lamivudina (
Bárbara Poliselo de Sá, Mariana Ribeiro Martins, Beatriz Böger, Frederico Alves Dias, Yanna Dantas Rattmann   +4 more
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Hepatitis B virus infection among institutionalized mentally ill patients in Brazil

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Objectives: The main objective was to evaluate HBV infection and occult HBV infection (OBI) cases in mentally ill patients based on serological and molecular profiles. Material and methods: Serum samples of 333 long-stay mentally ill patients were tested
Tatiane Cinquini Moraes, Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori, Menira Souza, Tâmera Nunes Vieira Almeida, Marielton dos Passos Cunha, Ítalo de Araújo Castro, Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso   +6 more
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Recording and survey of Triatomine fauna (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) distributed in different biomes of the state of Mato Grosso, central region of Brazil

EntomoBrasilis
The Triatominae subfamily includes 158 currently existing species, three of which are fossils. Several species of them can transmit the parasitic protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas, 1909), the causative agent of Chagas disease (CD), significantly ...
Jaqueline Aparecida Menegatti, Cladson Oliveira de Souza, Veruska Nogueira de Brito, Shirley Rodrigues Ramos, Klaucia Rodrigues Vasconcelos, Elaine Cristina de Oliveira, Diniz Pereira Leite-Jr   +6 more
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Retrospective Investigation in Horses with Encephalitis Reveals Unnoticed Circulation of West Nile Virus in Brazil

Viruses, 2022
During these past years, several studies have provided serological evidence regarding the circulation of West Nile virus (WNV) in Brazil. Despite some reports, much is still unknown regarding the genomic diversity and transmission dynamics of this virus ...
Hegger Fritsch, Felicidade Mota Pereira, Erica Azevedo Costa, Vagner Fonseca, Stephane Tosta, Joilson Xavier, Flavia Levy, Carla de Oliveira, Gabriela Menezes, Jaqueline Lima, Lenisa Santos, Luciana Silva, Vanessa Nardy, Marcela Kelly Gómez Astete, Beatriz Senra Álvares da Silva Santos, Nágila Rocha Aguiar, Maria Isabel Maldonado Coelho Guedes, Guilherme Canhestro de Faria, Ronaldo Furtini, Safira Rachel Milanez Drumond, Gabriel Muricy Cunha, Marcia São Pedro Leal Souza, Ronaldo de Jesus, Sara A. Franco Guimarães, Italo Coelho Nuno, Ian Carlos Brito de Santana, José Eduardo Ungar de Sá, George Roma Santos, Willadesmon Santos Silva, Thiago Ferreira Guedes, Emerson Luiz Lima Araújo, Rodrigo Fabiano do Carmo Said, Carlos Frederico Campelo de Albuquerque, Cassio Roberto Leonel Peterka, Alessandro Pecego Martins Romano, Rivaldo Venâncio da Cunha, Ana Maria Bispo de Filippis, Arabela Leal e Silva de Mello, Marta Giovanetti, Luiz Carlos Junior Alcantara   +39 more
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Impact of mutations in immunodominant regions of SARS-CoV-2 variants on recognition by CD8+ T cell: An in silico analysis

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Background: This study aimed to investigate whether mutations in the immunodominant regions of the S, M, and N proteins of the Gamma, Delta, and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants that circulated in Brazil affect the recognition of viral antigens by Brazilian ...
Greice Carolina Santos da Silva, Victoria Cruz Paraná, Filipe Ferreira de Almeida Rego, Mariana Maciel Portela, Mariana Barros Queiroz, Raimundo Coutinho Junior, Carlos Gustavo Regis da Silva, Luana Leandro Gois, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi   +8 more
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Antimicrobial and Chemotactic Activity of Scorpion-Derived Peptide, ToAP2, against Mycobacterium massiliensis

Toxins, 2018
Mycobacterium massiliense is a rapid growing, multidrug-resistant, non-tuberculous mycobacteria that is responsible for a wide spectrum of skin and soft tissue infections, as well as other organs, such as the lungs.
Lázaro M. Marques-Neto, Monalisa M. Trentini, Rogério C. das Neves, Danilo P. Resende, Victor O. Procopio, Adeliane C. da Costa, André Kipnis, Márcia R. Mortari, Elisabeth F. Schwartz, Ana Paula Junqueira-Kipnis   +9 more
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Imbalanced IL10/TGF-β production by regulatory T-lymphocytes in patients with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/ tropical spastic paraparesis

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1), also denominated Human T-cell leukemia virus-1, induces immune activation and secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, especially in individuals with HTLV-1-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic
Luana Leandro Gois, Bárbara Ribeiro-Soares, Carlos Gustavo Regis-Silva, Dalila L Zanette, Raphaella Lisboa, Regina Santos Nascimento, Raimundo Coutinho Junior, Bernardo Galvão-Castro, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi   +8 more
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