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Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Reseña del Primer Encuentro Internacional de Institutos de Medicina Tropical 2013
Anales de la Facultad de Medicina, 2014 El Primer Encuentro Internacional de Institutos de Medicina Tropical, llevado a cabo en Lima, fue la actividad principal del cincuentenario de la fundación del Instituto de Medicina Tropical Daniel A. Carrión (1963-2013), de la Facultad de Medicina de la
Jorge O Alarcón +2 more
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Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, EarlyView.This paper examines how the politics of water governance intersected with germ suppression during US colonial rule in the Philippines. Drawing on historical materials and policy documents, we critically trace two interrelated processes of hydroterritorialization through which cholera outbreaks in the early 1900s spurred the production of sanitary ...
Rhomir S. Yanquiling +2 more
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Medicina tropical: Lepra lepromatosa
Revista de Medicina y Cine / Journal of Medicine and Movies, 2014 [ES] poco antes de 1930 Gabriela van der Mal, una joven enfermera belga hija de un eminente cirujano, entra en un convento. Tras pasar el periodo de prueba, el postulado y el noviciado completa su formaci?n como enfermera en una Escuela de Medicina Tropical en Amberes.
García Sánchez, José Elías +2 more
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HTLV screening and confirmatory testing among blood donors in São Paulo: A cross‐sectional study
Transfusion Medicine, EarlyView.Abstract Introduction Human T‐cell lymphotropic virus types 1 and 2 (HTLV‐1/2) are transfusion‐transmissible retroviruses associated with severe diseases, and blood donor screening is mandatory in Brazil. Increasing HTLV‐related discard rates at our institution prompted this study to determine the prevalence and incidence of HTLV‐1/2 and to investigate
Suzete C. Ferreira +11 more
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Tropical Medicine &International Health, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Rhinovirus (RV) is a recognized respiratory pathogen, but its role in severe lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in adults remains debated. The aim of the study was to investigate RV in different clinical status categories at Hospital Sao Paulo, a tertiary facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Ana Helena Perosa +4 more
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Scientific progress versus ecological influence on Schistosoma mansoni transmission [PDF]
, 2014 In this issue of the Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical / Journal of the Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine, we are delighted by the broad review and personal experience of Professor José Roberto Lambertucci regarding ...
Jesus, Amélia Ribeiro de +1 more
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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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Bibliografía seleccionada de parasitología y medicina tropical [PDF]
, 2011 B) - Histori. (History. Aesculapius in Latin America. (Aristides A. Moll.
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Do differences exist between chronic hepatitis C genotypes 2 and 3? [PDF]
, 2014 Introduction Six genotypes of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) have been identified thus far, and their distribution is well defined. Genotype 1, which is the most prevalent worldwide, is always compared to genotypes 2 and 3, particularly in terms of ...
Emori, Christini Takemi [UNIFESP] +7 more
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