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Newsletter - Issue 27
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
October 15, 2013


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Crack: a tropical reality

For a person to recover, a differentiated work, establish connections and intersectoral actions are required

Using groundbreaking methodology, a research on crack cocaine, requested by the National Secretary of Drugs Policies (NSDP) from the Justice Ministry (JM) to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (OCF), shows that 370 thousand people in Brazil's 26 capitals and the Federal District are regular consumers of crack cocaine or similar smoked cocaine (base paste, merla and oxi).

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Countries with average income concentrate 80% of the traffic accidents, while detaining only 52% of the world's fleet

Traffic accidents
will kill more than AIDS in less than 20 years

A World Health Organization (WHO) report points that in 2030 traffic accidents will kill more people that AIDS, malaria and other diseases in developing countries. For Paul Nobre, Master in Civil...

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When considering essentially the impact factor, evaluation and foster agencies can harm the development of national science

Evaluation for impact factor harms knowledge production

Article published on the Nature Journal shows the "stacking" of citations by Brazilian magazines, whick in order o raise the average citations, magazine X quotes magazine Y...

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Combination of drugs in use can be the new option for leishmaniasis treatment

The incidence of visceral and tegumentary leishmaniasis is very high in Brazil and spreads all over the country, eading to more morbidity and mortality than dengue fever

"The association of drugs can be considered an innovation when seeking the cure of the leishmaniasis, because, until now, the treatment was based in using isolated drugs", reveals Dorcas Lamounier Costa, specialist in infectious diseases. She finished her DSc in Tropical Medicine at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (FUMG). Currently, she is a professor and the coordinator of Medical Course at the Federal University of Piaui (FUPI).

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HIV: study alerts that people living in slums have greater chance of infection

Slum residents are also often socially excluded which means that they lack access to health care and information for prevention of diseases

The HIV epidemic, part of the slum diseases list and can already be considered an urban tropical disease, proved to be the greatest global public health challenge in the 21st century. Sub-Saharan Africa draws attention for while having only 12,5% of the world's population, it is responsible for 67% of the HIV infected people in the world.

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Below is a selection of for this month of october of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.

Translating antibody insights

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Antibodies in HIV-1 vaccine development and therapy

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Antiretroviral prophylaxis for HIV infection in injecting drug users in Bangkok, Thailand (the Bangkok Tenofovir Study): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

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22-26 de out. de 2013

XXIII Congresso Brasileiro de Parasitologia Florianópolis/SC

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08-09 de Nov. de 2013

XXIX Reunião Anual de Pesquisa Aplicada em Doença de Chagas

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11 a 13 de nov. de 2013

1st Internacional Workshop on Anthropization and Vector-Borne Diseases in Amazonia: Chagas Disease as a Model System

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13 a 17 de nov. de 2013

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 62nd Annual Meeting

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20 a 23 de nov. de 2013

XIII Reunião Nacional de Pesquisa em Malária - Manaus/AM

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