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Moluscos e larvas de trematódeos em área não endêmica para a esquistossomose ma...
Silva, Laryssa Oliveira; Machado, João Paulo Vieira; Bezerra, Letícia Pereira; Cirilo, Tatyane Martins; Gomes, Dharliton SoaresABSTRACT: Schistosomiasis is a relevant disease for public health in Brazil and Alagoas, and it is important to investigate the presence of the disease in endemic and non-endemic areas for the progress of eradicating this disease. Thus, the objective of the study was to carry out an investigation of mollusks and larvae of trematodes in an area not endemic for schistosomiasis mansoni. The study was carried out i...
Aspects related to positivity for schistosomiasis: a cross-sectional study in a...
Santos, Israel Gomes de Amorim; Bezerra, Letícia Pereira; Cirilo, Tatyane Martins; Silva, Laryssa Oliveira; Machado, João Paulo VieiraObjective: To analyze aspects related to positivity for schistosomiasis in an area of low prevalence in Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional study, carried out in the first half of 2020, where proportion of positivity was analyzed according to the number of Kato-Katz slides, the diagnostic performance of the test and the creation of a positivity estimation factor from the data of the Information from the Schistos...
High-risk spatiotemporal clusters of COVID-19 in Northeastern Brazil: a populat...
Ramos, Rosália Elen Santos; Bezerra, Letícia Pereira; Machado, João Paulo Vieira; Lima, Pedro Dantas; Lima, Maria Wilma da SilvaGiven the importance of the context and the rapid dissemination of COVID-19, the aim of this study was to analyze the spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of COVID-19 in the Northeast region of Brazil. We used spatial and spatiotemporal approaches, taking into account all confirmed cases in the Northeast, between March 2020 and July 2021. Using spatial statistics, we constructed maps representing the crude p...
Atividade amebicida do óleo essencial de plantas do gênero Lippia (Verbenaceae)...
Santos, Israel Gomes de AmorimAmebic keratitis and granulomatous amebic encephalitis are diseases caused by free-living amoebas of the Acanthamoeba type. In the case of keratitis, the great problem is the relapse of this disease because of its resistance to medicines used for it, especially the cystic form of the organism. Plant essential oils have been used as potentially active agents against this protist. Therefore, the objective of this...