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Emergence of chikungunya and Zika in a municipality endemic to dengue, Santa Lu...
Vega,Farley Liliana Romero; Bezerra,Juliana Maria Trindade; Said,Rodrigo Fabiano de Carmo; Gama Neto,Aloysio Nogueira da; Cotrim,Emanuela CardosoAbstract INTRODUCTION: The recent circulation of arboviruses transmitted by vectors, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, is concerning due to the high morbidity rates, clinical complications, and increased demand on health services. The objective of this study was to analyze the clinical and epidemiological aspects of an epidemic caused by arboviruses in the municipality of Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, Brazil....
Aumento da carga de dengue no Brasil e unidades federadas, 2000 e 2015: análise...
Araújo,Valdelaine Etelvina Miranda de; Bezerra,Juliana Maria Trindade; Amâncio,Frederico Figueiredo; Passos,Valéria Maria de AzeredoRESUMO: Objetivo: Descrever as principais métricas sobre dengue geradas pelo Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2015, para o Brasil e suas 27 unidades federadas, nos anos de 2000 e 2015. Métodos: As métricas descritas foram: taxas de incidência e de mortalidade por dengue, padronizadas por idade, years of life lost (YLL), years lived with disability (YLD) e disability adjusted life years (DALY) (frequência ab...
Sensitivity and specificity of the circulating cathodic antigen rapid urine tes...
Ferreira,Fernanda Teixeira; Fidelis,Thiago André; Pereira,Thiago Almeida; Otoni,Alba; Queiroz,Leonardo Campos; Amâncio,Frederico FigueiredoAbstract INTRODUCTION: The Kato-Katz technique is the standard diagnostic test for Schistosoma mansoni infection in rural areas. However, the utility of this method is severely limited by the day-to-day variability in host egg excretion in the stool. In high-transmission areas, the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA) urine assay has proven to be a reliable test. However, investigations of the r...
Thrombocytopenia as a marker of liver steatosis in a low-endemic area for schis...
Otoni,Alba; Antunes,Carlos Mauricio de Figueiredo; Tavares,Fernanda Ferreira; Araújo,Débora Heloísa Quadros; Pereira,Thiago de AlmeidaSummary Introduction: Thrombocytopenia is commonly found in patients living in highly endemic areas for Schistosoma mansoni. Recently, different degrees of liver steatosis have also been associated with low platelet counts worldwide. We investigated the association of platelet counts with hepatosplenic schistosomiasis and with liver steatosis in an area of low prevalence of schistosomiasis in Brazil. Method: Pa...
Cervical gunshot wound: bullet trajectory on three-dimensional computed tomogra...
Garrido,Juliana Cabrera; Amâncio,Frederico Figueiredo; Faleiro,Rodrigo Moreira; Ribeiro,Geraldo Magela; Vale,Thiago Cardoso
Epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais Stat...
Amâncio,Frederico Figueiredo; Amorim,Vânia Dutra; Chamone,Talita Leal; Brito,Mariana Gontijo de; Calic,Simone Berger; Leite,Anamaria CordeiroBrazilian spotted fever is the most common rickettsiosis in Brazil, most prevalent in the States of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The aim of this study was to describe the epidemiological characteristics of Brazilian spotted fever in Minas Gerais from 2000 to 2008. Of the 132 cases of Brazilian spotted fever, 53 patients died, representing a case-fatality rate of 40.2%. Males predominated, with 78.8% of confirmed...
Primeiro registro de escorpionismo causado por Tityus adrianoi Lourenço (Scorpi...
Álvares,Éder Sandro Soares; Maria,Mário De; Amâncio,Frederico Figueiredo; Campolina,DélioApresentamos três casos de escorpionismo causados por Tityus adrianoi Lourenço ocorridos em Belo Horizonte e Curvelo, Minas Gerais, Brasil. O atendimento aos pacientes ocorreu no mesmo dia do acidente e em todos os casos foi relatada apenas dor local, que variou de leve a intensa, sem complicações posteriores. Os três acidentes foram classificados como leves.