Spatial and temporal modeling of the global burden of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Brazil: A 21-year ecological study.

Background: Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (CL) is a neglected tropical disease endemic in Brazil. Morbidity and disabilities caused by CL lesions require an analysis of a Global Burden of Disease (GBD), which would help discern the impact on the Brazilian population. Herein, we assess the burden of CL and its spatial and temporal patterns in Brazil between 2001 and 2021.

Temporal trends and spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of schistosomiasis mansoni in northeast Brazil between 2005 and 2016.

Background: Schistosoma mansoni is a parasitic disease of great magnitude for Brazilian public health. We aimed to analyse the temporal trend and spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of positivity rates for schistosomiasis mansoni in northeast Brazil.

Methods: This is a descriptive study with an ecological approach, carried out between 2005 and 2016.

Analysis and spatial distribution of schistosomiasis mansoni in a historically endemic area of northeastern Brazil.

Objective: To perform a descriptive analysis of the activities of the Schistosomiasis Control Program, as well as the spatial distribution of the condition in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, for the period from 2007 to 2016.

Methods: Descriptive ecological study. Data from positive human cases and operational data were collected in the Information System of the Schistosomiasis Control Program, and data for spatial analysis were collected on the website of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.

Unilateral twin ectopic pregnancy in a patient with a history of multiple sexually transmitted infections.

Background: The incidence of unilateral twin ectopic pregnancy is a rare condition. Several factors increase the risk of ectopic pregnancy, the most important of which is pelvic inflammatory disease, followed by operative trauma, congenital anomalies, tumors, and adhesions resulting in anatomically distorted fallopian tubes. We present a case of a woman with a history of four confirmed sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, herpes simplex virus 2, and Treponema pallidum.

Middle cerebral artery peak systolic velocity in monochorionic and dichorionic twin pregnancies.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare middle cerebral artery (MCA) peak systolic velocity (PSV) values in monochorionic (MC) and dichorionic (DC) twin pregnancies.

Methods: This was a prospective cohort study in which MCA Doppler evaluation was performed in unselected twin pregnancies at time of routine sonography between 28 and 32 weeks. Pregnancies with known fetal anomalies, twin-twin transfusion syndrome, and red cell alloimmunization or other conditions associated with anemia were excluded.