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Níveis de proteína C reativa no soro e líquido cefaloraquidiano para o diagnóst...

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Use of rapid test for the diagnosis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infec...

Keywords: HIV infection- Rapid test - Parturient women.; Submitted by ROBERTO PAULO CORREIA DE ARAÚJO (ppgorgsistem@ufba.br) on 2017-06-05T16:44:14Z No. of bitstreams: 1 5_v.9_3.pdf: 414771 bytes, checksum: bc29e3d0f6b489ef824896171ebfaed3 (MD5); Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-05T16:44:14Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 5_v.9_3.pdf: 414771 bytes, checksum: bc29e3d0f6b489ef824896171ebfaed3 (MD5) Previous issue...

Caring for critically ill patients outside intensive care units due to full uni...

OBJECTIVES: This study sought to analyze the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of critically ill patients who were denied intensive care unit admission due to the unavailability of beds and to estimate the direct costs of treatment. METHODS: A prospective cohort study was performed with critically ill patients treated in a university hospital. All consecutive patients denied intensive care unit beds du...

The accuracy of the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) to identify sexual d...

BACKGROUND: Sexual dysfunction is frequent in patients with schizophrenia, it is reported as one of the most distressing antipsychotic's adverse effects and it is directly related to treatment compliance. OBJECTIVES: a) to evaluate the accuracy of the Arizona Sexual Experience Scale (ASEX) to identify sexual dysfunction; b) to assess the frequency of sexual dysfunction in a sample of outpatients with schizophre...

Prevalência e caracterização da dor crônica em idosos não institucionalizados

Difficulties in the diagnosis of HTLV-2 infection in HIV/AIDS patients from Bra...

The current diagnosis of human T-lymphotropic virus type-2 (HTLV-2) infection is based on the search of specific antibodies; nevertheless, several studies conducted in Brazil pointed deficiencies of the commercially available kits in detecting HTLV-2, mostly in HIV/AIDS patients. This study searched for the presence of HTLV-1 and -2 in 758 HIV/AIDS patients from Londrina, Paraná, Brazil. Serum samples were scre...

Seroprevalence for hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among volunteer blood dono...

A cross-sectional study was carried out among 996 volunteer blood donors enrolled from May 1999 to December 1999 to determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection among volunteer blood donors of the Regional Blood Bank of Londrina, State of Paraná, Brazil, and to evaluate whether the rate of seroprevalence of IgG anti-HEV antibodies is associated with sociodemographic variables and with serop...

Socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics associated with human imm...

The ability to control human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) infection and progression of the disease is regulated by host and viral factors. This cross-sectional study describes the socio-demographic and epidemiological characteristics associated with HIV-1 infection in 1,061 subjects attended in Londrina and region, south of Brazil: 136 healthy individuals (Group 1), 147 HIV-1-exposed but uninfected ind...

The epidemiologic profile and prevalence of cardiopathy in Trypanosoma cruzi in...

To describe the epidemiologic profile and prevalence of cardiopathy in 163 Trypanosoma cruzi serum positive blood donor candidates, a descriptive study was carried out between August, 1996 and November, 1997 at the Londrina State University Chagas Disease Outpatient Clinic. The profile found was: young, average age 42.95 ± 8.62 years; male (65%); Caucasian (84%); low level of schooling; low family income...

Immunogenicity of three recombinant hepatitis B vaccines administered to studen...

We evaluated the immunogenicity of three recombinant hepatitis B vaccines, one Brazilian (Butang, Instituto Butantan) and two Korean vaccines (Euvax-B, LG Chemical Ltd. and Hepavax-Gene, Greencross Vaccine Corp.), administered intramuscularly to students aged 17 to 19 years in three 10-µg doses (corresponding to half the amount of antigen routinely used for adult vaccination) at intervals of one month between t...