Traffic accidents are multifactorial events potentially avoidable and due to such factors as increasing vehicle fleet, human error and inadequate or insufficient laws, and account for a significant portion of morbidity and mortality in minors. The work aims to: calculate the Pediatric Trauma Scale (PTS) and Trauma Scale Revised (RTS) and compare if there is a relationship of severity of trauma at the age of the...
Background The aim of this work was to explore the potential risk of vector-borne Chagas disease in urban districts in northeastern Brazil, by analyzing the spatiotemporal distributions and natural infection rates with Trypanosoma cruzi of triatomine species captured in recent years. The main motivation of this work was an acute human case of Chagas disease reported in 2008 in the municipality of Sobral. Method...