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Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae for better understanding of leprosy transmis...
Fontes, Amanda N. B.; Lima, Luana N. G. C.; Mota, Rosa M. S.; Almeida, Rosa Lívia Freitas de; Pontes, Maria A.; Gonçalves, Heitor de S.Leprosy is endemic in large part of Brazil with 28,761 new patients in 2015, the second largest number worldwide and reaches 9/10.000 in highly endemic regions and 2.7/10.000 in the city of Fortaleza, Ceará, Northeast Brazil. For better understanding of risk factors for leprosy transmission, we conducted an epidemiologic study supplemented by 17 locus VNTR and SNP 1–4 typing of Mycobacterium leprae in skin biop...
Viral hepatitis C in a leading brazilian hospital : epidemiological factors and...
Bezerra, Cristianne Soua; Lima, José M.C.; Vilar, Janaina L.; Moreira, José L.B.; Frota, Cristiane C.The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is classified into six different genotypes and their distribution is different throughout the world. Epidemiologic studies are important to determine several characteristics of the virus, as well as the disease. This study analysed the prevalence of HCV and its genotypes among patients from a leading hospital in Ceará, which is located in Northeast Brazil. A total of 119 anti-HCV-ser...
Seropositivity to anti-phenolic glycolipid-I in leprosy cases, contacts and no ...
Frota, Cristiane C.; Freitas, Max Victor Carioca; Foss, Norma T.; Lima, Luana N.C.; Rodrigues, Laura C.; Barreto, Maurício L.The seroprevalence rates of IgM anti-phenolic glycolipid-I (PGL-I) antibodies in four study groups with differing exposure to Mycobacterium leprae in Ceará, Brazil were investigated between March 2005 and August 2006. The first three groups in a high prevalence area included 144 cases of leprosy, their 380 contacts and 317 participants with no known lep- rosy contact. The fourth group in a low prevalence area c...
Seropositivity to anti-phenolic glycolipid-I in leprosy cases, contacts and no ...
Frota, Cristiane C.; Freitas, Max V. C.; Foss, Norma T.; Lima, Luana Nepomuceno Costa; Rodrigues, Laura C.; Barreto, Mauricio LimaAcesso restrito:Texto completo. p.490-495; Submitted by JURANDI DE SOUZA SILVA (jssufba@hotmail.com) on 2012-05-04T10:49:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 __ac.els-cdn.com_S003592...68fcd1c5b92c814cda17eaf7d131a.pdf: 90187 bytes, checksum: fd399cb83d5e7697fc31928ae102cc69 (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2012-05-04T10:49:07Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 __ac.els-cdn.com_S003592...68fcd1c5b92c814cda17eaf7d131a.pdf: 9018...