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Immunotherapy, immunochemotherapy and chemotherapy for American cutaneous leish...
Mayrink,Wilson; Botelho,Ana Cristina de Carvalho; Magalhães,Paulo Araújo; Batista,Sebastião Mariano; Lima,Antonio de Oliveira; Genaro,OdairThe first choice of treatment for American cutaneous leishmaniasis is the pentavalent antimonial drug. Although it has been shown that this treatment is mostly effective and indicated, some disadvantages should be taken into account such as side effects, long term treatment inconveniences and counter-indication for patients suffering from cardiopathy, nephropathy; yet, aging, pregnancy and other conditions. Wit...
Teste de susceptibilidade do percevejo, Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera, Cimici...
Nagem,Ronaldo L.; Williams,PaulO nível de susceptibilidade de percevejos adultos, Cimex lectularius, ao DDT, em Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (Brasil), foi determinado durante o período de 1985 a 1986. Os resultados indicaram, para os insetos testados, que uma dose de 4,0% do inseticida não foi suficiente para matar 55% dos insetos. Os dados permitem concluir que existem colonias de percevejos resistentes ao DDT em Belo Horizonte.
Detection of psychiatric morbidity in the primary medical care setting in Brazil
Mari,Jair de Jesus; Iacoponi,Eduardo; Williams,Paul; Simões,Oziris; Silva,João Batista TeodoroThe aims of this study were a) to assess the ability of primary care doctors to make accurate ratings of psychiatric disturbance and b) to evaluate the use of a case-finding questionnaire in the detection of psychiatric morbidity. The estudy took place in three primary care clinics in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, during a six-month survey. A time sample of consecutive adult attenders were asked to complete a ...