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Comparison between two decades of prevalence of intestinal parasitic diseases a...
Serra, Maria Aparecida Alves de Oliveira; Chaves, Cristina de Souza; Coêlho, Zirlane Castelo Branco; Rodrigues, Naya Lúcia de CastroObjectives. This study’s objective was to compare the prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors in children in urban communities, in the Brazilian Northeast, between two decades. Methods. This quantitative transversal study consisted of a comparative analysis of two different samples: the first viewing the years 1992–1996 and the other through a coproepidemiological data survey undertaken i...
DISTINCT CELLULAR MIGRATION INDUCED BY Leishmania infantum chagasi AND SALIVA F...
Vasconcelos, Camila Oliveira; Coelho, Zirlane C. Branco; Chaves, Cristina de Souza; Teixeira, Clarissa Romero; Pompeu, Margarida M. LimaRecruitment of a specific cell population after Leishmania infection can influence the outcome of the disease. Cellular migration in response to Leishmania or vector saliva has been reported in air pouch model, however, cellular migration induced by Leishmania associated with host's blood and vector saliva in this model has not been described. Herein we investigated cellular migration into air pouch of hamster ...