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Malaria in the State of Amazonas: a typical Brazilian tropical disease influenc...

In Brazil, more than 99% of malaria cases are reported in the Amazon, and the State of Amazonas accounts for 40% of this total. However, the accumulated experience and challenges in controlling malaria in this region in recent decades have not been reported. Throughout the first economic cycle during the rubber boom (1879 to 1912), malaria was recorded in the entire state, with the highest incidence in the vill...

Arboviral diseases in the Western Brazilian Amazon: a perspective and analysis ...

The Fundação de Medicina Tropical Dr. Heitor Vieira Dourado (FMT-HVD), located in Manaus, the capital of the State of Amazonas (Western Brazilian Amazon), is a pioneering institution in this region regarding the syndromic surveillance of acute febrile illness, including arboviral infections. Based on the data from patients at the FMT-HVD, we have detected recurrent outbreaks in Manaus by the four dengue serotyp...

Epidemiology of infectious meningitis in the State of Amazonas, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: In the State of Amazonas, particularly in the capital Manaus, meningitis has affected populations of different cultures and social strata over the years. Bacterial meningitis is caused by several different species and represents a major issue of public health importance. The present study reports the meningitis case numbers with different etiologies in Amazonas from January 1976 to December 2012. ...

Identification of dengue viruses in naturally infected Aedes aegypti females ca...

IntroductionIn Manaus, the first autochthonous cases of dengue fever were registered in 1998. Since then, dengue cases were diagnosed by the isolation of viruses 1, 2, 3, and 4.MethodsOne hundred eighty-seven mosquitoes were collected with BioGents (BG)-Sentinel traps in 15 urban residential areas in the Northern Zone of Manaus and processed by molecular tests.ResultsInfections with dengue viruses 1, 2, 3, and ...

Simultaneous circulation of all four dengue serotypes in Manaus, State of Amazo...

INTRODUCTION: Manaus, the capital city of the state of Amazon with nearly 2 million inhabitants, is located in the middle of the Amazon rain forest and has suffered dengue outbreaks since 1998. METHODS: In this study, blood samples were investigated using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), aimed at identifying dengue virus serotypes. RESULTS: Acute phase sera from 432 patients were tested...

Malária álgida: um diagnóstico sindrômico

São relatados dois casos de pacientes com malária por Plasmodium falciparum, evoluindo com síndrome do choque. Receberam suporte hemodinâmico em unidade de terapia intensiva, sem uso de antibióticos, evoluindo com melhora. Malária álgida deve ser um diagnóstico sindrômico, de etiologia diversa (desidratação, infecção bacteriana, sangramento e/ou insuficiência adrenal).

Febre hemorrágica do dengue em lactentes: relato de dois casos

Dois casos de lactentes atendidos na Fundação de Medicina Tropical do Amazonas, com síndrome febril exantemática aguda, extravasamento capilar e manifestações hemorrágicas de pequena magnitude, caracterizando quadro de febre hemorrágica do dengue. O diagnóstico etiológico foi confirmado pelo MAC-ELISA e pelo ELISA de inibição para IgG, realizados nos lactentes e nas respectivas mães.

Pott's disease and tuberculous psoas abscesses in a patient with acquired immun...

Dengue hemorrhagic fever and acute hepatitis: a case report

Dengue fever is the world's most important viral hemorrhagic fever disease, the most geographically wide-spread of the arthropod-born viruses, and it causes a wide clinical spectrum of disease. We report a case of dengue hemorrhagic fever complicated by acute hepatitis. The initial picture of classical dengue fever was followed by painful liver enlargement, vomiting, hematemesis, epistaxis and diarrhea. Severe ...