Southern Empire: Brazil

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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...

RE.: Human ocular sparganosis in southern Brazil.

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...

Postural deviations of students in Southern Brazil.

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...

New Sycoracinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from southern Brazil.

Two new species of Sycorax from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Espírito Santo, Sycorax canaanensis Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. and Sycorax tuberculata Santos, Bravo & Falqueto sp. nov. are described and illustrated. Male speci-mens were collected with CDC light traps in the Biological Reserve of Augusto Ruschi, municipality of Santa Teresa, state of Espírito Santo, Brazil. This finding raise...