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Serological and molecular evidence of HTLV-I infection among Japanese immigrant...
Vallinoto, Antônio Carlos Rosário; Muto, Nilton Akio; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Machado, Luiz Fernando Almeida; Azevedo, Vânia Nakault
Multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa survey in a stream receiving effluen...
Magalhães, Mary Joyce Targino Lopes; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Serra, Paula Takita; Balieiro, Antônio Alcirley da Silva; Castro, Diogo Pereira deBackground: Multi-drug resistant forms of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (MDRPA) are a major source of nosocomial infections and when discharged into streams and rivers from hospital wastewater treatment plants (HWWTP) they are known to be able to persist for extended periods. In the city of Manaus (Western Brazilian Amazon), the effluent of three HWWTPs feed into the urban Mindu stream which crosses the city from its ...
Identification of human T-cell lymphotropic virus infection in a semi-isolated ...
Vallinoto, Antônio Carlos Rosário; Ishak, Ricardo; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Muto, Nilton Akio; Machado, Luiz Fernando Almeida; Lopes, Ivina Gesele L
Avaliação Sorológica e Fatores de Risco Associados à Sífilis
Vallinoto, Antônio Carlos Rosário; Santos, Dulcinéa Amorim dos; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Rosal, Edith Cardoso; Rodrigues, Ana M C
Seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus and its coinfection with epstein-barr virus i...
Tiguman, Gustavo Magno Baldin; Poll, Laura Beatrice; Alves, Carlos Eduardo de Castro; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Silva, Marcus TolentinoIntroduction: This study assessed the seroprevalence of cytomegalovirus, associated factors, and Epstein-Barr virus coinfection among adult residents of Manaus. Methods: Using a cross-sectional study design, we collected blood samples from 136 individuals in a household survey in 2016. Prevalence ratios were calculated using Poisson regression. Results: Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus seroprevalences wer...
Serological Survey for Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection Among Two Population G...
Vallinoto, Antônio Carlos; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Rodrigues, Ana M C; Machado, Luiz Fernando Almeida; Ishak, Marluísa O Guimarães; Ishak, Ricardo
Zerumbone from Zingiber zerumbet (L.) smith: A potential prophylactic and thera...
Moreira da Silva, Thiago; Pinheiro, Carlos Danniel; Orlandi, Patrícia Puccinelli; Pinheiro, Carlos Cleomir S.; Pontes, Gemilson SoaresBackground: Essential oil obtained from rhizomes of the Zingiber zerumbet (L.) Smith (popularly known in Brazil as bitter ginger) is mainly constituted by the biomolecule zerumbone, which exhibit untapped antimicrobial potential. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial activity of the zerumbone from bitter ginger rhizomes against the cariogenic agent Streptococcus mutans. Methods: Firstly, th...
Anticancer and Immunomodulatory Activities of a Novel Water-Soluble Derivative ...
Costa, Regiane; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Kostyuk, Aleksandr; Camargo, Gabriel B Coutinho; Dhyani, Anamika; Shvydenko, Tetiana; Shvydenko, Kostiantyn
Analysis of the immunological biomarker profile during acute zika virus infecti...
Naveca, Felipe Gomes; Pontes, Gemilson Soares; Chang, Aileen Yu Hen; Silva, George Allan Villarouco da; Nascimento, Valdinete Alves doBACKGROUND Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) manifests in a broad spectrum of disease ranging from mild illness to severe neurological complications and little is known about Zika immunopathogenesis. OBJECTIVES To define the immunologic biomarkers that correlate with acute ZIKV infection. METHODS We characterized the levels of circulating cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors in 54 infected patients of both ...