Expedito José de Albuquerque Luna

TL;DR: These serious and hitherto unknown complications ofyellow fever vaccination are extremely rare, but the safety of yellow fever 17DD vaccine needs to be reviewed.

TL;DR: The urbanization of visceral leishmaniasis in Brazil has been related to environmental changes, migration, interaction and spread of sylvatic reservoirs and infected dogs to areas with no transmission, and adaptation of the vector Lutzomyia longipalpis to the peridomiciliary environment.

TL;DR: The National Institute of Meteorology in Brazil showed an increase in temperature and rain in December 1999 and the first 3 months of 2000 in Goiás and surrounding states, which perhaps has contributed to the intense and widespread transmission of the yellow fever virus.

TL;DR: It is difficult to stop haemosporidian parasite transmission in zoos, but it is possible to reduce the infection rate by treating the infected animals or/and while keeping them in facilities free from mosquitoes.

TL;DR: Variables significantly associated with the occurrence of trachoma in the household were the number of children in the house aged one to ten years, the 'per capita' water consumption, the frequency of garbage collections, source of water, and the educational level of the head of household.