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Interactions between malnutrition, soil-transmitted helminthiasis and poverty a...
Almeida, Mayron Morais; Monteiro, Kerla Joeline Lima; Bacelar, Polyanna Araújo Alves; Santos, Jéssica Pereira dos; Freitas, Simone Patrícia Carneiro dePoverty, malnutrition and neglected tropical diseases such as soil-transmitted helminthiases (STHs) interact in a multi-causal feedback network. This study aimed to assess the relationships between STHs, income and nutritional status of children in impoverished communities in the city of Caxias, Maranhao State, Northeastern Brazil. A cross-sectional survey (n=259 children) was carried out with the collection of...
Environmental aspects related to tuberculosis and intestinal parasites in a low...
Cardoso, Biatriz Ara?jo; Fonseca, Fabio de Oliveria; Moraes Neto, Antonio Henrique Almeida de; Martins, Ana Caroline Guedes SouzaThe study was funded by a grant from the Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Process N? 01.11.0025.00.; Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laborat?rio de Microbiologia Celular. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil / Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laborat?rio de Inova??es em Terapias, Ensino e Bioprodutos. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Labor...
Socioenvironmental conditions and intestinal parasitic infections in Brazilian ...
Ignacio, Caroline Ferraz; Silva, Milena Enderson Chagas da; Handam, Natasha Berendonk; Alencar, Maria de Fatima Leal; Sotero-Martins, AdrianaIntestinal parasitic infections (IPIs) are neglected diseases with limited data regarding prevalence in Brazil and many other countries. In increasingly urban societies, investigating the profile and socioenvironmental determinants of IPIs in the general population of slum dwellers is necessary for establishing appropriate public policies catered to these environments. This study assessed the socioenvironmental...
Environmental aspects related to tuberculosis and intestinal parasites in a low...
Cardoso, Biatriz Araújo; Fonseca, Fabio de Oliveira; Moraes Neto, Antonio Henrique Almeida de; Martins, Ana Caroline Guedes SouzaWe carried out a cross-sectional study from January to December 2015 on 1,425 inhabitants from a floating population in the Brazilian Amazon (Murinin district, Pará State) to describe the population-based prevalence of tuberculosis (TB) from 2011 to 2014, recent TB contacts (rCts) latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (LTBI) , the coverage of the local health network, socio-environmental factors, an...