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Guillain-Barré syndrome related to Zika virus infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the clinical and electrophysiological phenotype
BACKGROUND: The Zika virus (ZIKV) has been associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) in epidemiological studies. Whether ZIKV-associated GBS is related to a specific clinical or electrophysiological phenotype has not been established. To this end, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of all published s
Avaliação de repertórios brasileiros em agricultura, ciência da informação e direito: uma análise de conteúdo
Avaliação da análise de conteúdo que apresentam repertórios brasileiros em Agricultura (Agrobase e Base de Dados da Pesquisa Agropecuária), Ciência da Informação (Lici), e Direito (Bibliografia Brasileira de Direito). Após identificar os antecedentes, natureza, usuários potenciais e tipo de produto oferecido por cada um dos repertórios, mediu-se a percentagem da exaustividade de sua cobertura. As tarefas relativas à avaliação da indexação e do resumo se fizeram a partir da seleção de 20 registros de cada um deles, que foram comparados mediante inspeção direta com os correspondentes originais. Utilizou-se também um questionário para determinar a linguagem documental e os critérios utilizados para fazer a análise. Atendeu-se especialmente ao exame da indexação e do resumo feitos no original, assim como sua profundidade e pertinência, medindo-se inclusive o índice de consistência quando possível. Os resumos foram estudados de acordo com o translado da superestrutura do original e a sua qualidade técnica, medindo-se os seus fatores de legibilidade. Os resultados foram apresentados por meio de dados comparativos
Mangrove sedimentary characteristics and implications for crab Ucides cordatus (Crustacea, Decapoda, Ucididae) distribution in an estuarine area of the Amazonian region
Epidemiological, clinical and pathological aspects of an outbreak of periodontitis in sheep
Inovação na indústria sucroalcooleira paulista: os determinantes da adoção das tecnologias de agricultura de precisão
Guillain-Barré syndrome during the Zika virus outbreak in Northeast Brazil: An observational cohort study
Objective: To determine the clinical phenotype of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after Zika virus (ZIKV) infection, the anti-glycolipid antibody signature, and the role of other circulating arthropod-borne viruses, we describe a cohort of GBS patients identified during ZIKV and chikungunya virus (CHIKV) outbreaks in Northeast Brazil. Methods: We prospectively recruited GBS patients from a regional neurology center in Northeast Brazil between December 2014 and February 2017. Serum and CSF were tested for ZIKV, CHIKV, and dengue virus (DENV), by RT-PCR and antibodies, and serum was tested for GBS-associated antibodies to glycolipids. Results: Seventy-one patients were identified. Forty-eight (68%) had laboratory evidence of a recent arbovirus infection; 25 (52%) ZIKV, 8 (17%) CHIKV, 1 (2%) DENV, and 14 (29%) ZIKV and CHIKV. Most patients with a recent arbovirus infection had motor and sensory symptoms (72%), a demyelinating electrophysiological subtype (67%) and a facial palsy (58%). Patients with a recent infection with ZIKV and CHIKV had a longer hospital admission and more frequent mechanical ventilation compared to the other patients. No specific anti-glycolipid antibody signature was identified in association with arbovirus infection, although significant antibody titres to GM1, GalC, LM1, and GalNAc-GD1a were found infrequently. Conclusion: A large proportion of cases had laboratory evidence of a recent infection with ZIKV or CHIKV, and recent infection with both viruses was found in almost one third of patients. Most patients with a recent arbovirus infection had a sensorimotor, demyelinating GBS. We did not find a specific anti-glycolipid antibody signature in association with arbovirus-related GBS
Human toxocariasis: contribution by Brazilian researchers
In the present paper the main aspects of the natural history of human infection by Toxocara larvae that occasionally result in the occurrence of visceral and/or ocular larva migrans syndrome were reviewed. The contribution by Brazilian researchers was emphasized, especially the staff of the Tropical Medicine Institute of São Paulo (IMT)
Tendências de Índices de Extremos Climáticos para o Estado do Amazonas e suas Relações com a TSM dos Oceanos Tropicais
Search for leptophobic Z ' bosons decaying into four-lepton final states in proton-proton collisions at root s=8 TeV
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