Journal Information
Issue
Vol. 21. Issue 4.
Pages 369-492 (July - August 2017)
Original articles
Relationship between climatic factors and air quality with tuberculosis in the Federal District, Brazil, 2003–2012
Fernanda Monteiro de Castro Fernandes, Eder de Souza Martins, Daniella Melo Arnaud Sampaio Pedrosa, Maria do Socorro Nantua Evangelista
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:369-75
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HPV-related external genital lesions among men residing in Brazil
Roberto Jose Carvalho da Silva, Staci Lynn Sudenga, Laura Sichero, Maria Luiza Baggio, Lenice Galan, Ricardo Cintra, Benji Nelson Torres, Mark Stoler, ... Luisa Lina Villa
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:376-85
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IL-10 down-regulates the expression of survival associated gene hspX of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in murine macrophage
Babban Jee, Pawan Sharma, Kiran Katoch, Beenu Joshi, Sudhir Kumar Awasthi
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:386-90
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Molecular identification of viral agents associated with acute conjunctivitis: a prospective controlled study
Emine Akçay, Ahmet Çarhan, Gözde Hondur, Zeliha Koçak Tufan, Necati Duru, Selçuk Kılıç, Ezgi Naz Ensari, Nagihan Uğurlu, Nurullah Çağıl
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:391-5
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Transmitted drug resistance in patients with acute/recent HIV infection in Brazil
Ana Cristina G. Ferreira, Lara E. Coelho, Eduarda Grinsztejn, Carlos S. de Jesus, Monick L. Guimarães, Valdiléa G. Veloso, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Sandra W. Cardoso
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:396-401
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Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhea and associated factors among women living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Brazil: a multicenter study
Angelica E. Miranda, Mariangela F. Silveira, Ana Gabriela Travassos, Teresinha Tenório, Isabel Cristina Chulvis do Val, Leonor de Lannoy, Hortensio Simões de Mattos Junior, Newton Sergio de Carvalho
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:402-7
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Role of MyD88-adaptor-like gene polymorphism rs8177374 in modulation of malaria severity in the Pakistani population
Asima Rani, Syed Kashif Nawaz, Shazia Irfan, Muhammad Arshad, Razia Bashir, Najma Shaheen
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:418-23
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Distribution of HBV subgenotypes in Ribeirão Preto, Southeastern Brazil: a region with history of intense Italian immigration
Silvana Gama Florencio Chachá, Michele Soares Gomes-Gouvêa, Fernanda de Mello Malta, Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Márcia Guimarães Villanova, Fernanda Fernandes Souza, Andreza Correa Teixeira, Afonso Dinis da Costa Passos, ... Ana de Lourdes Candolo Martinelli
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:424-32
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Serotype changes and antimicrobial nonsusceptibility rates of invasive and non-invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates after implementation of 10-valent pneumococcal nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae protein D conjugate vaccine (PHiD-CV) in Bulgaria
Lena Setchanova, Marianna Murdjeva, Iglika Stancheva, Alexandra Alexandrova, Maria Sredkova, Temenuga Stoeva, Magda Yoneva, Anna Kurchatova, Ivan Mitov
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:433-40
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Retrospective analysis of hepatitis B virus chronic infection in 247 patients: clinical stages, response to treatment and poor prognostic factors
Marlone Cunha-Silva, Fábio R.T. Marinho, Paulo F. Oliveira, Tirzah M. Lopes, Tiago Sevá-Pereira, Sonia L.S. Lorena, Jazon R.S. Almeida
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:441-7
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Are traditional body fat equations and anthropometry valid to estimate body fat in children and adolescents living with HIV?
Luiz Rodrigo Augustemak de Lima, Priscila Custódio Martins, Carlos Alencar Souza Alves Junior, João Antônio Chula de Castro, Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Edio Luiz Petroski
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:448-56
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Review article
Viruses vector control proposal: genus Aedes emphasis
Nelson Nogueira Reis, Alcino Lázaro da Silva, Elma Pereira Guedes Reis, Flávia Chaves e Silva, Igor Guedes Nogueira Reis
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:457-63
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Brief communications
Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carrying SCCmec type IV and V isolated from healthy children attending public daycares in northeastern Brazil
Suzi P. de Carvalho, Jéssica B. de Almeida, Yasmin M.F.S. Andrade, Lucas S.C. da Silva, Arianne C. de Oliveira, Flávia S. Nascimento, Guilherme B. Campos, Márcio V. Oliveira, ... Lucas M. Marques
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:464-7
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A prospective observational cohort study to assess the incidence of acute otitis media among children 0–5 years of age in Southern Brazil
Tatiana M. Lanzieri, Clóvis Arns da Cunha, Rejane B. Cunha, D. Fermin Arguello, Raghavendra Devadiga, Nervo Sanchez, Eduardo Ortega Barria
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:468-71
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Identification of Human Bocavirus type 4 in a child asymptomatic for respiratory tract infection and acute gastroenteritis – Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Teresinha Teixeira de Sousa, Tâmera Nunes Vieira Almeida, Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori, Menira Souza, Kareem Rady Badr, Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:472-6
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Antimicrobial resistance and plasmid replicons in Yersinia enterocolitica strains isolated in Brazil in 30 years
Miliane R. Frazão, Leonardo N. Andrade, Ana L.C. Darini, Juliana P. Falcão
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:477-80
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Low seroprevalence of Zika virus in Cameroonian blood donors
Bouba Gake, Marie A. Vernet, Isabelle Leparc-Goffart, Jan Felix Drexler, Ernest A. Gould, Pierre Gallian, Xavier de Lamballerie
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:481-3
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Tungiasis in a Colombian patient
Claudia J. Díaz, Kevin Escandón-Vargas
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:484-5
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Letters to the editor
Heterogeneous distribution of HCV genotypes and growing menace of mixed HCV infection in blood recipients in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Sobia Attaullah, Sanaullah Khan, Muhammad Zahid
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:489-90
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Meropenem-induced low valproate levels in a cerebral palsy child
Lucas Miyake Okumura, Cinara Andreolio, Carla Di Giorgio, Paulo Roberto Antonacci Carvalho, Jefferson Pedro Piva
Braz J Infect Dis. 2017;21:491
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