Publications by authors named "Nilton Nascimento dos Santos"
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- * Out of 110 children, 50.91% were suspected to have dengue, with a high confirmation rate (92.9%) among those suspected and 81.5% among those not suspected, leading to an overall confirmation of 87.27%.
- * Clinical diagnoses had a sensitivity of 54.2%, a specificity of 71.4%, and showed that saliva samples can be effective alternatives to blood for early dengue diagnosis, emphasizing the need for virological tests in dengue surveillance protocols.
Phospholipase A2 isolated from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus inactivates dengue virus and other enveloped viruses by disrupting the viral envelope.
Vanessa Danielle Muller Ricardo Oliveira Soares Nilton Nascimento dos Santos Amanda Cristina Trabuco Adelia Cristina Cintra
PLoS One
July 2015
The Flaviviridae family includes several virus pathogens associated with human diseases worldwide. Within this family, Dengue virus is the most serious threat to public health, especially in tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. Currently, there are no vaccines or specific antiviral drugs against Dengue virus or against most of the viruses of this family.
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