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  1. Article ; Online: Occurrence of arbovirus infections in two riverine populations in the municipality of Humaitá, Amazonas, Brazil.

    Silva, Jaqueline Carvalho de Oliveira / Siqueira, Igor Rodrigo Ferreira / Dornelas, Leormando Fortunato / Ribeiro, Cristhian Magalhães / Gomes, João Pedro Berno / Guadagnin, Iagor Wingenbah / Pereira, Antonieta Relvas / Julião, Genimar Rebouças / Camargo, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha / Basano, Sergio Almeida / Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha

    Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

    2024  Volume 57, Page(s) e004032024

    Abstract: Background: The riverine communities of the Amazon comprise different social groups that inhabit the rural areas on the banks of rivers and lakes. Residents usually travel by river to rural and urban areas and are then exposed to urbanized diseases such ...

    Abstract Background: The riverine communities of the Amazon comprise different social groups that inhabit the rural areas on the banks of rivers and lakes. Residents usually travel by river to rural and urban areas and are then exposed to urbanized diseases such as those caused by arbovirus infection. In Brazil, emerging diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and those caused by infection with Oropouche and Mayaro viruses necessitate epidemiological surveillance. This study was aimed at determining the frequency of positivity for immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM antibodies against Zika, chikungunya, and dengue viruses and performing molecular analyses to detect viral RNA for the Zika, chikungunya, dengue virus, Oropouche, and Mayaro viruses, in the same serum samples obtained from riverside populations.
    Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in a riverside population in the Humaitá municipality of the Brazilian Amazon. More than 80% of the local population participated in this study. Entomological samples were collected to identify local mosquito vectors.
    Results: Analysis of 205 human serological samples revealed IgG antibodies against the dengue virus in 85 individuals. No molecular positivity was observed in human samples. Entomological analyses revealed 3,187 Diptera species, with Mansonia being the most frequent genus. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus were not detected in the two collections.
    Conclusions: IgG antibodies against the dengue virus were highly prevalent, suggesting previous exposure. The absence of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus in the samples supports the hypothesis that the infections recorded likely occurred outside the riverside communities investigated.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Humans ; Chikungunya Fever/epidemiology ; Brazil/epidemiology ; Dengue ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Arbovirus Infections/epidemiology ; Aedes ; Zika Virus Infection ; Zika Virus ; Alphavirus ; Mosquito Vectors ; Immunoglobulin G
    Chemical Substances Immunoglobulin G
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-25
    Publishing country Brazil
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1038126-0
    ISSN 1678-9849 ; 0037-8682
    ISSN (online) 1678-9849
    ISSN 0037-8682
    DOI 10.1590/0037-8682-0515-2023
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  2. Article ; Online: Occurrence of erythemato-purpuric patches upon contact with a myriapod (diplopod).

    Basano, Sergio de Almeida / Silva Junior, Cipriano Ferreira da / Meneguetti, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira

    Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

    2021  Volume 54, Page(s) e05522021

    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Arthropods ; Purpura
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-17
    Publishing country Brazil
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1038126-0
    ISSN 1678-9849 ; 0037-8682
    ISSN (online) 1678-9849
    ISSN 0037-8682
    DOI 10.1590/0037-8682-0552-2021
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  3. Article: Mapping the Silent Threat: A Comprehensive Analysis of Chagas Disease Occurrence in Riverside Communities in the Western Amazon.

    Paixão, Daniela da Silva / Portela Madeira, Fernanda / Costa de Jesus, Adila / Paixão, Hêmilly Caroline da Silva / Camargo, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha / Ribeiro, Mariane Albuquerque Lima / José Ramos, Leandro / de Oliveira, Jader / Aristeu da Rosa, João / Bernarde, Paulo Sérgio / Pereira Relvas, Antonieta / Basano, Sergio de Almeida / Aranha Camargo, Luis Marcelo / Meneguetti, Dionatas Ulises de Oliveira

    Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)

    2024  Volume 13, Issue 2

    Abstract: Chagas disease (CD) is a typical tropical illness caused ... ...

