Publications by authors named "Leila Ines Aguiar Raposo Camara Coelho"
Background: Fascioliasis is an important parasitic disease. In the northern region of Brazil, a human parasite infection has been reported through a coprological survey. Eggs of were found in fecal samples of 11 individuals.
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- Chagas disease in the Amazon primarily involves the discrete typing units (DTUs) TcI and TcIV, linked to both acute oral transmission and chronic cases.
- Blood cultures and xenodiagnosis in 36 seropositive patients revealed no immediate infection, yet molecular analysis identified T. cruzi in 36% of triatomine fecal samples, mainly as DTU TcI with various haplotypes.
- The study concludes that DTU TcI, commonly associated with acute cases, is also implicated in chronic Chagas disease in certain areas of Amazonas, Brazil.
Serological survey for Chagas disease in the rural areas of Manaus, Coari, and Tefé in the Western Brazilian Amazon.
Belisa Maria Lopes Magalhães Leíla Ines Aguiar Raposo Câmara Coelho Marcel Gonçalves Maciel João Marcos Benfica Barbosa Ferreira Eufrozina Setsu Umezawa
Rev Soc Bras Med Trop
September 2012
Introduction: Deforestation, uncontrolled forest, human population migration from endemic areas, and the large number of reservoirs and wild vectors naturally infected by Trypanosoma cruzi promote the endemicity of Chagas disease in the Amazon region.
Methods: We conducted an initial serological survey (ELISA) in a sample of 1,263 persons; 1,095 (86.7%) were natives of the State of Amazonas, 666 (52.