Chronic adult T-cell Leukemia in a young male after blood transfusion as a newborn [PDF]
, 2016 Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus type 1 (HTLV-1) is the etiological agent of Adult T-cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (ATLL) and HTLV-1 Associated Myelopathy/Tropical Spastic Paraparesis (HTM/TSP).
Altube, Alejandra +10 more
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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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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 +5 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 +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 +10 more
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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 +1 more
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O lugar da medicina tropical nas dissertações da escola médica portuense (1875-1923) [PDF]
, 2014 Desde 1827 a Escola Médico-Cirúrgica do Porto publicou centenas de teses inaugurais dedicadas a uma grande variedade de temas de natureza médica. Tendo em atenção a predominância da escola de Lisboa na elaboração de um conhecimento científico próprio na ...
Costa, Rui Manuel Pinto +1 more
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Detecting Mutations in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pyrazinamidase Gene pncA to Improve Infection Control and Decrease Drug Resistance Rates in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection. [PDF]
, 2016 Hospital infection control measures are crucial to tuberculosis (TB) control strategies within settings caring for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive patients, as these patients are at heightened risk of developing TB.
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Detection and identification of Leishmania species within naturally infected sand flies in the Andean areas of Ecuador by a polymerase chain reaction [PDF]
, 2005 The surveillance of prevalent Leishmania and sand fly species in endemic areas is important for prediction of the risk and expansion of leishmaniasis. In this study, we developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based method for detection of Leishmania ...
Barroso, Paola Andrea +11 more
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The recombinant cysteine proteinase B (CPB) from Leishmania braziliensis and its domains: promising antigens for serodiagnosis of cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in dogs. [PDF]
, 2019 Leishmaniasis represents a group of parasitic diseases caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania and is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.
Basombrío, Manuel Alberto +10 more
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