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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Volume: 65, Published: 2023

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Sequencing of the first case of the monkeypox virus in Brazil

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Human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 and aspergillosis: an invisible co-infection

First report of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the North of Colombia

Interferon-gamma gene diplotype (AA-rs2069716 / AG-rs2069727) may play an important role during secondary outcomes of severe dengue in Brazilian patients

Occurrence and distribution of Panstrongylus megistus (Burmeister, 1835) (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) in a metropolitan area of Southern Brazil

Measles, mumps and rubella vaccine 12 months after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

First official record of Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in the Acre State, Northern Brazil

Expression of TIGIT, PD-1 and HLA-DR/CD38 markers on CD8-T cells of children and adolescents infected with HIV and uninfected controls

Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi DTUs TcI and TcIV in two outbreaks of orally-transmitted Chagas disease in the Northern region of Brazil

Genome of a husavirus from Southern Brazil

First report of human infection with Leptospira interrogans serovar Bratislava in the Eastern Black Sea region of Turkey

Acute pulmonary histoplasmosis: a case series from an outbreak in Southeastern Brazil

Pancreatic tuberculosis in a liver transplant recipient: a case report

A story of a lone star tick: an imported case of Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus, 1758) infected with Rickettsia amblyommatis that parasitized a US traveler returning to Mexico

What else in times of COVID-19? The role of minimally invasive autopsy for the differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure in a case of kala-azar

Septic shock, hyperferritinemic syndrome, and multiple organ dysfunction without respiratory failure in a patient with disseminated histoplasmosis and advanced HIV disease

Treatment of oral myiasis in a patient with implant-supported fixed prosthesis

A case report of brain abscess caused by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

A fatal case of COVID-19-associated meningoencephalitis in a patient coinfected with influenza A

Leptospirosis during the COVID-19 pandemic: a case report

Trypanosoma cruzi DTU II coinfection with bacteria producing prolonged cutaneous lesion in a healthy young male

Streptococcus constellatus causing concomitant extra and intracranial abscesses complicated with sagittal sinus thrombosis

A severe case of Plasmodium falciparum malaria imported by a French traveler from Cameroon to French Guiana despite regular intake of Artemisia annua herbal tea

Schistosomiasis of liver graft as a differential diagnosis of abnormal liver tests after transplantation: report of two cases

Generalized tetanus: a pediatric case report and literature review

Overview of Q fever in Brazil: an underestimated zoonosis

Acid-fast bacteria as causative agents of skin and soft tissue infections: case presentations and literature review

Molecular and serological diagnosis of toxoplasmosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Factors associated with mucosal involvement in tegumentary leishmaniasis: a nation-based study using surveillance data from Brazil

Maternal A90V mutation in the PreS1 gene of sub-genotype C2 hepatitis B virus is associated with intrauterine transmission

Nontuberculous mycobacteria in patients of a specialty hospital

Severe form of lymphocutaneous sporotrichosis: a case report

Triatoma rubrovaria (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) in the Pampa biome, Brazil: a retrospective study of its occurrence and abundance

Vertical transmission of HIV to neonates in a reference hospital in Northeastern Brazil from 2013 to 2017

High prevalence of hepatitis B virus and low vaccine response in children and adolescents in Northeastern Brazil

Spatial analysis of the natural infection index for Triatomines and the risk of Chagas disease transmission in Northeastern Brazil

Genetic variability of the 16S rRNA gene of Nocardia brasiliensis, the most common causative agent of actinomycetoma in Latin America and the Caribbean

Evaluation of the properties of WHODAS-12 measurements in individuals with Chagas disease in Brazil

Electrophysiological detection of visible wavelengths of artificial lights inducing take-off in adults of Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera: Triatominae)

Can domestic dogs be considered a good reservoir of Leishmania (L.) infantum chagasi in an endemic area of nonulcerated cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southern Honduras?

Genetic characterization of the rare Bruconha virus (Bunyavirales: Orthobunyavirus) isolated in Vale do Ribeira (Atlantic Forest biome), Southeastern Brazil

Factors associated with incomplete vaccination and negative antibody test results for measles, mumps, and hepatitis A among children followed in the MINA-BRAZIL cohort

QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and QuantiFERON-TB Gold In-tube assays for detecting latent tuberculosis infection in Thai healthcare workers

Saprochaete clavata invasive infection: characterization, antifungal susceptibility, and biofilm evaluation of a rare yeast isolated in Brazil

Hospitalizations and deaths of children and adolescents with Severe Acute Respiratory Infection due to COVID-19 during the epidemiological year of 2020

Cost-effectiveness analysis and budgetary impact of anidulafungin treatment for patients with candidemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis in Brazil

Toxoplasma gondii SAG2, SAG3 and GRA6 alleles and single nucleotide polymorphism in congenital infections with known parasite load and clinical outcome

Spatial, spatio-temporal, and origin-destination flow analyses of patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome hospitalized for COVID-19 in Southeastern Brazil, 2020-2021

Evaluation of larval surface antigens from infective larvae of Strongyloides venezuelensis for the serodiagnosis of human strongyloidiasis

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GPT, machine translation, and how good they are: a comprehensive evaluation

Uncited articles and the dispersion of citations in the scientific literature

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Editora Fiocruz Bio Collection: innovative themes and dynamics

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Walking the walk: open communication and review in a congress on open science

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