Publications by authors named "Livia Simone Alves Tavares"
Cutaneous leishmaniasis: Spatial distribution and environmental risk factors in the state of Pará, Brazilian Eastern Amazon.
Nelson Veiga Gonçalves Claudia do Socorro Carvalho Miranda Rodrigo Junior Farias da Costa Juan Andrade Guedes Erica Silva de Souza Matsumura Lívia Simone Alves Tavares
J Infect Dev Ctries
October 2019
Article Synopsis
- Cutaneous leishmaniasis is a significant public health issue in Pará, Brazil, with a focus on its relationship with environmental risk factors from 2012 to 2016.
- Analysis used data from various Brazilian institutions, employing statistical techniques to assess spatial distribution and environmental correlations.
- Findings indicated that the disease predominantly affected males, adults with low education, and rural small farmers, with deforestation identified as the key risk factor necessitating enhanced surveillance efforts.
Lacazia loboi is the etiologic agent of Jorge Lobo's disease, a cutaneous and subcutaneous mycosis endemic to Latin America tropical regions and characterized by chronic nodular or keloidal lesions which develop after traumatic events. A new method for the extraction of L. loboi yeast cells from biopsies of lobomycosis skin lesions is presented.
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