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Newsletter - Issue 41
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
December 15, 2014
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Dr. Laura Skrip intends to apply this new epidemiology perspective in individual and public health to follow the efforts against ebola in the USA and West África
The severe situation lived by millions in West Africa, region with high contamination levels and deaths by Ebola, has created unusual moments in the region. According to the epidemiologist from Yale University Laura Skrip, who was in Liberia, the orders were to avoid physical contact with other people.
This acknowledgement is given to non-American citizens who made important contributions to Tropical Medicine
During the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH)...
President Obama on World AIDS Day 2014
Venezuela: illegal mining and the resurgence of malaria
In fighting Ebola, Canadian credited with energizing WHO response
Brazilian researchers prepare for human trials
Fiocruz pays tribute for researcher Luiz Hildebrando
Fiocruz detains patent that may lead to vaccines against ebola and Chagas' disease
About 75% of the people bitten by the virus vector do not develop the disease, but there can be severe consequences in 1% of the cases
Imagine being bitten by a mosquito and developing a severe neurological disease. This is what happened to a 52-year old farmer who lives in Aroeira do Itaim, in Piaui State, who had encephalitis and was diagnosed with the virus of the West Nile Fever. The agent is transmitted by a mosquito from the Culex genus, the common mosquito.
Oropouche has been spreading and already has registered cases in Maranhao and Minas Gerais. The mayaro disease is also spreading throughout places as Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil is close to facing viral epidemics from parasites already in the country and others still to come. However, those who think the greatest emerging threat is the ebola are wrong. This is what the professor of the Medical Clinics Department of the Ribeirao Preto Medical School from the Sao Paulo University, Luiz Tadeu Figueiredo forwards.
Below is a selection of for this month of december of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
Single-pill regimens for HIV-1 infection
Antibacterial resistance in sub-Saharan Africa: an underestimated emergency
Diseases caused by the micrans visceral and micrans ocular maggots are considered two of the most common parasitic diseases in the world, affecting especially the children
The enhancements in living conditions and water supply usually helps reducing disease prevalence levels, especially parasitic diseases, in children living in the poorest regions. However, in Assis Brasil town, in Acre, despite notable enhancements in the population's lifestyle were achieved...
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