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Research reveals abnormalities in 29% of the fetuses from pregnant women infected with Zika
Results are still preliminary since some pregnant women had not yed delivered their babies A study at the Rio de Janeiro Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, conducted by a research group from the National Infectious Diseases Institute from Fiocruz-RJ among pregnant women at any stage, revealed a concerning result. Of 42 examined fetuses in pregnant women infected by the Zika virus, 12 (around 29%) presented some modification in the image test, clinical manifestation of the virus' effect in the central nervous system, as failure forming brain structures and microcephaly. 
Prediction should be taken seriously by public health authorities, especially in developing or emerging economy countries in tropical and subtropical regions Climate change could increase Aedes aegypti populations in tropical countriesBrazil's public health well-known number one enemy, the Aedes aegypti, transmitter of several diseases as dengue and zika, may have a new ally in the next few years: climate change, especially if the temperature increase predictions are confirmed. The alert was called by parasitologist Filipe Dantas Torres, PhD in Public Health and researcher at the Aggeu Magalhães Research Center, Pernambuco unit of the... 
The Congress of the BSTM, will host a round table on delta hepatitis and the elaboration of a multicenter project between the states from the North region to study the clinical aspect and therapeutic response of the drugs recommended by the HM's protocol Discussions about new protocol for delta hepatitis advanceHepatitis D, also known as delta, has few effective therapy options. However, a new treatment protocol advances and could include PEGylated interferon as first choice to treat the disease, possibly extending its use for a period longer than usual, which today is 48 weeks. In Brazil, double and triple therapies with PEGylated interferon for 48 weeks are available since 2012 to treat hepatitis C. The subject was...
Controlling dengue will become interesting when it hits rich and poor evenly, ironizes entomologist
Dr. Marcondes says the A. aegypti takes advantage on the Brazilian cities' disorganization, including poor drinkable water supply and large garbage production and dispertion to proliferate Entomologist Carlos Brisola Marcondes believes that while controlling the Aedes aegypti mosquito, Brazil is still cutting... |
Brasilia University emmerit professor Pedro Tauil defends poverty reduction to fight tropical diseases
For Dr. Pedro Tauil it is important to enhance basic attention and establish an effective reference and counter reference system, as well as basic and specialized care Recently honored as Emeritus Professor of the Brasilia University, UnB Dr. Pedro Tauil has concerns reaching far beyond the scientific field, covering especially the social aspects of problems common to Brazilian citizens. His thought... 
Infectious disease is an emerging field Ancient virus found hibernating in the human genome—and it might wake up PRO/EDR> Influenza (18): UK, impact of vaccine mismatch Scientists extract HIV genome from human cells Liberia under alarm after new Ebola case Over 20 deaths by yellow fever in two days 
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Below is a selection of for this month of april of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals. Cryo-EM structure of a native, fully glycosylated, cleaved HIV-1 envelope trimer Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for the Prevention of Malaria in Pregnancy 
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Brazilian Society of Tropical Medicine - Center for Tropical Medicine - UnB |
