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Waterborne Toxoplasmosis, Northeastern Brazil

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2007
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, Meyer-Cirkel, Vanessa, Moura, Rômulo César Sabóia, Gomide, Marcia, Queiroz, José Ajax Nogueira, Saweljew, Peter, Liesenfeld, Oliver   +6 more
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Strongyloidiasis in a Puppy in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Acta Scientiae Veterinariae, 2021
Background: Strongyloides stercoralis is a nematode that causes intestinal infection in vertebrate hosts, especially in humans and dogs. The species S. stercoralis is responsible for chronic and asymptomatic infections in adult dogs or serious infections in puppies and immunosuppressed animals.
Rodrigo Cruz Alves, Yanca Góes dos Santos Soares, Jôvanna Karine Pinheiro, João Ricardo Cruz Brito Junior, Raquel Annes Fagundes Silva, Millena de Oliveira Firmino, Glauco José Nogueira de Galiza, Antônio Flávio Medeiros Dantas   +7 more
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Rediscovery and new records of Passiflora auriculata Kunth and P. cisnana Harms (Passifloraceae) in Brazil [PDF]

Check List, 2020
We present here the rediscovery of Passiflora auriculata Kunth and P. cisnana Harms in Maranhão state, northeastern Brazil, and new reports of occurrence of those species in Alagoas state, northeastern Brazil, and Tocantins state, northern ...
Eduardo Oliveira Silva, Michaele Alvim Milward‑de-Azevedo, Alessandro Wagner Coelho Ferreira, Marcos Eduardo Guerra Sobral   +3 more
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Use and knowledge of Cactaceae in Northeastern Brazil [PDF]

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2013
Abstract Background This study aimed to record the use, and knowledge that residents from São Francisco community (Paraiba, Brazil) have regarding the Cactaceae. Methods Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 118 informants; 50 men and 68 women.
de Lucena, Camilla Marques, de Lucena, Reinaldo Farias, Costa, Gabriela Maciel, Carvalho, Thamires Kelly, Costa, Gyslaynne Gomes, Alves, Rômulo Romeu, Pereira, Daniel Duarte, Ribeiro, João Everthon, Alves, Carlos Antônio, Quirino, Zelma Glebya, Nunes, Ernane Nogueira   +10 more
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Hyponatremia in sheep in Northeastern Brazil

Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 2022
ABSTRACT: Mineral deficiencies are important causes of productive losses in ruminant farming, especially in semiarid regions. This study aimed to determine Na, K, and Cl serum concentrations, plus the salivary concentrations of Na and K in sheep raised in a semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil, and to report the epidemiology, clinical and the ...
Willder R.X. Cunha, Givaldo B. Silva Filho, Hisadora A.S.C Bom, Silvio M.C. Fonseca, Nathalia S. Wicpolt, Rebeka M. Pontes, Emanuel F. Oliveira Filho, Pierre C. Soares, Valdir M. Almeida, Fábio S. Mendonça   +9 more
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Welwitschiaceae from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern Brazil [PDF]

American Journal of Botany, 2005
Welwitschiaceae, a family in the Gnetales, is known today from only one extant species, Welwitschia mirabilis. This species is distributed in the Namibian desert, along the western coast of southern Africa, about 10 km inland from the coast. Very little is known about the fossil record of this family.
Dilcher, D.L., Bernardes-De-Oliveira, M.E., Pons, D., Lott, T.A.   +3 more
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Dirofilaria immitis in dogs from the coastal tourist region of the state of Alagoas, Brazil [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária
Canine dirofilariasis, caused by Dirofilaria immitis, is prevalent worldwide. However, the frequency of canine infection in the state of Alagoas, Brazil is scarcely unknown. This study aimed to evaluate the frequency of D.
Walter Franklin Bernardino Leão Filho, Viviane Melo Coelho Barros, Eduarda Viana Mafra Cardoso, Flávia Silva Damasceno, Juaci Vitória Malaquias, David Germano Gonçalves Schwarz, Abelardo Silva-Júnior, Wagnner José Nascimento Porto   +7 more
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Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from a Fragment of Atlantic Forest in the Southern Bahia State

EntomoBrasilis, 2020
The Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia comprises a zone of high levels of biodiversity and endemism of plants, vertebrates and insects. However, there are still several gaps on the knowledge of the local Lepidoptera diversity.
Gabriel Vila-Verde, Márlon Paluch
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Flora of Ceará, Brazil: Clusiaceae [PDF]

Rodriguésia, 2023
The floristic-taxonomic survey of Clusiaceae is presented as part of the project “Flora of Ceará: knowing to conserve”. The study was based on the analysis of specimens deposited in national and international herbaria and observations of natural ...
Diego Costa Farias, Luana Mateus de Sousa, Valéria da Silva Sampaio, Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola, Lucas Cardoso Marinho   +4 more
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ECOTONE SOILS IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

Caminhos de Geografia, 2021
Texture, base saturation, organic carbon content, and water storage availability of soil are drivers of plant physiognomy and composition of communities. Soil properties in ecotone areas are still poorly studied, and the transition between dry, moist, and semideciduous forests is defined only by climate parameters.
José João Lelis Leal De Souza, Anderson Silva Pinto, Maiara Bezerra Ramos, Sérgio Faria Lopes   +3 more
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