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Best-fit probability distribution models for monthly rainfall of Northeastern Brazil
The analysis of precipitation data is extremely important for strategic planning and decision-making in various natural systems, as well as in planning and preparing for a drought period.
Antonio Samuel Alves da Silva +2 more
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Melioidosis, Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Melioidosis was first recognized in northeastern Brazil in 2003. Confirmation of additional cases from the 2003 cluster in Ceará, more recent cases in other districts, environmental isolation of Burkholderia pseudomallei, molecular confirmation and ...
Dionne Bezerra Rolim +9 more
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Flora of Ceará, Brazil: Vitaceae [PDF]
We examined here the diversity and distribution of Vitaceae species in Ceará state, Brazil, as part of the “Flora of Ceará Project: knowing to conserve”, analyzing the morphological characters of specimens collected in the field, those available in the ...
Igor Renan Bonfim de Souza +5 more
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Flora of Fazenda Aba, Paraíba, Brazil: Bignoniaceae
We conducted a taxonomic survey of the Bignoniaceae from the “Fazenda Aba,” located at the municipality of Passagem, within the state of Paraiba (Northeastern Brazil).
Emanoel Messias Pereira Fernando +5 more
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Capitinga is poorly studied vegetation growing on small, scattered islands of fine, white sand surrounded by the latosol forests on the eastern flank of the Chapada Diamantina Mountains in northeastern Brazil. Our study characterized capitinga vegetation,
Ligia Silveira Funch +5 more
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Modelling the spatial dependence of the rainfall erosivity index in the Brazilian semiarid region [PDF]
: The objective of this work was to model the spatial dependence and to map the rainfall erosivity index (EI30) in the semiarid region of Brazil. Registers of monthly erosivity from 210 rainfall stations were used, with daily time series equal to or ...
André Quintão de Almeida +5 more
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Background The spread of Dengue virus (DENV) infections, as well as their signs and symptoms, are the result of a complex interaction between several factors. In Brazil, especially in the Northeastern, dengue is an important public health problem.
Iasmyn Dayanne Santos do Nascimento +8 more
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Tropical spastic paraparesis in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]
Ten possible cases of tropical spastic paraparesis (TSP) in Northeastern Brazil (Ceará) are presented. They show the typical symptoms and signs of TSP consisting of weakness of the lower limbs, spastic gait, hiperreflexia, bladder dysfunction and variable signs of posterior columns impairment.
Costa, C. M. de Castro +4 more
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This paper records the invasive gastropod Melanoides tuberculata in a limnetic ecosystem located in integral protection area in the semiarid region of the state of Paraíba in northeast Brazil.
Evandro Cosmo Tomaz Abreu +6 more
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Waterborne Toxoplasmosis, Northeastern Brazil
Two waterborne outbreaks of toxoplasmosis have been described recently in southern Brazil. We present data from a community-based study of pregnant women in northeastern Brazil. Consumption of homemade ice was the only variable associated with seropositivity (adjusted odds ratio, 3.1, 95% confidence interval, 1.53-6.24).
Heukelbach, Jorg +6 more
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