| epidemiology of hepatitis a and e virus infection in brazil. | this review has the objective to discuss the epidemiological aspects of the enterically transmitted hepatitis a and e in brazil. the prevalence of hepatitis a varies greatly in different brazilian regions, from 56% in south and southeast to 93% in north region (manaus, amazon). such differences are also found in different socioeconomic levels among age groups. a significantly higher prevalence was seen in the low socioeconomic group between 1-30 years. this difference is most striking in the fir ... | 2005 | 15771857 |
| [prevalence of infection for hiv, htlv, hbv and of syphilis and chlamydia in pregnant women in a tertiary health unit in the western brazilian amazon region]. | to estimate the prevalence infection of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv), human t-cell lymphotropic vírus (htlv), hepatitis b virus (hbv), chlamydia trachomatis (c. trachomatis) and syphilis in pregnant women, as well as risk factors associated with these infections, in fundação de medicina tropical do amazonas (fmtam). | 2010 | 20625686 |
| randomized controlled clinical trial to access efficacy and safety of miltefosine in the treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by leishmania (viannia) guyanensis in manaus, brazil. | miltefosine has been used in the treatment of several new world cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) species with variable efficacy. our study is the first evidence on its clinical efficacy in leishmania (viannia) guyanensis. in this phase ii/iii randomized clinical trial, 90 cl patients were randomly allocated (2:1) to oral miltefosine (2.5 mg/kg/day/28 days) (n = 60) or parenteral antimony (15-20 mg/sb/kg/day/20 days) (n = 30) according to age groups: 2-12 y/o and 13-65 y/o. patients were human immuno ... | 2011 | 21292895 |