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Sífilis em jovens conscritos brasileiros, 2016: aspectos sociodemográficos, com...
Freitas,Francisca Lidiane Sampaio; Bermúdez,Ximena Pamela Díaz; Merchan-Hamann,Edgar; Motta,Leonardo Rapone da; Paganella,Machline PaimO objetivo foi caracterizar aspectos sociodemográficos, comportamentais e clínicos entre conscritos brasileiros, segundo a prevalência de sífilis. Estudo descritivo desenvolvido valendo-se de pesquisa nacional de base populacional, realizada em 2016, com amostra probabilística de jovens conscritos de 17 a 22 anos de idade. Realizou-se autoaplicação de questionários confidenciais. As amostras de sangue total dos...
A portrait of risk behavior towards HIV infection among Brazilian Army conscrip...
Damacena,Giseli Nogueira; Szwarcwald,Célia Landmann; Motta,Leonardo Rapone da; Kato,Sérgio Kakuta; Adami,Aline de Gregori; Paganella,Machline PaimABSTRACT Introduction: Knowledge about risky sexual behavior among young people has been widely acknowledged as a key tool to controlling the spread of HIV. This article aimed at presenting the risk behavior of Brazilian Army conscripts toward HIV infection according to the country’s geographic regions. . Method: We collected data from 37,282 conscripts, aged 17 to 22, during enlistment in the Brazilian Army in...
Group B Streptococcus detection in pregnant women via culture and PCR methods
Wollheim,Cláudia; Sperhacke,Rosa Dea; Fontana,Sabrina Kahler Ribeiro; Vanni,Andréa Cristina; Kato,Sérgio Kakuta; Araújo,Patricia Regina deAbstract INTRODUCTION: Group B Streptococcus (GBS), a source of neonatal infection, colonizes the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts of pregnant women. Routine screening for maternal GBS in late pregnancy and consequent intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis have reduced the incidence of early-onset GBS neonatal infection. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of PCR, compared to culture (gol...
Internal control in PCR for Mycobacterium tuberculosis: usefulness and improvem...
Cortez-Herrera,Elizabeth; Sperhacke,Rosa Dea; Becker,Daniela; Kritski,Afrânio; Zaha,Arnaldo; Rossetti,Maria Lucia RosaThe aim of this work was to construct and test a plasmidial Internal Control (IC) to detect the inhibition in the PCR test for M. tuberculosis and also its contribution for a Public Health Laboratory routine. The IC was a 600-bp of DNA linked to a plasmid with the same primer sites, allowing the amplification with the 245-bp diagnostic fragment. The amplification of the positive samples rendered the IC and the ...