Abstract Chikungunya fever has become a relevant public health problem in countries where epidemics occur. Until 2013, only imported cases occurred in the Americas, but in October of that year, the first cases were reported in Saint Marin island in the Caribbean. The first autochthonous cases were confirmed in Brazil in September 2014; until epidemiological week 37 of 2016, 236,287 probable cases of infection w...
Abstract Chikungunya fever has become an important public health problem in countries where epidemics occur because half of the cases progress to chronic, persistent and debilitating arthritis. Literature data on specific therapies at the various phases of arthropathy caused by chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection are limited, lacking quality randomized trials assessing the efficacies of different therapies. The...
INTRODUÇÃO: O papel imunorregulatório da vitamina D tem sido alvo de um crescente número de estudos em pacientes com lúpus eritematoso sistêmico (LES). Objetivos: Determinar os níveis séricos de 25-hidroxivitamina D3 [25(OH)D] em pacientes com LES e verificar a associação da insuficiência/deficiência de 25(OH)D com parâmetros clínicos e laboratoriais. MÉTODOS:Estudo de corte transversal, prospectivo, realizado ...