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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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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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The discovery of Trypanosoma cruzi and Chagas disease (1908-1909): tropical medicine in Brazil A descoberta do Trypanosoma cruzi e da doença de Chagas (1908-1909): medicina tropical no Brasil

História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos, 2009
This article analyzes the discovery of Chagas disease and the parasite that causes it (Trypanosoma cruzi) by Carlos Chagas in 1908/1909, with a special focus on the scientific and social context in which this occurred.
Simone Petraglia Kropf, Magali Romero Sá   +1 more
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Refractory Eczema as a Presenting Feature of Common Variable Immunodeficiency

JEADV Clinical Practice, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most prevalent symptomatic inborn error of immunity (IEI) in adults. It presents with recurrent infections and non‐infectious complications, including autoimmunity, lymphoproliferation and dermatitis.
Mercedes Sanchez‐Diaz, Lars Matthies, Andrea Vanegas Ramirez   +2 more
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Contrastive ecoacoustic indices: Large‐scale global soundscape characterization with contrastive inference

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecoacoustics mainly aims at monitoring soundscapes by means of non‐invasive protocols. Despite the widespread adoption of machine and deep learning techniques, existing ecoacoustic models predominantly rely on supervised learning and, consequently, face two primary limitations: (1) the necessity of annotated data; and (2) the restriction to ...
Yann Teytaut, Sylvain Haupert, Lorenzo Dubois, Ludovic Crochard, Frédéric Azémar, Ángel G. Guevara, Patricia Balaresque, Jérôme Sueur   +7 more
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Muralismo como encargo participativo: Holografía de lo (in)visible en comunidades a’i cofán de la selva colombiana

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT When mural art in indigenous communities is commissioned as a participatory project, several methodological, epistemological, and aesthetic questions arise. This text proposes a horizontal and investigative approach to what we can simply call ‘muralism in the A'i Cofán community context,’ not as significant works executed in communities, but ...
Daniel Alberto Restrepo Hernández, Andrés Rojas Guarín, Alexander Queta Criollo   +2 more
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Worldwide Impact of Human Development and Inequality on the Prevalence of Asthma, Rhinoconjunctivitis and Eczema. Global Asthma Network's Ecological Study

Clinical &Experimental Allergy, EarlyView.
Global Asthma Network Phase I surveyed children, adolescents, and adults worldwide to assess the prevalence of asthma, rhinoconjunctivitis, and eczema. Human Development Index (HDI) and Gini inequality index (GinI) were important explanatory factors for prevalence variability of these conditions, with hotspots in areas with high HDI and high GinI ...
Luis García‐Marcos, Chen‐Yuan Chiang, M. Innes Asher, Guy B. Marks, Asma El Sony, Refiloe Masekela, Karen Bissell, Eamon Ellwood, Philippa Ellwood, Neil Pearce, David P. Strachan, A. Elena Martínez‐Torres, Manuel Sánchez‐Solís, Kevin Mortimer, Eva Morales, The Global Asthma Network Phase I Study Group   +15 more
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Immune Consequences of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Treatment: A Cytokine Perspective

Immunology, EarlyView.
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from individuals with metabolic syndrome (MetS) who were not using glucose‐and/or lipid lowering medication (GLLM) exhibited a broader cytokine production profile after in vitro antigen‐specific stimulation than PBMCs from individuals with MetS using such medications and from healthy donors.
Isabela Ghetti Macedo Isaac, Carolina do Prado Servian, Fernanda de Oliveira Feitosa de Castro, João Lucas Lima Calandrini de Azevedo, Ronaldo Moraes Preto, Miriam Leandro Dorta, Daniela Espíndola Antunes, Simone Gonçalves Fonseca   +7 more
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EBOLA VIRUS DISEASE: WHAT WE MUST KNOW (IN SPANISH)

Revista Ciencias Biomédicas, 2014
La entidad conocida como ébola, recibe esa denominación por el nombre del río más cercano al distrito africano, donde se presentaron los primeros casos del brote en la década de los setenta del siglo XX (1).
Grupo de Investigación Unimol-Doctorado en Medicina Tropical
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POLÍTICA MÉDICA E MEDICINA TROPICAL

Revista de Patologia Tropical, 2008
hm razao das relacoes entre medicina e sociedade, observa-se ao longo da historia um progressivo envolvimento politico e social no processo de promocao da saude. Nessa relacao estao em jogo pressupostos de etica social embasados nos principios de equidade e universalidade.
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