    Abstract Chagas disease (CD) is a typical tropical illness caused by
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-02-15
    Publishing country Switzerland
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2695572-6
    ISSN 2076-0817
    ISSN 2076-0817
    DOI 10.3390/pathogens13020176
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  4. Article ; Online: Transition of the morbidity and mortality profile in a municipality in the interior of the Brazilian Amazon.

    Vieira, Gabriel de Deus / Basano, Sergio de Almeida / Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha

    Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

    2016  Volume 49, Issue 4, Page(s) 411–417

    Abstract: Introduction: The morbidity and mortality profile in a given region reflects its quality of life and provides tools for improving public health policies in that region.: Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was performed using secondary ... ...

    Abstract Introduction: The morbidity and mortality profile in a given region reflects its quality of life and provides tools for improving public health policies in that region.
    Methods: A cross-sectional epidemiological study was performed using secondary mortality data collected from the Monte Negro municipality of the Brazilian Western Amazon from 2000 to 2011. These data were compared with data from similar municipalities in other Brazilian macro-regions. Data were obtained through the Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS) information system.
    Results: The number of deaths reported over the study period was 606. The most common cause of death was external causes of morbidity and mortality [International Classification of Diseases (ICD)-10 chapter 20], followed by diseases of the circulatory system (ICD-10 chapter 9). Among the causes of death according to age group, infectious and parasitic diseases were the most common for 2- to 9-year-old children; external causes of disease were the most prevalent for 10- to 59-year-old people; and circulatory diseases prevailed in individuals over 60 years of age. Eleven percent of deaths were due to unknown causes.
    Conclusions: These results point to a fragility in the public policies for prevention and awareness of this problem. Infectious and parasitic diseases contribute only 4.5% of deaths, but had the third highest Disability-Adjusted Life Year score (1,190 days). Improving support to the Estratégia Saúde da Família (Family Health Strategy) program and implementing a death verification service would significantly aid in reducing the occurrence of non-transmissible chronic diseases and clarifying unknown causes of death.
    MeSH term(s) Adolescent ; Adult ; Age Distribution ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Brazil ; Cause of Death ; Child ; Child, Preschool ; Cross-Sectional Studies ; Female ; Humans ; Infant ; Infant, Newborn ; Information Systems ; International Classification of Diseases ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Young Adult
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-07
    Publishing country Brazil
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1038126-0
    ISSN 1678-9849 ; 0037-8682
    ISSN (online) 1678-9849
    ISSN 0037-8682
    DOI 10.1590/0037-8682-0075-2016
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  5. Article ; Online: Acute Chagas Disease Caused by

    Julião, Genimar Rebouças / Bragança, Mariana Ayres Henrique / Torres, Patrícia Guedes / Lima, Luciana / Neves, Rosenilton de Araújo / Nobre, José Maria Silva / Vergara-Meza, José Gabriel / Basano, Sérgio de Almeida / Moraes, Francielle Alba / Baldez, Maria Arlete da Gama / Tada, Mauro Shugiro / Lima, Alzemar Alves de / Costa, Joana D'Arc Neves / Gil, Luiz Herman Soares / Cunha, Alda E F Lobato da / Camargo, Erney Plessmann / Teixeira, Marta Maria Geraldes

    Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)

    2022  Volume 22, Issue 4, Page(s) 244–251

    Abstract: Recurrent outbreaks of oral infection and isolated cases characterize the new epidemiological scenario of Chagas disease (CD) in the Brazilian Amazon. Acute Chagas disease (ACD) is common in Pará and Amazonas, Northeastern and Northwestern Brazilian ... ...

