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Newsletter - Issue 50
Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine
September 15, 2015
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Regarding local governments and the international community, there were gaps in nearly all aspects
The 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa had among its main chapters, the duel between two large entities: The World Health...
Researcher Davide Robbiani explains that to register the damage in in vivo lymphocytes a technique developed years ago was adapted
A link between malaria and Burkitt lymphoma was described for the first time over 50 years ago, but how could a malaria infection increase the risk of cancer?
A Man Shed Live Polio Virus In His Stool For 28 Years
Study: HIV particles do not directly cause AIDS, immune cell response does
Russian doll disease is a virus inside a parasite inside a fly
Dengue vaccine will only be available "around 2018", says Health Minister
Studies point path towards universal flu vaccine
Research explains how HIV-positve women can give birth to children without transmitting the virus
Sometimes, the drug has passed the effectiveness to prevent the virus. Cases could be avoided
The chances to transmit the Human Deficiency Virus (HIV), that causes AIDS, drops 96% when pre-exposure (PrEP) and post-exposure (PEP) prophylaxis are correctly applied among people in populations of high risk of infection. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation researcher Dr. Valdiléa Gonçalves Veloso says merging early treatment and prophylaxis could control the virus epidemic until 2030...
Soon the Good Aedes aegypti will be used in places where the risk of an outbreak is greater, or where the current tools have proved to be ineffective
The creation of a genetically modified mosquito, also known as the transgenic mosquito, has been broadly diffused in Brazil. The technology, currently being inserted in Brazil, aims to control the population of the transmitter of dengue, the Aedes aegypti, and decreasing the cases of the disease in the Country. According to Margarth Capurro...
Below is a selection of for this month of September of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals.
DACLATASVIR PLUS SOFOSBUVIR FOR HCV IN PATIENTS COINFECTED WITH HIV-1
Abortive HIV Infection Mediates CD4 T Cell Depletion and Inflammation in Human Lymphoid Tissue
The HTLV-1 infection was detected in 34% of the studied subjects. The phylogenetic analysis associated to the epidemiological data suggested family transmission
The HTLV is a virus that infects the human T-cells, important for the organism's defense system, although still poorly known among its hosts. It belongs to the HIV's family, however, it is older and most of the infected people do not develop any disease.
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