Incapacidades físicas em pessoas acometidas pela hanseníase no período pós-alta da poliquimioterapia em um município no norte do Brasil (Publications)
Chronic sequelae and disabilities are one of the main problems in leprosy. The current study aimed to estimate the prevalence of disabilities in leprosy patients after successfully completing multidru
Diamidines for human African trypanosomiasis (Publications)
Aromatic diamidines are potent trypanocides. Pentamidine, a diamidine, has been used for more than 60 years to treat human African trypanosomiasis (HAT); however, the drug must be administered parente
Synthesis and <em>in vitro</em> testing of antimalarial activity of non-natural-type neocryptolepines: structure-activity relationship study of 2,11-... (Publications)
This report describes the synthesis and in vitro anti-malarial evaluations of certain C2 or C8 and C11-disubstituted 6-methyl-5H-indolo[2,3-b]quinoline (neocryptolepine congener) derivatives. To attai
Strain classification of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em>: congruence between large sequence polymorphisms and spoligotypes (Publications)
Spoligotyping is used in molecular epidemiological studies, and signature patterns have identified strain families. However, homoplasy occurs in the markers used for spoligotyping, which could lead to
Comparative testing of a miniature diffusion size classifier to assess airbone ultrafine particles under field conditions (Publications)
Miniature diffusion size classifiers (miniDiSC) are novel handheld devices to measure ultrafine particles (UFP). UFP have been linked to the development of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases; thus,