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Spatiotemporal dynamics and risk estimates of COVID-19 epidemic in Minas Gerais...
Coura-Vital, Wendel; Cardoso, Diogo Tavares; Ker, Fabricio Thomaz de Oliveira; Magalhães, Fernanda do Carmo; Bezerra, Juliana Maria TrindadeCOVID-19 is an infectious disease caused by the recently discovered coronavirus SARS-Cov-2. The disease became pandemic affecting many countries globally, including Brazil. Considering the expansion process and particularities during the initial stages of the epidemic, we aimed to analyze the spatial and spatiotemporal patterns of COVID-19 occurrence and to identify priority risk areas in Minas Gerais State, So...
Effectiveness of the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control ...
Rocha, Iara Caixeta Marques da; Santos, Letícia Helena Marques dos; Vital, Wendel Coura; Cunha, Gisele Macedo Rodrigues da; Magalhães, Fernanda do CarmoBackground Control strategies adopted by the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Surveillance and Control Programme (VLSCP) include identifying and culling seropositive infected dogs, early diagnosis and treatment of human cases, chemical control of the vector and population awareness. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the VLSCP on the prevalence and incidence rates of Leishmania infantum in children resid...
Effectiveness of deltamethrin-impregnated dog collars on the incidence of canin...
Vital, Wendel Coura; Leal, Gleisiane Gomes de Almeida; Marques, Luana Araújo; Pinheiro, Aimara da Costa; Carneiro, Mariângela; Reis, Alexandre BarbosaTo reduce morbidity and mortality caused by visceral leishmaniasis (VL), the Brazilian Visceral Leishmaniasis Control and Surveillance Program promotes the diagnosis and treatment of cases, vector control, euthanasia of seropositive dogs, and health education. Nevertheless, the effectiveness of these measures is questionable as they lead to little reduction in the transmission of the disease. Thus, the effectiv...
Spatial and temporal trends of visceral leishmaniasis by mesoregion in a southe...
Silva, Thais Almeida Marques da; Vital, Wendel Coura; Barbosa, David Soeiro; Oiko, Carla Sayuri Fogaça; Morais, Maria Helena FrancoThis article presents the spatial and temporal distribution of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) in Minas Gerais State and identifies the greater risk areas of transmission. This study is both timely and substantive because Minas Gerais is an important Brazilian state in the number of cases of visceral leishmaniasis. The results showed that during the 12-year time series the VL had a heterogeneous spatial and tempora...
Retinol and fat from breast milk of Brazilian mothers at high risk for food uns...
Espósito, Mariana; Sakurai, Emília; Lamounier, Joel Alves; Teixeira, Romero Alves; Bonomo, Élido; Silva, Camilo Adalton Mariano da; Carneiro, MariângelaPromotion and protection of breastfeeding is an important strategy in prevention of Vitamin A (Retinol) deficiency in childhood. Breast milk retinol’s allows us the chance to reach the maternal nutritional status and go over infant status. This study aimed to know the retinol and fat content in mature breast milk from Novo Cruzeiro’s population, Brazil. It was analyzes 63 samples of breast milk that belonged to...
Seroprevalence and risk factors for human toxoplasmosis in northeastern Brazil.
Aloise, Débora de Almeida; Vital, Wendel Coura; Carneiro, Mariângela; Rodrigues, Marlus Venâncio; Toscano, Gislani Acásia da SilvaToxoplasmosis is one of the most prevalent parasitic infections in humans, causing severe clinical complications in immunocompromised patients or in foetuses. Estimates on the toxoplasmosis seroprevalence in human populations vary widely, even within the same region. This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii infection in the municipality of Santa Cruz, State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil...
Anthropometric risk factors for metabolic syndrome in HIV patients.
Leal, José Adalberto; Fausto, Maria Arlene; Carneiro, MariângelaOBJECTIVE: Metabolic syndrome, which affects the general population in epidemic proportions, is associated with a set of cardiovascular disease risk factors. The aims of this cross-sectional study were to determine the prevalence and investigate the risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome in outpatients living with HIV/AIDS using anthropometric and clinical evaluations. METHOD: The study was carried out...
Genetic homogeneity among Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum isolates from dog an...
Silva, Thais Almeida Marques da; Gomes, Luciana Inácia; Oliveira, Edward; Vital, Wendel Coura; Silva, Letícia de AzevedoBackground: Certain municipalities in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area (BHMA), Minas Gerais, Brazil, have the highest human visceral leishmaniasis (VL) mortality rates in the country and also demonstrate high canine seropositivity. In Brazil, the etiologic agent of VL is Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum. The aim of this study was to evaluate the intraspecific genetic variability of parasites from humans and...
O modelo de regressão linear misto para dados longitudinais : uma aplicação na ...
Fausto, Maria Arlene; Carneiro, Mariângela; Antunes, Carlos Mauricio de Figueiredo; Pinto, Jorge Andrade; Colosimo, Enrico AntonioOs dados provenientes de estudos longitudinais se caracterizam pela seqüência de duas ou mais observações em cada indivíduo. Nos estudos de coorte, esses dados geralmente apresentam estrutura desbalanceada. Uma casuística que envolve a avaliação longitudinal de crescimento de lactentes nascidos de mães infectadas pelo HIV foi acompanhada no ambulatório de AIDS pediátrica do Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade...
Immunological profile of resistance and susceptibility innaturally infected dog...
Leal, Gleisiane Gomes de Almeida; Roatt, Bruno Mendes; Soares, Rodrigo Dian de Oliveira Aguiar; Carneiro, Cláudia Martins; Giunchetti, Rodolfo CordeiroVisceral leishmaniasis has a great impact on public health, and dogs are considered the maindomestic reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the causal parasite. In this study, 159 animalsnaturally infected by L. infantum from an endemic area of Brazil were evaluated through ananalysis of cellular responses, using flow cytometry, and of the hematological parameters.The results confirmed that disease progression is as...