    Abstract Recurrent outbreaks of oral infection and isolated cases characterize the new epidemiological scenario of Chagas disease (CD) in the Brazilian Amazon. Acute Chagas disease (ACD) is common in Pará and Amazonas, Northeastern and Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. In the present study, we describe the first molecularly characterized autochthonous case of ACD in Rondônia, Southwestern Amazonia. The patient, a 39-year-old male resident in the small city of Cujubim, presented typical ACD symptoms: fever, asthenia, myalgia, progressive dyspnea, swelling of the legs, and tiredness at minimal efforts, all compatible with ACD and indicative of cardiac involvement. A thick blood drop test revealed trypomastigote forms of
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brazil/epidemiology ; Chagas Disease/veterinary ; Genotype ; Humans ; Male ; Panstrongylus/parasitology ; Trypanosoma cruzi/genetics
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-11
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2047199-3
    ISSN 1557-7759 ; 1530-3667
    ISSN (online) 1557-7759
    ISSN 1530-3667
    DOI 10.1089/vbz.2021.0086
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  6. Article ; Online: Home Care Follow up determine the point of inversion of IL-6 levels in relation to C-Reactive Protein as the cytokine storm marker in COVID-19

    Mendes-Filho, Sergio PM / Martins, Fernanda S / Giroldi, Paulo J / Melo, Raul H / Oliveira, Edcleia L / Santos, Anibal B / Medeiros, Dayse CO / Basano, Sergio A / Lopes, Jessica A / Chaves, Yury O / Pinheiro, Rebeca S / Camargo, Luis MA / Zuliani, Juliana P / Nogueira, Paulo Afonso

    medRxiv

    Abstract: The IL-6 has been used for the characterization of the cytokine storm induced by SARS-CoV-2, but so far, no one has found out when and in whom the cytokine storm develops. Our study demonstrates how early and longitudinal clinical-based monitoring and ... ...

    Abstract The IL-6 has been used for the characterization of the cytokine storm induced by SARS-CoV-2, but so far, no one has found out when and in whom the cytokine storm develops. Our study demonstrates how early and longitudinal clinical-based monitoring and dosing of five markers (C-reactive protein, IL-6, fibrinogen, ferritin and D-dimer) helped to identify who had developed the cytokine storm. The peak of IL-6 in pg/mL proportionally higher than the peak of CRP in mg/L was sufficient to define the timing of the evolution of cytokine storm syndrome. The administration of antibiotic therapy, anticoagulant therapy and pulse therapy resolved the infection and prevented the progressive deterioration of the lung function of the patients with potential for development of severe COVID-19.
    Keywords covid19
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-03-23
    Publisher Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
    Document type Article ; Online
    DOI 10.1101/2022.03.21.22270828
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  7. Article: Acute Chagas Disease Caused by Trypanosoma cruzi TcIV and Transmitted by Panstrongylus geniculatus: Molecular Epidemiological Insights Provided by the First Documented Autochthonous Case in Rondônia, Southwestern Amazonia, Brazil

    Julião, Genimar Rebouças / Bragança, Mariana Ayres Henrique / Torres, Patrícia Guedes / Lima, Luciana / Neves, Rosenilton de Araújo / Nobre, José Maria Silva / Vergara-Meza, José Gabriel / Basano, Sérgio de Almeida / Moraes, Francielle Alba / Baldez, Maria Arlete da Gama / Tada, Mauro Shugiro / Lima, Alzemar Alves de / Costa, Joana D'Arc Neves / Gil, Luiz Herman Soares / Cunha, Alda E. F. Lobato da / Camargo, Erney Plessmann / Teixeira, Marta Maria Geraldes

    Vector borne and zoonotic diseases. 2022 Apr. 01, v. 22, no. 4

    2022  

    Abstract: Recurrent outbreaks of oral infection and isolated cases characterize the new epidemiological scenario of Chagas disease (CD) in the Brazilian Amazon. Acute Chagas disease (ACD) is common in Pará and Amazonas, Northeastern and Northwestern Brazilian ... ...

