1.
Determining gestational age for public health care users in Brazil: comparison of methods and algorithm creation
Ana Paula Esteves
Pereira,
Marcos Augusto Bastos
Dias,
Maria Helena
Bastos,
Silvana granado Nogueira
da Gama,
Maria do Carmo
Leal
BMC Research Notes 2013, 6 :60 (13 February 2013)
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Clinical and laboratory features that discriminate dengue from other febrile illnesses: a diagnostic accuracy study in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Regina
P
Daumas,
Sonia
RL
Passos,
Raquel
VC
Oliveira,
Rita
MR
Nogueira,
Ingebourg
Georg,
Keyla
BF
Marzochi,
Patrícia
Brasil
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :77 (8 February 2013)
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Prevalence and risk factors of Hepatitis C virus infection in Brazil, 2005 through 2009: a cross-sectional study
Leila
MMB
Pereira,
Celina
MT
Martelli,
Regina
C
Moreira,
Edgar
Merchan-Hamman,
Airton
T
Stein,
Regina Maria
A
Cardoso,
Gerusa
M
Figueiredo,
Ulisses
R
Montarroyos,
Cynthia
Braga,
Marília
D
Turchi,
Gabriela
Coral,
Deborah
Crespo,
Maria Luiza
C
Lima,
Luis Claudio
A
Alencar,
Marcelo
Costa,
Alex
A
dos Santos,
Ricardo
AA
Ximenes
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :60 (1 February 2013)
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Accuracy of real-time PCR, Gram stain and culture for Streptococcus pneumoniae, Neisseria meningitidis and Haemophilus influenzae meningitis diagnosis
Henry
M
Wu,
Soraia
M
Cordeiro,
Brian
H
Harcourt,
MariadaGloriaS
Carvalho,
Jailton
Azevedo,
Tainara
Q
Oliveira,
Mariela
C
Leite,
Katia
Salgado,
Mitermayer
G
Reis,
Brian
D
Plikaytis,
Thomas
A
Clark,
Leonard
W
Mayer,
Albert
I
Ko,
Stacey
W
Martin,
Joice
N
Reis
BMC Infectious Diseases 2013, 13 :26 (22 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
Real-time PCR and Gram stain display relative accuracy in diagnosing meningitis when compared with cerebrospinal fluid culture and are less affected by antibiotic presence suggesting that these methods may be useful when antibiotics have been previously administered.
5.
The association of neighbourhood and individual social capital with consistent self-rated health: a longitudinal study in Brazilian pregnant and postpartum women
Gabriela
A
Lamarca,
Maria do
C
Leal,
Aubrey
Sheiham,
Mario
V
Vettore
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 2013, 13 :1 (16 January 2013)
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Bacterial feeding, Leishmania infection and distinct infection routes induce differential defensin expression in Lutzomyia longipalpis
Erich
L
Telleria,
Maurício R Viana
Sant’Anna,
Mohammad
O
Alkurbi,
André
N
Pitaluga,
Rod
J
Dillon,
Yara
M
Traub-Csekö
Parasites & Vectors 2013, 6 :12 (11 January 2013)
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Editor’s summary
We have identified and characterized the expression of a defensin gene in Lutzomyia longipalpis, the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in South America. Here we provide evidence for a clear specificity in the response of this insect to different bacteria, a discrete response to Leishmania oral infection and a late response to Leishmania hemocoel infection. This information adds much needed knowledge to the biology of this important vector. Image: L. longipalpis adult male.
7.
Genetic variation in the 3’ untranslated region of dengue virus serotype 3 strains isolated from mosquitoes and humans in Brazil
Márcia Gonçalves
de Castro,
Fernanda Bruycker
de Nogueira,
Rita Maria Ribeiro
Nogueira,
Ricardo
Lourenço-de-Oliveira,
Flávia Barreto
dos Santos
Virology Journal 2013, 10 :3 (2 January 2013)
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Cytokine profile, proliferation and phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and Akt in circulating mononuclear cells from individuals during the chronic intestinal phase of Schistosomiasis mansoni infection
Roberta
Oliveira-Prado,
Iramaya Rodrigues
Caldas,
Andréa
Teixeira-Carvalho,
Marcus Vinicius
Andrade,
Rafaelle Christine Gomes
Fares,
Laís Maroni
Portugal,
Andréa
Gazzinelli,
Rodrigo
Corrêa-Oliveira,
José Renan
Cunha-Melo
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12 :380 (27 December 2012)
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Impact of pharmaceutical care on the quality of life of patients with Chagas disease and heart failure: randomized clinical trial
Gilberto M Sperandio
da Silva,
Mayara
C
Chambela,
Andrea
S
Sousa,
Luiz Henrique
C
Sangenis,
Sergio
S
Xavier,
Andréa
R
Costa,
Pedro Emmanuel
AA
Brasil,
Alejandro
M
Hasslocher-Moreno,
Roberto
M
Saraiva
Trials 2012, 13 :244 (27 December 2012)
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10.
