The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

ISSN: 1413-8670

The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases is the official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases (SBI). It aims to publish relevant articles in the broadest sense on all aspects of microbiology, infectious diseases and immune response to infectious agents.
The BJID is a bimonthly publication and one of the most influential journals in its field in Brazil and Latin America with a high impact factor. Since its inception it has garnered a growing share of the publishing market.

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Ghost tablets mimicking intestinal parasite

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The effectiveness of the national hepatitis B vaccination program 25 years after its introduction in Iran: a historical cohort study

Mohsen Moghadami, Nazanin Dadashpour, Ali Mohammad Mokhtari, Mostafa Ebrahimi, Alireza Mirahmadizadeh

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Ancylostoma duodenale as a cause of upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a case report

Andrea Carlin Ronquillo, Lidia Benites Puelles, Luis Pampa Espinoza, Víctor Aguilar Sánchez, José Luis Pinto Valdivia

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:471-3

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Coexistence of low levels of HBsAg and high levels of anti-HBs may increase risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B patients with high HBV load

Zi-zheng Jin, Fang-fang Jin, Xin Liu, Ning Liu, Feng Wen, Jin-li Lou

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Validity and reliability of the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey questionnaire version 2 among people living with HIV in Brazil

Liliane Lins-Kusterer, Juliet Valdelamar, Carolina Villa Nova Aguiar, Marta Silva Menezes, Eduardo Martins Netto, Carlos Brites

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Vulnerability to HIV among older men who have sex with men users of dating apps in Brazil

Artur Acelino Francisco L.N. Queiroz, Alvaro Francisco Lopes de Sousa, Sandra Brignol, Telma Maria Evangelista Araújo, Renata K. Reis

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Effects of sub-minimum inhibitory concentrations of ciprofloxacin on biofilm formation and virulence factors of Escherichia coli

Guofeng Dong, Jiahui Li, Lijiang Chen, Wenzi Bi, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Haiyang Liu, Xiaoyang Zhi, Tieli Zhou, Jianming Cao

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:15-21

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Changes health-related quality of life in HIV-infected patients following initiation of antiretroviral therapy: a longitudinal study

Brenda Soares Dutra, Ana Paula Lédo, Liliane Lins-Kusterer, Estela Luz, Indira Rodriguez Prieto, Carlos Brites

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:211-7

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A consensus document for the clinical management of invasive fungal diseases in pediatric patients with hematologic cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in Brazilian medical centers

Fabianne Carlesse, Liane Esteves Daudt, Adriana Seber, Álvaro Pimenta Dutra, Analy Salles de Azevedo Melo, Belinda Simões, Carla Renata Donato Macedo, Carmem Bonfim, ... Arnaldo Lopes Colombo

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:395-409

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Prevalence and molecular analysis of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in the extra-hospital environment in Mthatha, South Africa

Yaw Anane A, Teke Apalata, Sandeep Vasaikar, Grace Emily Okuthe, Sandile Songca

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:371-80

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Unusual oral findings of the toxic epidermal necrolysis in an HIV-infected patient: a case report

Vinicius da Costa Vieira, Viviane Almeida Sarmento, Patricia Miranda Leite Ribeiro, Eduardo Martins Netto, Carlos Brites, Liliane Lins-Kusterer

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:363-7

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Hepatitis B viremia in HIV-coinfected individuals under antiretroviral therapy

Leonardo Weissmann, Camila de Melo Picone, Michele Soares Gomes Gouvêa, Paulo Roberto Abrão Ferreira, Mônica Salum Valverde Borsoi Viana, João Renato Rebello Pinho, Alex Jones Flores Cassenote, Aluísio Cotrim Segurado

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:441-50

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Staphylococcus aureus in tonsils of patients with recurrent tonsillitis: prevalence, susceptibility profile, and genotypic characterization

Veraluce Paolini Cavalcanti, Leandro Azevedo de Camargo, Fabiano Santana Moura, Edson Júnior de Melo Fernandes, Juliana Lamaro-Cardoso, Carla Afonso da Silva Bitencourt Braga, Maria Cláudia Porfirio André

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:8-14

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Revisiting Keratoconjunctivitis sicca associated with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type 1: prevalence, clinical aspects and proviral load

Regina Helena Rathsam-Pinheiro, Ney Boa-Sorte, Maria Fernanda Rios Grassi, Úrsula Cury Copello, Karla Tayrine Silva Guimarães Rios, Thessika Araújo, Bernardo Galvão-Castro

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HIV testing and HIV knowledge among men who have sex with men in Natal, Northeast Brazil

Monica Baumgardt Bay, Marise Reis de Freitas, Marcia Cavalcante Vinhas Lucas, Elizabeth Cristina Fagundes de Souza, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:2-7

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Rhabdomyolysis following fish consumption: a contained outbreak of Haff Disease in São Paulo

Lyna K.R. Almeida, Fernanda Gushken, Dario R. Abregu-Diaz, Roberto Muniz, Luiza H. Degani-Costa

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:278-80

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Urine as a promising sample for Leishmania DNA extraction in the diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis – a review

Gilberto Silva Nunes Bezerra, Walter Lins Barbosa, Elis Dionísio da Silva, Nilma Cintra Leal, Zulma Maria de Medeiros

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:111-20

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Early use of polymyxin B reduces the mortality of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection

Qiqiang Liang, Man Huang, Zhijiang Xu

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:60-5

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The first outbreak of measles virus caused by imported genotype D8 in Jiangsu province of China

Xiuying Deng, Ying Hu, Peishan Lu, Ming-hao Zhou, Hongxiong Guo

Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:66-9

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Hepatitis C disease burden and strategies for elimination by 2030 in Brazil. A mathematical modeling approach

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Braz J Infect Dis. 2019;23:182-90

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