    Abstract Recurrent outbreaks of oral infection and isolated cases characterize the new epidemiological scenario of Chagas disease (CD) in the Brazilian Amazon. Acute Chagas disease (ACD) is common in Pará and Amazonas, Northeastern and Northwestern Brazilian Amazonia. In the present study, we describe the first molecularly characterized autochthonous case of ACD in Rondônia, Southwestern Amazonia. The patient, a 39-year-old male resident in the small city of Cujubim, presented typical ACD symptoms: fever, asthenia, myalgia, progressive dyspnea, swelling of the legs, and tiredness at minimal efforts, all compatible with ACD and indicative of cardiac involvement. A thick blood drop test revealed trypomastigote forms of Trypanosoma cruzi genotyped as TcIV. An epidemiological investigation ruled out oral infection, and support for vectorial transmission included the finding of Panstrongylus geniculatus positive for T. cruzi (TcIII and TcIV) inside the tent used by the patient when harvesting forest timber, and a circular cutaneous lesion resembling a chagoma of inoculation. Treatment with benznidazole led to blood parasite clearance as confirmed by molecular tests. Altogether, our findings fitted well into the ecological scenario where deforestation and colonization of forested areas represent an important risk factor to the adaptation of P. geniculatus to human habitats, favoring vectorial transmission of CD in the Amazonian region.
    Keywords Chagas disease ; Panstrongylus ; Trypanosoma cruzi ; benznidazole ; blood ; deforestation ; dyspnea ; epidemiological studies ; fever ; forests ; genotyping ; hemoparasites ; humans ; males ; patients ; risk factors ; Amazonia ; Brazil
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-0401
    Size p. 244-251.
    Publishing place Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 2047199-3
    ISSN 1557-7759 ; 1530-3667
    ISSN (online) 1557-7759
    ISSN 1530-3667
    DOI 10.1089/vbz.2021.0086
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  8. Article ; Online: Chromoblastomycosis in the Amazon region, Brazil, caused by Fonsecaea pedrosoi, Fonsecaea nubica, and Rhinocladiella similis: Clinicopathology, susceptibility, and molecular identification.

    de Andrade, Tânia Sueli / de Almeida, Ana Maria Zimmer / Basano, Sergio de Almeida / Takagi, Elizabeth Harummyy / Szeszs, Maria Walderez / Melhem, Marcia S C / Albuquerque, Madson / Camargo, Juliana de Souza Almeida Aranha / Gambale, Walderez / Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha

    Medical mycology

    2019  Volume 58, Issue 2, Page(s) 172–180

    Abstract: Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous disease caused by human contact with melanized fungi occurring mainly in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. This study assessed 12 patients with chromoblastomycosis from Rondônia, Brazil, Amazon region. ...

    Abstract Chromoblastomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous disease caused by human contact with melanized fungi occurring mainly in tropical and subtropical zones worldwide. This study assessed 12 patients with chromoblastomycosis from Rondônia, Brazil, Amazon region. In sum, 83.3% were men, 41.6% were from Monte Negro city, median age was 52.9 years, and median time to disease progression was 12.2 years. Lesions were located on the lower limbs (75%), and verruciform was prevalent form (66.6%). After 3 years of treatment with itraconazole, two patients were considered cured. The etiological agents were identified by the molecular sequence of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer ITS1, 5.8S, and ITS2 region and β-tubulin genes. Eight strains were identified as Fonsecaea pedrosoi, two were F. nubica, and two were Rhinocladiella similis. The antifungal activity of five drugs was evaluated, and the most active drug was terbinafine (range minimal inhibitory concentration [MIC] 0.015-0.12 μg/ml), itraconazole (range MIC 0.03-0.5 μg/ml) and voriconazole (range MIC 0.06-0.5 μg/ml). The highest MIC was 5-fluorocytosine (range MIC 2-32 μg/ml), and amphotericin B (range MIC 0.25-2 μg/ml). In conclusion, the present study expanded the epidemiological disease database and described for the first time F. nubica and R. similis as chromoblastomycosis agents in the Brazilian Amazon region. Our results confirmed the importance of using molecular methods to identify the melanized fungi and stimulate the recognition of the disease in other places where no cases have been reported.
    MeSH term(s) Adult ; Aged ; Antifungal Agents/pharmacology ; Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use ; Ascomycota/drug effects ; Ascomycota/genetics ; Brazil/epidemiology ; Chromoblastomycosis/diagnosis ; Chromoblastomycosis/drug therapy ; Chromoblastomycosis/epidemiology ; Chromoblastomycosis/microbiology ; DNA, Fungal/genetics ; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer/genetics ; Female ; Humans ; Itraconazole/pharmacology ; Itraconazole/therapeutic use ; Male ; Microbial Sensitivity Tests ; Middle Aged ; Mitosporic Fungi/drug effects ; Mitosporic Fungi/genetics ; Phylogeny ; Sequence Analysis, DNA
    Chemical Substances Antifungal Agents ; DNA, Fungal ; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer ; Itraconazole (304NUG5GF4)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-15
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1421796-x
    ISSN 1460-2709 ; 1369-3786
    ISSN (online) 1460-2709
    ISSN 1369-3786
    DOI 10.1093/mmy/myz034
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  9. Article ; Online: Insecticide-treated bed nets in Rondônia, Brazil: evaluation of their impact on malaria control.

