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Garcinia mangostana, popularly known as “mangosteen fruit,” originates from Southeast Asia and came to Brazil about 80 years ago where it mainly grows in the states of Pará and Bahia. Although mangosteen or its extracts have been used for ages in Asian folk medicine, data on its potential genotoxicity is missing.
Ronaldo Carvalho-Silva +8 more
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General measures in the treatment of sickle cell disease [PDF]
This article presents the most important measures in the care of patients with sickle cell disease, which is characterized by a high morbimortality rate.
Braga, Josefina Aparecida Pellegrini
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ABSTRACT Background Candida (Candidozyma) auris is an emerging yeast that poses a significant global health threat due to its multidrug resistance and ability to cause healthcare‐associated outbreaks. Genomic surveillance is essential for monitoring spread, transmission and antifungal resistance.
Luiz Marcelo Ribeiro Tomé +19 more
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CD8+ T Cell‐Mediated Immunity during Trypanosoma cruzi Infection: A Path for Vaccine Development?
MHC‐restricted CD8+ T cells are important during infection with the intracellular protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. Experimental studies performed in the past 25 years have elucidated a number of features related to the immune response mediated by these T cells, which are important for establishing the ...
Fernando dos Santos Virgilio +6 more
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Pneumococcal diseases are an important public health problem, with high mortality rates in young children. Although conjugated pneumococcal vaccines offer high protection against invasive pneumococcal diseases, this is restricted to vaccine serotypes ...
Monalisa Martins Trentini +5 more
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The Unexpected Actor? Civil‐Military Relations and Regulatory Agency Control in Brazil
ABSTRACT Democratic backsliding around the world has sparked debate about its impact on public administration and governance. This article explores a growing yet less visible phenomenon threatening democracy. It examines the influence exerted by authoritarian populists over autonomous regulatory agencies through militarized patronage, that is, the ...
Bruno Queiroz Cunha +2 more
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Chagas disease, caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), is characterized by immunopathology driven by IFN‐γ secreting Th1‐like T cells. T. cruzi has a thick coat of mucin‐like glycoproteins covering its surface, which plays an important role in parasite invasion and host immunomodulation. It has been extensively described that T.
Lúcia Cristina Jamli Abel +8 more
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IntroductionTuberculosis (TB) continues to be one of the leading infectious causes of mortality world-wide, while the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine provides variable protection.
Ana Carolina de Oliveira Carvalho +8 more
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Chimeras could help in the fight against leptospirosis
Understanding the structure of an antigen can guide the design of improved antigen-based vaccines.
Jademilson C Santos +1 more
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Vacinas em saúde pública [PDF]
Vaccines are one of the major triumphs of public health. What may sound like simple common sense has been reiterated in various articles in this Supplement of CSP. At this special moment of mobilization in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is placing high expectations on the development of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, with many groups working
Luiz Antonio Bastos Camacho +1 more
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