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Hepatitis E virus seroprevalence among schistosomiasis patients in Northeastern...
Passos-Castilho,Ana Maria; de Sena,Anne; Domingues,Ana Lucia Coutinho; Lopes-Neto,Edmundo Pessoa; Medeiros,Tibério BatistaAbstract Background Hepatitis E virus (HEV) can cause chronic infection with rapid progression to liver cirrhosis in immunocompromised patients. HEV seroprevalence in patients with Schistosoma mansoni in Brazil is unknown. We evaluated the prevalence of past or present HEV infection in schistosomiasis patients in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A total of 80 patients with Schistosoma mansoni were consecutively enro...
Relationship between splenomegaly and hematologic findings in patients with hep...
Leite,Luiz Arthur Calheiros; Domingues,Ana Lucia Coutinho; Lopes,Edmundo Pessoa; Ferreira,Rita de Cassia dos Santos; Pimenta Filho,Adenor de AlmeidaBACKGROUND Schistosomiasis is a tropical disease. Patients who develop hepatosplenic schistosomiasis have clinical findings including periportal fibrosis, portal hypertension, cytopenia, splenomegaly and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to analyze the hemostatic and hematologic findings of patients with schistosomiasis and correlate these to the size of the spleen. METHODS Fifty-...
Treatment and education reduce the severity of schistosomiasis periportal fibrosis
Silva,Paula Carolina Valenca; Leal,Tallita Verissimo; Domingues,Ana Lucia CoutinhoIntroduction This study evaluates the factors associated with the development of severe periportal fibrosis in patients with Schistosoma mansoni. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted from April to December 2012 involving 178 patients infected with S. mansoni who were treated in the Hospital das Clínicas of Pernambuco, Brazil. Information regarding risk factors was obtained using a questionnaire. Based ...
Association between Schistosomiasis mansoni and hepatitis C: systematic review
Van-Lume,Daniele Silva de Moraes; de Albuquerque,Maria de Fatima Pessoa Militao; de Souza,Alexandre Ignacio; Domingues,Ana Lucia CoutinhoOBJECTIVE: To perform a systematic review of the prevalence of the HCV/ S. mansoni co-infection and associated factors in Schistosoma mansoni -infected populations. METHODS: The bibliographic search was carried out using the Medline, Lilacs, SciELO, Cochrane Library and Ibecs databases. The criteria for the studies' selection and the extraction data were based on systematic review methods. Forty five studies we...