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The Amazon Ocular Oncology Center: The first three years
Cohen,Sabrina; Pretyman,Caroline S.; Sant’Ana,Renato; Singh,Nakul; Morales,Melina; Belfort,Rubens N.ABSTRACT Purpose: To evaluate the first three years of The Amazon Ocular Oncology Center, the first ocular cancer center in the North of Brazil. Methods: Here, we report patient information including patients’ age, gender, diagnosis, treatment, and city of origin. Results: Two hundred and twenty-one patients were included on this study: 160 (72%) patients came from the city of Manaus, 52 (24%) from other cities...
Validation of the rapid test Carestart(tm) G6PD among malaria vivax-infected su...
Brito,Marcelo Augusto Mota; Peixoto,Henry Maia; Almeida,Anne Cristine Gomes de; Oliveira,Maria Regina Fernandes de; Romero,Gustavo Adolfo SierraAbstract: INTRODUCTION: In the Brazilian Amazon, malaria infections are primarily caused by Plasmodium vivax. The only drug that kills the hypnozoite form of P. vivax is primaquine, thereby preventing relapse. However, treating glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)-deficient individuals with primaquine can lead to severe hemolysis. G6PD deficiency (G6PDd) affects approximately 400 million people worldwide, m...