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Associated factors, incidence, and management of gestational and congenital syphilis in a Brazilian state capital: a cross-sectional study
This study aimed to describe the clinical and epidemiological profile of cases of gestational and congenital syphilis and the hospital care provided for newborns in Campo Grande municipality, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil, from 2013 to 2018. This is a cross-sectional study based on data from Brazilian Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (SINAN) and hospital medical records. Chi-square or Fisher's exact test and logistic regression analysis were used to assess the associations and relationships between the child's clinical outcome at birth and the mother's clinical-obstetric and epidemiological characteristics. Cumul...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: C ássia de Paula Pires Lisany Krug Mareto M árcio José de Medeiros Everton Falc ão de Oliveira Source Type: research

Epidemiological and molecular surveillance of norovirus in the Brazilian Amazon: description of recombinant genotypes and improvement of evolutionary analysis
This study demonstrates that norovirus is a primary causative agent of gastroenteritis and provides data on viral genetic diversity that may facilitate infection surveillance and vaccine development.PMID:38656038 | DOI:10.1590/S1678-9946202466022 (Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo)
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Jonaia Novaes da Costa Jones Anderson Monteiro Siqueira Dielle Monteiro Teixeira Patr ícia Dos Santos Lobo Sylvia de F átima Dos Santos Guerra Isadora Monteiro Souza Bruna Trindade Moreira Cardoso Luana Silva Soares Farias Hugo Reis Resque Yvone Benchim Source Type: research

Survival and mortality profile among people living with HIV in a cohort in the Northeastern region of Brazil
This study aimed to estimate the survival and causes of death according to age group and sex among PLHIV monitored at two referral centers in the Northeastern Brazil. This is a prospective, retrospective cohort with death records from 2007 to 2018, based on a database that registers causes of death using the International Classification of Disease (ICD-10), which were subsequently coded following the Coding Causes of Death in HIV (CoDe). A total of 2,359 PLHIV participated in the study, with 63.2% being men, with a follow-up period of 13.9 years. Annual mortality rate was 1.46 deaths per 100 PLHIV (95% CI: 1.33 - 1.60) wit...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Kaliene Maria Estev ão Leite Kledoaldo Oliveira Lima Ricardo Arraes de Alencar Ximenes Maria de Fatima Milit ão de Albuquerque Dem ócrito de Barros Miranda-Filho Emmanuelle Ten ório Albuquerque Madruga Godoi Ulisses Ramos Montarroyos Helo ísa Ramos L Source Type: research

Immunogenicity of COVID-19 adsorbed inactivated vaccine (CoronaVac) and additional doses of mRNA BNT162b2 vaccine in immunocompromised adults compared with immunocompetent persons
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2024 Apr 19;66:e24. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202466024. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTInactivated COVID-19 vaccines data in immunocompromised individuals are scarce. This trial assessed the immunogenicity of two CoronaVac doses and additional BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine doses in immunocompromised (IC) and immunocompetent (H) individuals. Adults with solid organ transplant (SOT), hematopoietic stem cell transplant, cancer, inborn immunity errors or rheumatic diseases were included in the IC group. Immunocompetent adults were used as control group for comparison. Participants received two CoronaVac doses with...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Karim Yaqub Ibrahim Raquel Megale Moreira Carolina Ferreira Dos Santos T ânia Mara Varejão Strabelli Juliana de C ássia Belizário Maria Isabel de Moraes Pinto Ana Karolina Barreto Berselli Marinho Juliana Marquezi Pereira Liliane Saraiva de Mello Maur Source Type: research

Malaria in a vulnerable population living in quilombo remnant communities in the Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study from 2005-2020
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2024 Apr 19;66:e25. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202466025. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTQuilombo remnant communities are areas officially recognized by the Brazilian government as historical communities founded by formerly enslaved individuals. These communities are mostly located in the endemic areas of malaria in the Brazilian Amazon. We retrospectively described the prevalence of malaria among individuals living in 32 recognized quilombo remnant communities in the Baiao and Oriximina municipalities located in the Para State. The number of malaria cases and the Annual Parasitic Incidence (API) recorde...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Beatriz Costa Ribeiro Carla Gisele R Garcia Lilian J éssica Passos Lima Jo ão F Guerreiro Marinete Marins P óvoa Maristela G Cunha Source Type: research

The association of fibrinogen-albumin ratio and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio with the severity of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between the fibrinogen-albumin ratio (FAR) and the severity of RSV infection and to compare its effectiveness with the neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR). This was a retrospective cohort study with patients aged from 29 days to two years who had been admitted to the pediatric clinic of our hospital. Patients were divided into four groups: group 1 (mild disease), group 2 (moderate disease), group 3 (severe disease), and group 4 (control). FAR and NLR were measured in all groups. FAR was significantly higher in group 3 than in the other groups, in group 2 than in groups 1 and 4,...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 24, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Zeynep Uze Okay Berker Okay Halil Ugur Hatipoglu Gulsen Akkoc Kamil Sahin Source Type: research

First occurrence of feline sporotrichosis in a metropolitan area of Central-West Brazil
This study aimed to report the first occurrence of S. brasiliensis in a cat from the metropolitan area of Goiania city. Cytopathology, mycology, thermal dimorphism and calmodulin gene amplification tests were performed. The mycological and molecular biological diagnoses corresponded to S. brasiliensis. The etiological agent of zoonotic sporotrichosis was detected in the metropolitan area of Goiania city, and therefore there is a risk of the emergence of new cases of cats infected with S. brasiliensis and the occurrence of zoonotic transmission of this fungus.PMID:38597519 | PMC:PMC11000498 | DOI:10.1590/S1678-9946202466019...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 10, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Mariana Almeida Ferreira Allana de Paula Castilho Gabrielle Silveira Vargas Bruna Elisa Patini Andr é Luís Elias Moreira Jandra Pacheco Dos Santos Roseli Santos de Freitas Xavier Gilda Maria Barbaro Del Negro Carlos Pelleschi Taborda Isabella Dib Gremi Source Type: research

Demographic and clinical characteristics of people diagnosed with active sexually transmitted infections among monkeypox cases in Brazil: the 2022 outbreak
Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2024 Apr 5;66:e20. doi: 10.1590/S1678-9946202466020. eCollection 2024.ABSTRACTThe worldwide monkeypox (mpox) outbreak in 2022 showed a high frequency of sexually transmitted infections (STI). A cross-sectional study was carried out using secondary data from the Brazilian official mpox surveillance systems. A total of 10,169 mpox cases were identified, with a median age of 32 years. Among them, 92.3% were male at birth and 57.5% were men who have sex with other men (MSM). Approximately 11% were diagnosed with STI, including 5.8% with syphilis and 2.5% with genital herpes. Individuals aged from 2...
Source: Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo - April 10, 2024 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Isabella Nepomuceno de Souza Ana Roberta Pati Pascom Matheus Funke Spinelli Guilherme Borges Dias Draurio Barreira Ang élica Espinosa Miranda Source Type: research