Federal University of Juiz de Fora. Faculty of Pharmacy. Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.; Embrapa Dairy Cattle. Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil; Ezequiel Dias Foundation. Central Public Health Laboratory of the State of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Ezequiel Dias Foundation. Central Public Health Laboratory of the State of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.; Ezequiel Dias Foundation. Central Public Healt...
Hantavirus Cardiopulmonary Syndrome (HCPS) is an important emergent zoonosis associated with wild rodents in Brazil, where this viral infection in children is generally rare. We present HCPS in a child from the Pantanal Biome and a review of all reported pediatric cases in Mato Grosso State, an endemic area for HCPS in Brazil. The investigation used the Information System for Notifiable Diseases database (SINAN...
During the Brazilian slavery period, many African migrants were brought to the American continent. Historically, some of these migrants escaped from the Brazilian gold mines and farms to which they had been brought and settled in remote valleys and this was the main mode of resistance to the slavery system. These runaway-slave descendant communities are called quilombos, a group with distinct ethnic identity, s...
The increasing use of illicit drugs imposes a public health challenge worldwide. People who inject drugs (PWID) are more susceptible to health complications due to immunosuppression associated with drug use and non-hygienic self-administration of substances, contaminants, and liquids. PWID are subjected to increased risk of acquiring and transmitting different pathogens (frequently functioning as sentinel cases...
Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Health Surveillance Foundation. Manaus, AM, Brazil / University Manaus. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Funda??o Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Health Surveillance Foundation. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Tropical Medicine Foundation. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Health Surveillance Foundation. Manaus, AM, Brazil.; Minist?r...