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Intestinal helminthes and/or Toxocara infection are unrelated to anti-HBs titer...
Monteiro,Marisa B.C.L.; Fragoso,Roberta; Foletto,Silvio; Lemos,Elenice M.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the possible effect of nematode infection on anti-HBs antibody levels in the serum of seven-year-old schoolchildren vaccinated at birth with the recombinant hepatitis B vaccine. Anti-HBs and anti HBc antibodies were evaluated in the sera of 100 schoolchildren with at least one intestinal nematode and/or a positive serological reaction for anti-Toxocara antibodies an...
Prevalence of anti-hepatits A antibodies in children of different socioeconomic...
Zago-Gomes,Maria P.; Stantolin,Gustavo C.; Perazzio,Sandro; Aikawa,Kioshi H.; Gonçalves,Carlos S.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.This report describes the prevalence of anti-HAV antibodies in children from elementary school in the Municipality of Vila Velha, ES, Brazil. Anti-HAV antibodies were investigated by ELISA method in the serum of 606 children (four to fourteen years old) from three elementary schools, located in neighborhoods with varying household monthly income levels: São José School, 200 chidren, household income higher than...
Nitric oxide levels are not changed in saliva of patients infected with hepatit...
Tavares,Fernando N.; Gonçalves,Patricia L.; Porto,Simone A.C.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.; Ribeiro-Rodrigues,RodrigoThe aim of this investigation was to determine nitric oxide metabolite levels in saliva samples from hepatitis C virus-positive patients in an attempt to test the hypothesis if increased levels of nitric oxide metabolites correlates with the presence of HCV-RNA in saliva. Saliva of 39 HCV-positive patients and 13 HCV-negative patients, without clinical or laboratorial evidence of liver disease were tested for n...
Toxocariasis of the central nervous system: with report of two cases
Moreira-Silva,Sandra F.; Rodrigues,Murilo G.; Pimenta,João L.; Gomes,Camila P.; Freire,Larissa H.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.Clinical involvement of the nervous system in visceral larva migrans due to Toxocara is rare, although in experimental animals the larvae frequently migrate to the brain. A review of the literature from the early 50's to date found 29 cases of brain involvement in toxocariasis. In 20 cases, various clinical and laboratory manifestations of eosinophilic meningitis, encephalitis, myelitis or radiculopathy were re...
Prevalence of Epstein-Barr virus antibodies in healthy children and adolescents...
Figueira-Silva,Cecília M.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.The prevalence and age distribution of Epstein-Barr virus infection varies in different populations and there is little information about the epidemiology of this infection in Brazil. We studied the prevalence of EBV antibodies in a sample of 283 children and adolescents between 1 and 21 years old. The sample was taken from two neighborhoods in Vitória (capital city of Espirito Santo, Brazil). The São Pedro (SP...
Hepatite A
Pereira,Fausto E.L.; Gonçalves,Carlos S.A hepatite A é conhecida desde as antigas civilizações chinesa, grega e romana, mas o primeiro relato escrito se deu no século 18. O agente é um picornavírus, do genêro Hepatovírus e o RNA viral possui fita simples. Existem sete genótipos. Nas infecções naturais, os anticorpos das classes IgM e IgA são os mais precoces, aparecendo junto com as primeiras manifestações clínicas, mas podem surgir apenas no final d...
Prevalence of intestinal nematodes in alcoholic patients
Zago-Gomes,Maria P.; Aikawa,Kiyoshi F.; Perazzio,Sandro F.; Gonçalves,Carlos S.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.We report the results of a retrospective study on the frequency of intestinal nematodes among 198 alcoholic and 440 nonalcoholic patients at the University Hospital Cassiano Antonio Moraes in Vitória, ES, Brazil. The control sample included 194 nonalcoholic patients matched according to age, sex and neighborhood and a random sample of 296 adults admitted at the same hospital. Stool examination by sedimentation ...
Frequency of myocarditis in cases of fatal meningococcal infection in children:...
Garcia,Norma S.; Castelo,Jane S.; Ramos,Valmin; Rezende,Greyce S.M.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.The frequency of myocarditis associated with meningococcal disease in children was reported only in two autopsied series (United States and South Africa). Here we report the frequency of associated myocarditis in 31 children who died of meningoccal infection at Hospital Infantil N.S. da Glória in Vitória, Espirito Santo State, Brazil. The diagnosis was confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis . At least...
Abscesso piogênico do fígado e esquistossomose mansônica: observações no Estado...
Musso,Carlos; Pereira,Fausto E.L.; Dettogni,Roberto V.; Ferreira,Marco A.B.Recentemente, foi demonstrado que a forma toxêmica da esquistossomose mansônica em crianças pode serfator predisponente para abscesso piogênico do fígado (APF). Como no Estado do Espírito Santo, a esquistossomose é endêmica em grande parte do estado e os APF são freqüentemente diagnosticados no Hospital Infantil Nossa Senhora da Glória de Vitória, realizou-se revisão dos casos de APF diagnosticados entre maio d...
Effects of severe protein restriction in levels of parasitemia and in mortality...
Gomes,Nildete G.L.; Pereira,Fausto E.L.; Domingues,Gisele G.S.; Alves,Jesse R.Adult mice were submitted to different degrees of protein restriction for five weeks (4.75, 9.5,14.25 and 19% of protein in isocaloric diets with normal content of mineral and vitamins), being subsequently infected with two strains of Trypanosoma cruzi: 10(5) trypomastigotes of Y strain or 14(5) trypomastigotes of CL strain. The same diet was maintained for all animals and the infection wasfollowed up by evalua...