Maria Adelaide Millington

ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-0051
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Research Areas
  • Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Cuban History and Society
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Education during COVID-19 pandemic
  • Infectious Diseases and Mycology
  • Literature, Magical Realism, García Márquez
  • Latin American Literature Studies
  • Spanish Literature and Culture Studies
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Academic Research in Diverse Fields
  • Trypanosoma species research and implications
  • Science and Education Research
  • Leptospirosis research and findings
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Health, Education, and Cultural Studies
  • Comparative Literary Analysis and Criticism

Ministério da Saúde
2001-2021

Ministério da Saúde
2015

In Brazil, human fungal infections are prevalent, however, these conditions not officially reportable diseases. To estimate the burden of serious diseases in 1 year based on available data and published literature. Historical official from were collected Brazilian Unified Health System Informatics Department (DATASUS). For for which no available, assumptions frequencies made by estimating The incidence (/1000) hospital admissions coccidioidomycosis was 7.12; histoplasmosis, 2.19;...

10.1111/myc.12427 article EN Mycoses 2015-12-22

"Quantitative Buffy Coat" (QBC®) is a direct and fast fluorescent method used for the identification of blood parasites. Since Leishmania chagasi circulates in blood, we decided to test it American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL). Bone marrow (BM) peripheral (PB) 49 persons PB 31 dogs were analyzed. QBC® was positive BM 11/11 patients with AVL 1/6 other diseases. Amastigotes identified 18/22 none without AVL. The 30 out seropositive 28/28 tissues. promising diagnosis human AVL, possibly exam...

10.1590/s0037-86822001000600013 article EN cc-by Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical 2001-12-01

Objetivos: Investigar o surto de histoplasmose em bombeiros no Distrito federal/DF, ocorrido junho 2017. Métodos: Realizou-se um estudo coorte por meio das entrevistas realizadas com os mediante questionário semiestruturado. Considerou-se infectado bombeiro que apresentou tomografia tórax sugestiva ou reagente nos testes imunodifusão e/ou Western blot. Coletou-se amostra ambiental e realizou-se Nested PCR específico para Histoplasma capsulatum. Resultados: Entre 35 bombeiros, 94,3% eram...

10.12662/2317-3076jhbs.v9i1.3757.p1-7.2021 article PT Journal of Health & Biological Sciences 2021-06-18
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