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Gomes Ferreira D, Gadêlha M, Ricardo Vissoci J, Negri M. Impact of invasive fungal infections in men from a state in southern Brazil: A geospatial analysis. Trop Med Int Health 2023; 28:771-779. [PMID: 37559424 DOI: 10.1111/tmi.13925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyse the records of male hospitalisation for fungal infections, including their spatial distribution and the main invasive epidemiological and sociodemographic characteristics in the State of Paraná, Brazil. METHODS Spatial analysis based on data from male admission records for invasive fungal infections (IFIs) in the State of Paraná, from 2015 to 2019. Data were taken from the hospital records obtained in the Hospital Information System of the Unified Health System, being collected, georeferenced and analysed to infer the existence of autocorrelation with the hospitalisation rates in the state. RESULTS From 2015 to 2019, there were 385 cases of IFIs in men, being more prevalent in white individuals aged 61-70 years. We observed that the metropolitan, southeast, central-eastern, north-central, northwestern and western regions formed high-high clusters, with regions with a high number of registered cases. In the regression, there was an association with socioeconomic and demographic factors that showed a correlation with the rates of hospitalisation for IFIs. CONCLUSION The study draws attention to Paraná as an endemic region for paracoccidioidomycosis, in addition to presenting high rates of nosocomial fungal infections. We also emphasise the importance of compulsory notification in the state and in the country to gain greater control over the incidence and prevalence of cases and to incentivise the creation of public policies for the prevention of IFIs.
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- Post-graduate Program in Health Sciences, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Analysis, Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
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Costa GLD, Negri M, Miranda RPRD, Corrêa-Moreira D, Pinto TCA, Ramos LDS, Ferreira DG, Salomão B, Fumian TM, Mannarino CF, Prado T, Miagostovich MP, Santos ALSD, Oliveira MME. Candida palmioleophila: A New Emerging Threat in Brazil? J Fungi (Basel) 2023; 9:770. [PMID: 37504758 PMCID: PMC10381623 DOI: 10.3390/jof9070770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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Human activity directly or indirectly causes climate change, promoting changes in the composition of the atmosphere. This change is beyond the variation of the natural climate. In this manner, climate change could create an environmental pressure which is enough to trigger new fungal diseases. In addition to climate alterations, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has also been associated with the emergence of fungal pathogens. Fungi showed that an inability to grow at high temperatures limits the capacity of fungi to infect mammals. However, fungi can develop thermotolerance, gradually adapting to rising temperatures due to climate change, and generating a greater number of disease-causing organisms. In the present study, we reported the detection and identification of Candida palmioleophila isolates recovered from raw sewage samples in Niteroi city, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, during a monitoring program for measuring SARS-CoV-2 presence and concentration. Using polyphasic taxonomy to identify the species and evaluating some virulence aspects of this species, such as biofilm formation and extracellular enzyme production, our data highlight this species as a possible emerging pathogen in Brazil, especially in the pandemic context.
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- Gisela Lara da Costa
- Laboratory of Taxonomy, Biochemistry and Bioprospecting of Fungi, Oswaldo Cruz Institution (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Medical Mycology Laboratory, Clinical Analysis Department, State University of Maringá, Maringá 87020-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Taxonomy, Biochemistry and Bioprospecting of Fungi, Oswaldo Cruz Institution (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
- Insect Biochemistry and Physiology Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Institution (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Taxonomy, Biochemistry and Bioprospecting of Fungi, Oswaldo Cruz Institution (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Pathogenic Cocci and Microbiota, Paulo de Goés Institute of Microbiology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-853, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Advanced Studies of Emerging and Resistant Microorganisms, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-853, Brazil
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- Medical Mycology Laboratory, Clinical Analysis Department, State University of Maringá, Maringá 87020-900, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Microbiology, Federal Hospital of Andaraí, Rio de Janeiro 20541-170, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative and Environmental Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative and Environmental Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative and Environmental Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Comparative and Environmental Virology, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro 21040-360, Brazil
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- Laboratory for Advanced Studies of Emerging and Resistant Microorganisms, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 21941-853, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Taxonomy, Biochemistry and Bioprospecting of Fungi, Oswaldo Cruz Institution (IOC), Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro 21040-900, Brazil
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Frantine-Silva W, Ferreira DG, Nascimento RHC, Fracasso JF, Conte JE, Ramos FP, Carvalho S, Galindo BA. Genetic analysis of five sedentary fish species in middle Laranjinha River (upper Paraná River basin): A case study. Genet Mol Res 2015; 14:18637-49. [PMID: 26782514 DOI: 10.4238/2015.december.28.13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Most studies of diversity and genetic structure in neotropical fish have focused on commercial species from large rivers or their reservoirs. However, smaller tributaries have been identified as an important alternative migratory route, with independent pools of genetic diversity. In this context, the present study aimed to evaluate genetic diversity and structure in five neotropical fish species from a region of Laranjinha River in the upper Paraná River basin. PCR-RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) markers were used to characterize around 40 individuals of each species distributed upstream and downstream of Corredeira Dam that interrupts the river. The descriptive index of genetic diversity (P = 30.5-82%; HE 0.122-0.312) showed that the populations have acceptable levels of genetic diversity. The values for Nei's genetic distance (DN min 0.0110 and max 0.0306) as well as the genetic structure index and the analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA, ϕST min 0.0132 and max 0.0385) demonstrated low, but significant levels of genetic structure. Bayesian analysis of assignment found two k clusters, including several individuals with mixed ancestry for all populations from the five species analyzed. These findings along with historical data on rainfall and the low dimensions of the dam studied here support the hypothesis that periodic floods enable the transit of individuals between different localities mitigating the differentiation process between populations.