Speech recognition index of workers with tinnitus exposed to environmental or occupational noise: a comparative study
Márcia
Soalheiro,
Lucelaine
Rocha,
Diane Francis
do Vale,
Viviane
Fontes,
Daniel
Valente,
Liliane Reis
Teixeira
Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2012, 7 :26 (22 December 2012)
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11.
Who experiences discrimination in Brazil? Evidence from a large metropolitan region
James
Macinko,
Pricila
Mullachery,
Fernando
A
Proietti,
Maria Fernanda
Lima-Costa
International Journal for Equity in Health 2012, 11 :80 (18 December 2012)
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12.
Temporal dynamics of HIV-1 circulating subtypes in distinct exposure categories in southern Brazil
Sabrina
EM
Almeida,
Rubia
M
de Medeiros,
Dennis
M
Junqueira,
Tiago
Gräf,
Caroline
PB
Passaes,
Gonzalo
Bello,
Mariza
G
Morgado,
Monick
L Guimarães
Virology Journal 2012, 9 :306 (12 December 2012)
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Protein expression in the midgut of sugar-fed Aedes albopictus females
Leonardo
Saboia-Vahia,
Andre
Borges-Veloso,
Patricia
Cuervo,
Magno
Junqueira,
Camila
Mesquita-Rodrigues,
Constanca
Britto,
Gilberto Barbosa
Domont,
Jose Batista
De Jesus
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :290 (11 December 2012)
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Editor’s summary
This paper reports on the proteomic characterization of the midgut from Aedes albopictus females fed on sugar by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2DE), tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) and data mining. Proteins were identified by sequence similarity to entries from the Ae. aegypti genome and the potential functional interactions between them were analyzed using STRING. Image: Two-dimensional protein profile of the midgut of Ae. albopictus females fed on sugar and potential functional interactions between identified proteins.
14.
An assessment on epitope prediction methods for protozoa genomes
Daniela
M
Resende,
Antônio
M
Rezende,
Nesley
JD
Oliveira,
Izabella
CA
Batista,
Rodrigo
Corrêa-Oliveira,
Alexandre
B
Reis,
Jeronimo
C
Ruiz
BMC Bioinformatics 2012, 13 :309 (21 November 2012)
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Improving N-terminal protein annotation of Plasmodium species based on signal peptide prediction of orthologous proteins
Armando
Neto,
Denise
A
Alvarenga,
Antônio
M
Rezende,
Sarah
S
Resende,
Ricardo
Ribeiro,
Cor
JF
Fontes,
Luzia
H
Carvalho,
Cristiana F
de Brito
Malaria Journal 2012, 11 :375 (15 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The correct annotation of Plasmodium genes is a far-reaching issue that concerns a broad array of researchers, from health scientists to evolutionary biologists. The authors present novel methods and valuable results that will prove important to those studying the genus and potentially the phylum.
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The Schistosoma mansoni phylome: using evolutionary genomics to gain insight into a parasite’s biology
Larissa
Silva,
Marina
Marcet-Houben,
Laila
Nahum,
Adhemar
Zerlotini,
Toni
Gabaldón,
Guilherme
Oliveira
BMC Genomics 2012, 13 :617 (13 November 2012)
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Phylogenetic relationship of the Brazilian isolates of the rat lungworm Angiostrongylus cantonensis (Nematoda: Metastrongylidae) employing mitochondrial COI gene sequence data
Tainá CC
Monte,
Raquel
O
Simões,
Ana Paula
M
Oliveira,
Clodoaldo
F
Novaes,
Silvana
C
Thiengo,
Alexandre
J
Silva,
Pedro
C
Estrela,
Arnaldo
Júnior
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :248 (6 November 2012)
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Editor’s summary
We report the genetic variability and phylogenetic relationship among A. cantonensis isolates from different geographical locations in Brazil using mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences. Was observed two distinct haplotypes (ac5 and ac8) based on eight distinct haplotypes from a previous study and the divergent Brazilian haplotype named ac9. Image: Light microscopy of Angiostrongylus cantonensis (caudal bursa).
