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O Brasil e a medicina tropical

Revista de Saúde Pública, 1997
São feitas considerações sobre o papel das endemias tropicais no desenvolvimento da sociedade brasileira. Aborda-se a atualidade das pesquisas que tratam da temática das doenças infecciosas. Comparando o significado para o primeiro mundo, conclui-se pela
Oswaldo Paulo Forattini
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Sweet Femininities: Women and the Confectionery Trade in Eighteenth‐Century Barcelona

Gender &History, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 574-589, October 2022., 2022
Abstract This article examines the intersections between sweetness, femininity and the confectionery trade in eighteenth‐century Barcelona, at a time of growing consumption of sugar and slavery. Drawing on a range of underexplored archival material, this study traces the stories of women of different social groups, namely, elite housewives, nuns and ...
Marta Manzanares Mileo
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Coordenadas epistemológicas de la medicina tropical [PDF]

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2003
Para intentar comprender la novedad, en términos teóricos y epistemológicos, representada por la emergencia de la medicina tropical analizamos aquí dos modelos de investigación representados por los institutos Pasteur de ultramar y The London School of ...
Sandra Caponi
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Isolation of bacterial consortia with probiotic potential from the rumen of tropical calves

Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition, Volume 107, Issue 1, Page 62-76, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Probiotics are live microorganisms that confer health benefits to their animal host by balancing the composition of its gastrointestinal microbiota and modulating its immune response. In this work, we studied bacterial consortia isolated from the rumen of 28‐ and 42‐day‐old calves to select those showing probiotic capacity.
Sarahí Rodríguez‐González, Laura González‐Dávalos, Carolina Robles‐Rodríguez, Carlos Lozano‐Flores, Alfredo Varela‐Echavarría, Armando Shimada, Ofelia Mora‐Izaguirre   +6 more
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus amongst refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A systematic review

Journal of Viral Hepatitis, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 4-18, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Hepatitis B, caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), is a global public health issue that affects 290 million people worldwide. Most people with hepatitis B are in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC), where health systems and resources are often constrained.
Caroline Lee, Theophilus I. Emeto, Nick Walsh   +2 more
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Diagnostics to support mycetoma management—Development of two target product profiles

Tropical Medicine &International Health, Volume 27, Issue 12, Page 1059-1064, December 2022., 2022
Abstract Objective Mycetoma is a neglected tropical disease caused by more than 70 different microorganisms and identified by the WHO as one of the high‐priority diseases for developing diagnostic tests. To ensure the production of diagnostic assays for use by clinical staff in endemic regions, target product profiles (TPPs) were designed.
Noah Fongwen, Kingsley B. Asiedu, Sahar Bakhiet, Alexandro Bonifaz, Israel Cruz, Daniel Argaw, Guadalupe Estrada‐Chavez, Ahmed H. Fahal, Ana Litvintseva, Michael Marks, Mario C. Salinas‐Carmona, Doudou Sow, Wendy W. J. van de Sande   +12 more
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Você conhece esta síndrome? [PDF]

Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia, 2011
A síndrome de Barraquer-Simons, também denominada lipodistrofia parcial progressiva ou lipodistrofia céfalo-torácica, caracteriza-se por perda progressiva do tecido celular subcutâneo, em direção crânio-caudal, de modo simétrico, iniciando na face e ...
Mônica Santos, Renata Rabelo, Virgínia Vilasboas, Lisiane Nogueira, Carolina Talhari, Sinésio Talhari   +5 more
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A criação da cátedra de medicina tropical no Peru e no Brasil The creation of chairs in tropical medicine in Peru and Brazil

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2011
Analisa a proposta de criação da cátedra de medicina tropical nas faculdades de medicina da América Latina feita em 1913, por ocasião do 5º Congresso Médico Latino-americano, em Lima.
Marta de Almeida
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Antigenic and Genetic Characterization of Twenty-six Strains of Human Respiratory Syncytial Virus (Subgroup A) Isolated During Three Consecutive Outbreaks in Havana City, Cuba [PDF]

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1999
Twenty-six human respiratory syncytial virus strains (subgroup A) isolated from three outbreaks in Havana City during the period 1994/95, 1995/96 and 1996/97 were analyzed to determine their antigenic and genetic relationships. Analyses were performed by
Angel Valdivia, Grehete González, Danay Chacón, Clara Savón, Anselmo Otero, Odalys Váldes, Reynel Cancio, Suset Oropesa, José A Melero, Blanca García-Barreno, Angel Goyenechea   +10 more
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Hepatitis D virus infection in the Western Brazilian Amazon - far from a vanishing disease

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2012
INTRODUCTION: A decline in hepatitis D virus (HDV) occurrence was described in Europe and Asia. We estimated HDV prevalence in the Brazilian Amazon following hepatitis B vaccination.
Wornei Silva Miranda Braga, Márcia da Costa Castilho, Fabiane Giovanella Borges, Jorge Roberto Di Tommaso Leão, Ana Cristina de Souza Martinho, Ivo Seixas Rodrigues, Eliete Pereira de Azevedo, Gildo Maia de Barros Júnior, Raymundo Paraná   +8 more
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