CV Lattes
Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduate at Medicina from Escola de Ciências Médicas de Volta Redonda (1981), graduate at Internato Médico from Hospital da Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (1981) and master's at Infectious and Parasitic Illnesses from Universidade de São Paulo (2006). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Clinical Medicine, acting on the following subjects: pediatria, gestão, maternidade, dengue and saúde. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The schistosomiasis mansoni affects about 240 million people in world. In Brazil, shows up in 19 federated units and one of goals of National Program for controlling schistosomiasis is reduce the geography expansion. In Ourinhos county, São Paulo, Brazil was related native cases of schistosomiasis mansoni 2008 to 2010, according to Epidemiological Surveillance Center/SP (ESC. The presence…
Schistosomiasis constitutes a major public health problem, with an estimated 200 million people infected worldwide. Many areas of Brazil show low endemicity of schistosomiasis, and the current standard parasitological techniques are not sufficiently sensitive to detect the low-level helminth infections common in areas of low endemicity (ALEs). This study compared the Kato-Katz (KK); Hoffm…
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