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Arboviral diseases in the Western Brazilian Amazon: a perspective and analysis ...
Mourão,Maria Paula Gomes; Bastos,Michele de Souza; Figueiredo,Regina Maria Pinto de; Gimaque,João Bosco de Lima; Alves,Valquíria do Carmo RodriguesThe Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD), located in Manaus, the capital of the State of Amazonas (Western Brazilian Amazon), is a pioneering institution in this region regarding the syndromic surveillance of acute febrile illness, including arboviral infections. Based on the data from patients at the FMT-HVD, we have detected recurrent outbreaks in Manaus by the four dengue serotyp...
Epidemiology of infectious meningitis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil
Saraiva,Maria das Graças Gomes; Santos,Eyde Cristianne Saraiva; Saraceni,Valéria; Rocha,Lívia Laura dos Santos; Monte,Rossicléia LinsINTRODUCTION: In the State of Amazonas, particularly in the capital Manaus, meningitis has affected populations of different cultures and social strata over the years. Bacterial meningitis is caused by several different species and represents a major issue of public health importance. The present study reports the meningitis case numbers with different etiologies in Amazonas from January 1976 to December 2012. ...
Simultaneous circulation of all four dengue serotypes in Manaus, State of Amazo...
Bastos,Michele de Souza; Figueiredo,Regina Maria Pinto de; Ramasawmy,Rajendranath; Itapirema,Evaulino; Gimaque,João Bosco LimaINTRODUCTION: Manaus, the capital city of the state of Amazon with nearly 2 million inhabitants, is located in the middle of the Amazon rain forest and has suffered dengue outbreaks since 1998. METHODS: In this study, blood samples were investigated using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), aimed at identifying dengue virus serotypes. RESULTS: Acute phase sera from 432 patients were tested...
Presença de parvovírus B19 em Manaus, AM
Figueiredo,Regina Maria Pinto de; Lima,Mário Lira de; Almeida,Tânia Maria Carvalho; Bastos,Michele de SouzaA investigação de 1.107 casos de doenças exantemáticas em Manaus permitiu a identificação dos primeiros 47 casos de parvovírus humano B19 na cidade. O parvovírus B19 foi caracterizado por uma combinação de sinais e sintomas como febre, cefaléia, artralgia, mialgia e exantema. A freqüência de exantema foi maior em indivíduos menores de quinze anos e, no adulto, prevaleceram a febre e artropatias. O maior número ...
Febre hemorrágica do dengue em lactentes: relato de dois casos
Mourão,Maria Paula Gomes; Lacerda,Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de; Bastos,Michele de Souza; Albuquerque,Bernardino Cláudio de; Alecrim,Wilson DuarteDois casos de lactentes atendidos na Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, com síndrome febril exantemática aguda, extravasamento capilar e manifestações hemorrágicas de pequena magnitude, caracterizando quadro de febre hemorrágica do dengue. O diagnóstico etiológico foi confirmado pelo MAC-ELISA e pelo ELISA de inibição para IgG, realizados nos lactentes e nas respectivas mães.
Dengue hemorrhagic fever and acute hepatitis: a case report
Mourão,Maria Paula Gomes; Lacerda,Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de; Bastos,Michele de Souza; Albuquerque,Bernardino Cláudio de; Alecrim,Wilson DuarteDengue fever is the world's most important viral hemorrhagic fever disease, the most geographically wide-spread of the arthropod-born viruses, and it causes a wide clinical spectrum of disease. We report a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever complicated by acute hepatitis. The initial picture of classical dengue fever was followed by painful liver enlargement, vomiting, hematemesis, epistaxis and diarrhea. Severe ...