[Outline of Lyme borreliosis in Brazil]. / Perfil da borreliose de Lyme no Brasil.
Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo
; 52(2): 111-7, 1997.
Article
em Pt
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9435406
Since 1989, we have identified 25 patients with Lyme disease, 15 in early and 10 in latent stage, supporting its existence in Brazil, according to following reasons: 1) presence of clinical manifestations compatible with Lyme disease, with cutaneous, articular, nervous system and rarely cardiac envolvement; 2) presence of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi; 3) follow up of acute cases show sorologycal changes; 4) good antibiotic response at early stage of disease and only satisfactory in latent form; 5) mapping of risk areas, according to geographycal distribution of patients; 6) presence and identification of Ixodid ticks; 7) identification of micro-organism like borrelias in human, wild animals and ticks cultures, seen by dark field microscope; 8) sorology done in dogs and oxes, confirm existence of risk areas for Lyme disease.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Carrapatos
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Doença de Lyme
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Insetos Vetores
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Animals
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Brasil
Idioma:
Pt
Revista:
Rev Hosp Clin Fac Med Sao Paulo
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Brasil