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Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Education•Cuiabá, Brazil•
About: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso is a education organization based out in Cuiabá, Brazil. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Species richness. The organization has 7748 authors who have published 10181 publications receiving 89994 citations.
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TL;DR: To evaluate the influence of exposure to inhaled environmental factors during pregnancy on the diagnosis of juvenile dermatomyositis, a large number of children were diagnosed withDM.
Abstract: Objective
To evaluate the influence of exposure to inhaled environmental factors during pregnancy on the diagnosis of juvenile dermatomyositis (DM).
Methods
We performed a case–control study comprising 20 juvenile DM patients and 56 healthy controls matched by age and sex who were residents in the metropolitan region of a large city. A questionnaire assessed demographic data and environmental inhalation exposure during pregnancy (occupational exposure to demolition, chalk, construction and/or quarry dust, paints, varnish, gasoline vapor, and/or battery fluids; stationary sources of inhaled pollution near the mother's home; and maternal tobacco exposure). Daily concentrations of inhaled particulate matter, SO2, NO2, O3, and carbon monoxide (CO) were evaluated throughout the gestational period.
Results
Maternal occupational exposure to school chalk dust/gasoline vapor in the juvenile DM group was significantly higher compared with controls (50% versus 4.6%; P = 0.001). Smoking mothers and secondhand smoke exposure at home during pregnancy were significantly higher in the juvenile DM group versus controls (smoking mothers: 20% versus 1.7%; P = 0.01, and secondhand smoke: 35% versus 19%; P = 0.07). In univariate logistic regression models, maternal smoking, occupational exposure to inhaled agents, and the highest tertile of tropospheric CO (3.2–5.4 parts per million) in the third trimester were significantly associated with juvenile DM (P ≤ 0.05). In the multivariate analysis, smoking mother (odds ratio [OR] 13.26 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.21–144.29], P = 0.03), occupational exposure (OR 35.39 [95% CI 1.97–632.80], P = 0.01), and CO (third tertile) exposure in the third trimester of gestation (OR 12.21 [95% CI 1.28–115.96], P = 0.03) remained risk factors for juvenile DM.
Conclusion
Inhaled pollutants and tobacco smoking during fetal development may contribute to juvenile DM.
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TL;DR: The data revealed a less important role for drug injection in the spread of HIV and HBV in Mato Grosso compared to other regions of the country and reinforced the need of keeping health care workers alert to this issue.
Abstract: Background
End-stage liver disease is currently a major concern among HIV-positive individuals due to co-infection with hepatotropic virus. Hepatitis C has been pointed out as a remarkable factor for that. More recently, hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has also been found to play a role on liver disease in this population. HIV-HBV co-infection prevalence remains largely unknown in vast areas of Brazil. The objective of the present study was to estimate the prevalence of HBV and HDV infection in HIV-infected subjects living in the state of Mato Grosso, in the Central region of Brazil, and compare it to other Brazilian studies. We also assess epidemiologic data regarding risk factors and vaccinal status.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors considered the Ricci dark energy model, where the energy density of the universe is proportional to Ricci scalar curvature, in the dynamic Chern-Simons modified gravity and showed that the evolution of the scale factor is similar to that displayed by the modified Chaplygin gas.
Abstract: In this work, we have considered the Ricci dark energy model, where the energy density of the universe is proportional to the Ricci scalar curvature, in the dynamic Chern–Simons modified gravity. We show that in this context the evolution of the scale factor is similar to that displayed by the modified Chaplygin gas.
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TL;DR: Evaluated antiulcer activity and probable mechanism(s) of action of a fraction containing a mixture of chromanone acids indicate that BI is partly responsible for the HECbAntiulcer and anti-Helicobacter pylori effects.
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TL;DR: This study reports the first immunohistochemical diagnosis of conidiobolomycosis and the first description of a rhinopharyngeal lesion caused by P. insidiosum in sheep.
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José A. Teixeira | 101 | 1414 | 47329 |
Wolfgang J. Junk | 63 | 219 | 17508 |
Edimar Alcides Bocchi | 55 | 348 | 9823 |
Rosane Freitas Schwan | 47 | 268 | 7782 |
Carlos Roberto Padovani | 44 | 740 | 9186 |
Jochen Schöngart | 38 | 110 | 6430 |
Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho | 36 | 254 | 5198 |
Richard de Campos Pacheco | 35 | 117 | 3050 |
Karl M. Wantzen | 34 | 83 | 3688 |
Paulo C. Vieira | 34 | 307 | 4764 |
Marcos Roberto de Oliveira | 32 | 106 | 3141 |
Julio Croda | 31 | 158 | 4370 |
Cor Jesus Fernandes Fontes | 31 | 178 | 3893 |
Guilherme Veiga Guimarães | 31 | 164 | 4037 |
George L. Vourlitis | 31 | 98 | 5691 |