Dengue: Brazil cases increase nearly 86% in 2022, but danger is to come, researchers warn

Between January 02 and April 02, 323,900 suspected cases of the disease were recorded, 85.6% higher than in the same period of 2021

Brazilian documentary on Covid-19 wins international festival edition

“When the breath is short” addresses the pandemic with a focus on care, revealing the human face of the collective fight against Covid-19 showing the reality of doctors, nurses, community agents and ordinary people

April 25th – World Day of fight against Malaria

Epidemiological Bulletin – Territorialization and Vunerability for Chronic Chagas Diseases

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Dangerous act of hunting and consuming armadillo meat

In Brazil, armadillo hunting is a risk activity for infections, but the danger is also in the handling and consumption of meat

Leprosy: anti-PGL-I serology for Mycobacterium leprae infection and qPCR RLEP to confirm diagnosis

Serological tests may act as assistants in the surveillance of contacts and/or population at risk

Schistosomiasis vaccine developed in Brazil is hope against the disease

At the first moment, the vaccine focuses on reducing the re-infection of schistosomiasis

Diarrhea in a patient living with HIV

Intestinal spirochetosis is a rare disease, but it can be diagnosed if the doctor is aware of this diagnosis and warns the pathologist about this possibility

14 de abril: dia mundial da doença de Chagas

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Acoziborole: drug can put sleeping sickness to bed

New single-dose oral treatment could cure trypanosomiasis and still provide a boost to disease elimination