    Vieira, Gabriel de Deus / Basano, Sergio de Almeida / Katsuragawa, Tony Hiroshi / Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha

    Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

    2014  Volume 56, Issue 6, Page(s) 493–497

    Abstract: Mosquito nets treated with long-lasting insecticide (LLINs), when used in compliance with guidelines of the World Health Organization, may be effective for malaria vector control. In 2012, approximately 150,000 LLINs were installed in nine municipalities ...

    Abstract Mosquito nets treated with long-lasting insecticide (LLINs), when used in compliance with guidelines of the World Health Organization, may be effective for malaria vector control. In 2012, approximately 150,000 LLINs were installed in nine municipalities in the state of Rondônia. However, no studies have assessed their impact on the reduction of malaria incidence. This study analyzed secondary data of malaria incidence, in order to assess the impact of LLINs on the annual parasite incidence (API). The results showed no statistically significant differences in API one year after LLIN installation when compared to municipalities without LLINs. The adoption of measures for malaria vector control should be associated with epidemiological studies and evaluations of their use and efficiency, with the aim of offering convincing advantages that justify their implementation and limit malaria infection in the Amazon Region.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; Brazil/epidemiology ; Evaluation Studies as Topic ; Humans ; Incidence ; Insecticide-Treated Bednets ; Malaria/epidemiology ; Malaria/prevention & control ; Mosquito Control/instrumentation ; Mosquito Control/methods
    Language English
    Publishing date 2014-10-28
    Publishing country Brazil
    Document type Comparative Study ; Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 128928-7
    ISSN 1678-9946 ; 0036-4665
    ISSN (online) 1678-9946
    ISSN 0036-4665
    DOI 10.1590/s0036-46652014000600007
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  10. Article ; Online: Phase III Clinical Trial to Evaluate Ivermectin in the Reduction of

    de Almeida Basano, Sergio / de Souza Almeida Aranha Camargo, Juliana / Fontes, Gilberto / Pereira, Antonieta Relvas / Medeiros, Jansen Fernandes / de Oliveira Laudisse, Mayara Costa / de Godoi Mattos Ferreira, Ricardo / Camargo, Luís Marcelo Aranha

    The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene

    2018  Volume 98, Issue 3, Page(s) 786–790

    Abstract: The treatment of mansonelliasis is still a challenge because there are few clinical trials for the treatment of the disease. This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study (phase III clinical trial) was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of ...

    Abstract The treatment of mansonelliasis is still a challenge because there are few clinical trials for the treatment of the disease. This double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study (phase III clinical trial) was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a single oral dose of ivermectin (0.15 mg/kg) in the reduction of the
    MeSH term(s) Administration, Oral ; Adolescent ; Adult ; Animals ; Anthelmintics/therapeutic use ; Brazil ; Double-Blind Method ; Drug Administration Schedule ; Female ; Humans ; Ivermectin/therapeutic use ; Male ; Mansonella/drug effects ; Mansonella/growth & development ; Mansonelliasis/drug therapy ; Mansonelliasis/parasitology ; Microfilariae/drug effects ; Microfilariae/growth & development ; Middle Aged ; Treatment Outcome
    Chemical Substances Anthelmintics ; Ivermectin (70288-86-7)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2018-01-04
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Clinical Trial, Phase III ; Journal Article ; Randomized Controlled Trial ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2942-7
    ISSN 1476-1645 ; 0002-9637
    ISSN (online) 1476-1645
    ISSN 0002-9637
    DOI 10.4269/ajtmh.17-0698
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