Search Results - "de Mello, Cíntia Xavier"
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Geospatial analysis of tegumentary leishmaniasis in Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil from 2000 to 2015: Species typing and flow of travelers and migrants with leishmaniasis
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-11-2019)“…We identified the species of Leishmania isolated from traveling and migrant patients attended in a reference center from 2000 to 2015, we performed the…”
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High visceral leishmaniasis mortality rate in Barra Mansa, a new area of visceral leishmaniasis transmission in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-07-2014)“…Nine cases of visceral leishmaniasis occurred recently in Barra Mansa, State of Rio de Janeiro, with a high mortality rate. We reviewed the medical records of…”
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Expansion of visceral leishmaniasis in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: report of the first autochthonous case in the municipality of Volta Redonda and the difficulty of diagnosis
Published in Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo (01-05-2014)“…Visceral Leishmaniasis has been showing remarkable epidemiological changes in recent decades, with marked expansion and an emergence of cases in urban areas of…”
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Comparison of parasite load by qPCR and histopathological changes of inner and outer edge of ulcerated cutaneous lesions of cutaneous leishmaniasis
Published in PloS one (21-01-2021)“…Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an infectious vector-borne disease caused by protozoa of the Leishmania genus that affects humans and animals. The distribution…”
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Outbreak of canine visceral leishmaniasis in Barra Mansa, State of Rio de Janeiro
Published in Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (01-12-2014)“…In Brazil, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) has spread to various regions. This study reports canine cases of VL in Barra Mansa, where human VL cases were recently…”
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Clinical and parasitological features of Leishmania infection among gold miners in the Oiapoque basin, an international Brazil-French Guiana border
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-06-2024)“…Gold miners working illegally in mines live in poor health conditions related to their strenuous work and precarious housing. Therefore, they are at higher…”
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An old drug and different ways to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis: Intralesional and intramuscular meglumine antimoniate in a reference center, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases (01-09-2021)“…Treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) remains challenging since the drugs currently used are quite toxic, thus contributing to lethality unrelated to the…”
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Intestinal helminth coinfection is associated with mucosal lesions and poor response to therapy in American tegumentary leishmaniasis
Published in Acta tropica (01-02-2016)“…•We evaluated the response to antimonial therapy of 109 American tegumentary leishmaniasis patients.•We compared patients with confirmed intestinal parasitic…”
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Thick Smear is a Good Substitute for the Thin Smear in Parasitological Confirmation of Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis
Published in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene (06-07-2016)“…Although direct examination methods are important for diagnosing leishmaniasis, such methods are often neglected because of their low sensitivity relative to…”
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Tegumentary Leishmaniasis: A Diagnostic Approach Considering Aspects of the Cytological Examination
Published in Acta cytologica (01-01-2014)“…Objective: To elaborate figures that highlight the microscopic appearance of amastigote forms of the genus Leishmania and other structures subject to confusion…”
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Comparison of the sensitivity of imprint and scraping techniques in the diagnosis of American tegumentary leishmaniasis in a referral centre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Published in Parasitology research (1987) (01-09-2011)“…American tegumentary leishmaniasis (ATL) is an infectious disease that presents a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations making parasitological tests…”
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