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Brazil is at high risk of future epidemics, says expert in emerging infectious diseasesFor the first time we have found flaws in our thoughts and beliefs that, arboviruses require a vertebrate host to remain alive in nature The recently published article “Vertebrate Reservoirs of Arboviruses: Myth, Synonym of Amplifier, or Reality?”, approaches controversial issues regarding vertebrate reservoirs and their role in arboviruses’ persistence in nature, examines the origins... We do not have information about the real number of human brucellosis cases, we are not aware of the dimensions of this problem, only about those that reach us Brazil records increase in number of human brucellosis cases due to vaccine accidentCharacterized as an important zoonosis spread worldwide, brucellosis a serious public health issue. Although many countries have achieved great progress controlling the disease, there are still places where the infection persists among domestic animals and, consequently, the transmission to humans take place. In Brazil, renowned infectious diseases and human brucellosis expert, Dr. Marcos Vinícius da Silva, believes... The skin and the exhaled air may contain substances able to affect the attractiveness of mosquitoes, differentiating individuals and creating a different attraction for children and adults, varying among races Beer increases amount of mosquito bitesOne of the main determinants for transmission of vector-borne diseases is the frequency the reservoirs are bitten. This way, factors able to influence this amount are of epidemiological relevance. For example, malaria control is more efficient if it targets mainly individuals that are more bitten. Pregnant women are among the individuals that attract more mosquitoes, probably due to the greater amount of exhaled air and higher body temperature. Sanitation investments in Brazil are very delayed to meet the current demandPublic sanitation policies have faced many troubles reaching a priority level in political agendas in many developing and emerging countries, especially in Brazil Willian Bueno is Infrastructure Analyst at the Planning Ministry, obtained his Master’s degree in Public Administration from Columbia University (NY), where he focused his studies in basic sanitation. Currently he works at the Strategic Affairs Secretary for the Presidency of the Republic, where he guides special studies... |
New medicine field could help handling endemic and emerging infectious diseasesWe may have mortgaged our future by reaching our current health and development levels According to the article "The need of a systems approach to planetary health", published this October, Planetary Health was introduced to better understand and approach the ways human impacts affect the populations' health through their... Below is a selection of for this month of November of publications related to Tropical Medicine from important international journals. Yellow fever virus found in semen of Brazilian patient Doctors: Global warming is taking a toll on people’s health HIV: researchers discover functional treatment for the vírus Syphilis cases in Brazil grow more than 2,000% in six years Doctor reassures about yellow fever, but warns: "Risk of redevelopment of disease exists |
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