Publications by authors named "Evora Santana"
Expansion of the E138A mutation in newly diagnosed HIV-infected patients in Gran Canaria.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis
September 2016
Molecular epidemiology allows us to know local HIV transmission and to design strategies of prevention. We studied 25 HIV newly diagnosed patients with the E138A mutation since the year 2010. Most transmission networks involved young and promiscuous men who have sex with men.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[HTLV-1 infection prevalence in recently arrived sub-Saharan immigrants].
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
November 2007
[Murine typhus imported from Senegal in a travelling immigrant].
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin
November 2006
We report the first cases of human infection by Rickettsia felis in the Canary Islands. Antibodies against R. felis were found in 5 adsorbed serum samples from 44 patients with clinically suspected rickettsiosis by Western blot serology.
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- * There is a notable increase in complications from the disease, especially renal issues like acute failure and abnormal urinalysis results.
- * The unusual clinical pattern may be linked to different strains of the bacteria Rickettsia typhi or other related species.