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Eating lizards: a millenary habit evidenced by Paleoparasitology
Luciana
Sianto,
Isabel
Teixeira-Santos,
Marcia
Chame,
Sergio
M
Chaves,
Sheila
M
Souza,
Luiz
Ferreira,
Karl
Reinhard,
Adauto
Araujo
BMC Research Notes 2012, 5 :586 (25 October 2012)
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Editor’s summary
Remnants of lizards and reptilian parasite eggs have been identified in human coprolite samples from Northwest Brazil, suggesting the local practice of lizard consumption was prevalent up to 10,000 years ago.
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Bioluminescent imaging of Trypanosoma cruzi infection in Rhodnius prolixus
Cristina
Henriques,
Daniele
P
Castro,
Leonardo
HF
Gomes,
Eloi
S
Garcia,
Wanderley
de Souza
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :214 (26 September 2012)
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Editor’s summary
We standardized the bioluminescent imaging to follow the progression of infection in real time, in vivo, and in dissected guts of Rhodnius prolixus infected with Trypanosoma cruzi expressing firefly luciferase. The infection could be track accurately through the crop, intestine and rectum for a month. Image: Evaluation of Trypanosoma cruzi life cycle in Rhodnius prolixus infected with Dm28c-luc strain by bioluminescent imaging.
20.
Towards an ontological representation of morbidity and mortality in Description Logics
Filipe
Santana,
Fred
Freitas,
Roberta
Fernandes,
Zulma
Medeiros,
Daniel
Schober
Journal of Biomedical Semantics 2012, 3 (Suppl 2):S7 (21 September 2012)
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Association of IL-10, IL-4, and IL-28B gene polymorphisms with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus in a population from Rio de Janeiro
Juliene
Ramos,
Rosane
Silva,
Luísa
Hoffmann,
Ana Lucia
Ramos,
Pedro
Cabello,
Turán
Ürményi,
Cristiane
Villella-Nogueira,
Lia
Lewis-Ximenez,
Edson
Rondinelli
BMC Research Notes 2012, 5 :508 (17 September 2012)
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Associated factors for treatment delay in pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected individuals: a nested case-control study
Isabella
Coimbra,
Magda
Maruza,
Maria de Fátima Pessoa
Militão-Albuquerque,
Líbia
Moura,
George Tadeu
Diniz,
Demócrito de
Miranda-Filho,
Heloísa
Lacerda,
Laura
Rodrigues,
Ricardo Arraes de Alencar
Ximenes
BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12 :208 (7 September 2012)
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Evaluation of a sticky trap (AedesTraP), made from disposable plastic bottles, as a monitoring tool for Aedes aegypti populations
Eloína Maria
de Santos,
Maria Alice
de Melo-Santos,
Claudia Maria
de Oliveira,
Juliana
Correia,
Cleide Maria
de Albuquerque
Parasites & Vectors 2012, 5 :195 (7 September 2012)
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Editor’s summary
The performance of a sticky trap (AedesTrap) produced from disposable material in capturing Aedes spp. females was evaluated in an endemic area of dengue. The results suggested this simple trap as a tool to be included in A. aegypti surveillance activities. Image: Sticky trap.
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Simultaneous RNA quantification of human and retroviral genomes reveals intact interferon signaling in HTLV-1-infected CD4+ T cell lines
Britta
Moens,
Christophe
Pannecouque,
Giovanni
López,
Michael
Talledo,
Eduardo
Gotuzzo,
Ricardo
Khouri,
Achiléa
Bittencourt,
Lourdes
Farré,
Bernardo
Galvão-Castro,
Anne-Mieke
Vandamme,
Johan
Van Weyenbergh
Virology Journal 2012, 9 :171 (23 August 2012)
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Spatial clusters of suicide in the municipality of São Paulo 1996–2005: an ecological study
Daniel
H
Bando,
Rafael
S
Moreira,
Julio
CR
Pereira,
Ligia
V
Barrozo
BMC Psychiatry 2012, 12 :124 (23 August 2012)
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FIOCRUZ is the most prominent science and technology institution in health in Latin America, attached to the Brazilian Ministry of Health. Its main purpose is to improve the population health and reduce social inequalities through a range of activities which include research development, production of vaccines, education and training of human resources and the implementation of social programs.
