BACKGROUND: The high prevalence of STDs among women indicates the need to implement approaching techniques, case detection and prevention of new cases. OBJECTIVES: To describe the frequency of risk factors for syphilis and assess attitudes towards sexual risk in a population of young women in Vitória, ES. METHODS: Cross-sectional, population-based study, performed in Vitória. Interviews were he...

OBJECTIVE To assess the extent of syphilis seropositivity in pregnant women, identify the risk factors associated with it and re-evaluate the need for routine antenatal care screening for syphilis. DESIGN Prospective cross-sectional study. SETTING Three teaching hospitals of Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. SUBJECT...

BACKGROUND VDR may be considered as a candidate gene potentially related to idiopathic scoliosis susceptibility and natural history. Transcriptional profile of VDR mRNA isoforms might be changed in the structural tissues of the scoliotic spine and potentially influence the expression of VDR responsive genes. The purpose of the study was to determine differences in mRNA abundance of VDR isoforms...

A recent case of congenital syphilis at our hospital made us aware of the many potential pitfalls in the prevention of this disease. The patient in question presented in labor at term, and the intern noted a negative VDRL at the first prenatal visit. The attending physician on call (one of the authors) noted the low birth weight; however, the newborn had good Apgar scores and a normal cord pH. ...

In this paper we report a quantitative laser Biospeckle method using VDRL plates to monitor the activity of Trypanosoma cruzi and the calibration conditions including three image processing algorithms and three programs (ImageJ and two programs designed in this work). Benznidazole was used as a test drug. Variable volume (constant density) and variable density (constant volume) were used for th...

Antiphospholipid syndrome(APLS) is a prothrombotic state characterized by recurrent venous thrombotic events including deep venous thrombosis, as well as pulmonary embolism, arterial thrombosis, recurrent fatal loss due to placental thrombosis and the presence of circulating antiphospholipid antibodies(APA) (Roubey RAS, 2001). As both thrombosis and pregnancy morbidity have a large number of ot...

Syphilis has reappeared in the form of epidemics in France and other western countries since the end of the 1990s, affecting mostly homosexual and bisexual male patients half of whom are HIV-positive (1–4). During their haematogenous spread the spirochetes can infect various organs including the head and neck. Although rare, the larynx may be involved at any stage of the disease, but mostly at ...