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- W Frantine-Silva
- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus de Cornélio Procópio, Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus de Cornélio Procópio, Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus de Cornélio Procópio, Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus de Cornélio Procópio, Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus Luiz Meneghel, Bandeirantes, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus de Cornélio Procópio, Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus Luiz Meneghel, Bandeirantes, PR, Brasil
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- Universidade Estadual do Norte do Paraná, Campus de Cornélio Procópio, Cornélio Procópio, PR, Brasil
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Galindo BA, Ferreira DG, Almeida FS, Carlsson J, Sofia SH. Isolation and characterization of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Hypostomus ancistroides (Teleostei, Loricariidae) and cross-amplification in related species. J Fish Biol 2015; 86:1860-1866. [PMID: 25912318 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/26/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study details 13 novel polymorphic microsatellite loci in the armoured catfish Hypostomus ancistroides, and assesses their utility for population genetic studies. The analysis of 30 individuals revealed a total of 99 different alleles (ranging from two to 15 alleles per locus), with an average of 7·62 alleles per locus, with observed and expected heterozygosities ranging from 0·103 to 0·931 and from 0·102 to 0·906, respectively. One of the 13 loci showed significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, probably due to the presence of null alleles, inferred from the excess of homozygotes.
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- B A Galindo
- Laboratório de Genética e Conservação (GECON), Universidade Estadual do Norte Paraná, Rua Portugal, 340, Cornélio Procópio, PR 86300-000, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, Londrina, PR 86051-980, Brazil
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, Londrina, PR 86051-980, Brazil
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- School of Biology and Environmental Science, UCD Science Education and Research Centre - West, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, Londrina, PR 86051-980, Brazil
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Ferreira DG, Galindo BA, Alves AN, Almeida FS, Ruas CF, Sofia SH. Development and characterization of 14 microsatellite loci in the Neotropical fish Geophagus brasiliensis (Perciformes, Cichlidae). J Fish Biol 2013; 83:1430-1438. [PMID: 24131284 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 08/12/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Fourteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized for the Neotropical cichlid Geophagus brasiliensis and tested on 30 individuals belonging to a single population. Among the 14 loci described, four showed potential presence of null alleles, inferred from the excess of homozygous genotypes, and three of these loci showed significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. Fifty-nine different alleles were detected (ranging from two to eight alleles per locus), with estimates of observed and expected heterozygosity ranging from 0·167 to 0·700 and from 0·269 to 0·825. Cross-amplification of primers was successful in five other cichlid species.
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- D G Ferreira
- Departamento de Biologia Geral, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Rod. Celso Garcia Cid, km 380, Londrina, PR, 86051-980, Brazil
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de Almeida AECC, de Filippis I, Abreu AOD, Ferreira DG, Gemal AL, Marzochi KBF. Occurrence of Haemophilus influenzae strains in three Brazilian states since the introduction of a conjugate Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. Braz J Med Biol Res 2005; 38:777-81. [PMID: 15917960 DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2005000500016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Few vaccines in history have induced such a dramatic decline in incidence over such a short period of time as the Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) conjugate. This vaccine was introduced in 1988 in the United States, but only in 1999 was Hib immunization introduced by the Brazilian Ministry of Health as part of the routine infant National Immunization Program. The authors analyzed 229 H. influenzae (Hi) isolates from Public Health Laboratories in three Brazilian states: Pernambuco (Northeast, N = 54), Santa Catarina (South, N = 19), and Rio de Janeiro (Southeast, N = 156). The isolates were collected from Brazilian children 0-10 years of age with meningitis and other infections from 1990 to 2003 and were part of the research collection of the National Institute of Quality Control in Health, FIOCRUZ. Bacterial strains were characterized by serotyping and biotyping. During the pre-vaccination period the prevalence infection due to Hib was of 165 isolates and only 2 non-b Hi among all the notified meningitis infections caused by Hi. Our results showed a significant decrease in the prevalence of Hib meningitis from 165 to 33 isolates after 1999. However, during the post-vaccination period of 2001-2003 we observed an increase in the number of non-b Hi isolates: only 2 non-b strains isolated from 1990 to 1999 and 29 from 1999 to 2003. Based on the present data, the authors emphasize the need for more sensitive epidemiological and bacteriological studies aiming the improvement of the available Hib vaccine, in order to protect the susceptible population to infections due to other serological types of Hi and the reevaluation of immunization schedules used by the National Immunization Program.
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- A E C C de Almeida
- Instituto Nacional de Controle da Qualidade em Saúde, Departamento de Microbiologia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
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