Cristina Alonso-Vega, Silvia Pérez, Elizabeth de Jesús Posada, Beatriz Mallén, Jazmín Cabañas, Luis Rodrigo Villarroel, María Victoria Alé, Luis Rolando Vera, Verónica Burgos, Sandra Irala, Nelly Regina Rabinovich
{"title":"Community perception of the usefulness and ease of COVID-19 self-test in two areas in Paraguay.","authors":"Cristina Alonso-Vega, Silvia Pérez, Elizabeth de Jesús Posada, Beatriz Mallén, Jazmín Cabañas, Luis Rodrigo Villarroel, María Victoria Alé, Luis Rolando Vera, Verónica Burgos, Sandra Irala, Nelly Regina Rabinovich","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0381-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0381-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic posed challenges for health systems in rapidly diagnosing diseases.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Community workshops and a self-administered questionnaire were implemented to determine the feasibility of self-testing for future epidemics and gain an understanding of community interest and the capacity to implement self-tests in two rural areas in Paraguay.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Comprehension of the self-test procedures and their application was demonstrated by 99% of the participants. The participants expressed interest in accessing these tests at home.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Self-tests could be a valuable tool in urban and rural communities that enable health systems to focus on severe cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e007182024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12064184/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
José Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Oscar Guzmán-Martínez, Jesús Miguel Torres-Flores, Clara Luz Sampieri, Julio Isael Pérez-Carreón, Nayali López-Balderas, Miguel Ángel Barragán, Guillermo Mendoza-Cervantes, Fabio García-García, Alma Campos, David Sánchez-Marín, Hilda Montero
{"title":"Persistent Cervical Infection with the Chikungunya Virus.","authors":"José Eduardo Pérez-Pérez, Oscar Guzmán-Martínez, Jesús Miguel Torres-Flores, Clara Luz Sampieri, Julio Isael Pérez-Carreón, Nayali López-Balderas, Miguel Ángel Barragán, Guillermo Mendoza-Cervantes, Fabio García-García, Alma Campos, David Sánchez-Marín, Hilda Montero","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0304-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0304-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) induces an acute infection known as chikungunya fever; however, the persistence of CHIKV infections has been reported. This report investigated the persistence of CHIKV over six months in the cervix of two infected women. The infectious CHIKV was isolated from three samples. Our findings demonstrated the persistence of CHIKV in the cervix, highlighting the importance of evaluating other tissue types.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e008122025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12064183/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mycotic Aneurysm of the Superior Mesenteric Artery due to Infective Endocarditis.","authors":"Elif Gündoğdu, Mustafa Kürşat Topal","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0049-2025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0049-2025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e009152025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12064181/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mehmet Ali Tüz, Derya Tuna Ecer, Gülce Eylül Aldemir, Muhammet Öksüzoğlu
{"title":"A Case of Doxycycline-Induced Esophagitis Accompanied by Oral Aphthous Ulcers and Laryngitis.","authors":"Mehmet Ali Tüz, Derya Tuna Ecer, Gülce Eylül Aldemir, Muhammet Öksüzoğlu","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0454-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0454-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e009142025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12064185/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080039","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Beatriz Zimermano Coimbra, Ana Cláudia Cavalcante Espósito, Murilo de Oliveira Lima Carapeba, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de Abreu
{"title":"Mycetoma-like cutaneous leishmaniasis.","authors":"Beatriz Zimermano Coimbra, Ana Cláudia Cavalcante Espósito, Murilo de Oliveira Lima Carapeba, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de Abreu","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0420-2024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0420-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e009172025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12064186/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080042","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum.","authors":"","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0056e-2025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0056e-2025","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0056-2025].</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e020012025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12064187/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144080041","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pericardial abscess: A rare complication of disseminated melioidosis in a patient with relapsed multiple myeloma.","authors":"Chee Yik Chang, Kai Xin Ang","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0018-2025","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0018-2025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e009122025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11956170/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Luis Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Karene Ferreira Cavalcante, Ramiro Moreira Tavares
{"title":"Tongue Lesions in Monkeypox.","authors":"Luis Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias, Karene Ferreira Cavalcante, Ramiro Moreira Tavares","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0386-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0386-2024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e009102025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11956167/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The appearances of a parrot's peak and petal rims in brucellar spondylitis.","authors":"Li-Jie Guo, Yong-Sheng Yu, Yi Zhang","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0056-2025","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0056-2025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e009132025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11956171/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matheus de Araújo Paz, Anne Caroline Alves Meireles, Cleber Galvão, Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana, Genimar Rebouças Julião
{"title":"\"WhatsBarb\" Citizen Surveillance: Survey of Insects Mistaken for Triatomines.","authors":"Matheus de Araújo Paz, Anne Caroline Alves Meireles, Cleber Galvão, Hélcio Reinaldo Gil-Santana, Genimar Rebouças Julião","doi":"10.1590/0037-8682-0240-2024","DOIUrl":"10.1590/0037-8682-0240-2024","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Triatomine recognition by the public is an important factor in Chagas disease (CD) prevention campaigns. Citizen surveillance has been demonstrated as an effective alternative strategy, increasing the possibility of monitoring vector populations on a broad geographic scale. Thus, our study aimed to explore a database built from pictorial/video records and specimens sent through citizen participation, identify the main groups confused with triatomines, and systematize the data on insect diversity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Due to demand from the local community, the \"WhatsBarb\" project was established using a digital platform application, to receive photos of suspected insects, or triatomines, and provide digital campaigns, with instructions for collecting insects and delivery to Entomological Surveillance Services.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In total, 465 insect records were obtained between 2019 and 2024. We identified taxonomic orders and families in 464 and 454 records, respectively, and estimated at least 68 genera, 42 species, and 101 distinct taxa. Triatomines represented 32.3% of the volunteer contacts. Records showed a predominance of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), including phytophagous species and predator reduviids (54.6%; n=254). Contacts were received from 20 of the 26 states in Brazil, in addition to the Federal District.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our findings demonstrate the power of digital tools in public health, which could aid in describing, preventing, and controlling CD vectors, and could be applied to other neglected diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":21199,"journal":{"name":"Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical","volume":"58 ","pages":"e004032025"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11956169/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143764778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}