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Cystic echinococcosis in southern Brazil.
Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is very common in the southern part of Rio Grande do Sul State where sheep and cattle raising is the most important economical activity. Prevalence in intermediate hosts is well known due to reports in slaughterhouses while human reports are of discussed value. This is due to underreporting of cases and few epidemiological studies make it difficult to assess the situa...
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OBJECTIVE To verify the prevalence of trunk postural deviations (lumbar hyperlordosis, dorsal kyphosis, and scoliosis) in scholars aged eight to 15 years-old from the city schools of Caxias do Sul, Southern Brazil. METHODS A total of 864 students were evaluated in a cross-sectional study. The variables studied were trunk postural rating by visual inspection; body mass index (weight and height...
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A cross-sectional population-based study of determinants of growth retardation in under-five children (3,389) in the city of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil estimated odds ratios (OR) for stunting, defined as height-for-age < -2 zeta-scores of the NCHS standards. Hierarchical modeling based on a framework of the process of stunting was used. Stunting prevalence was 6.8%; the main determ...
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The purpose was to show that displacements, promoters of genetic diversity in metapopulations, increase the probability of survival of bat species adapted to medium and long-distance flights. Samples were taken in four forest fragments, distributed in three municipalities in northern Paraná, and the maximum distance between the studied areas is 20 km. A monthly sampling was performed for each f...
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Thank you for the interest and observations on our case report of ocular sparganosis in Brazil. Although we were not able to observe the parasite’s migration, the patient stated that the resected lesions had changed their position around the eyeball along a period of time. Because we found no other signs of parasitic infection before or after removal of these parasites, we strongly believe that...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Monthly Weather Review
سال: 1938
ISSN: 0027-0644,1520-0493
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1938)66<6:amosb>2.0.co;2