Prevalence of hepatitis B and C virus infection among leprosy patients in a leprosy-endemic region of central Brazil José María Hernández Ramos; Ágabo Macêdo Costa e Silva; Regina Maria Bringel Martins; Francisco José Dutra Souto PAGE: 632-634 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000500019

Parvovirus B19 antibodies and correlates of infection in pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic in central Nigeria Samuel E Emiasegen; Lohya Nimzing; Moses P Adoga; Adamu Y Ohagenyi; Rufai Lekan PAGE: 227-231 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000200018

Schistosomiasis control program in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil Sandra Costa Drummond; Sílvio Roberto Sousa Pereira; Luciana Cristina dos Santos Silva; Carlos Maurício de Figueiredo Antunes; José Roberto Lambertucci PAGE: 519-523 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000400029

The chiggerflea Hectopsylla pulex (Siphonaptera: Tungidae) as an ectoparasite of free-tailed bats (Chiroptera: Molossidae) Júlia Lins Luz; Luciana de Moraes Costa; Luiz Antonio Costa Gomes; Carlos Eduardo Lustosa Esbérard PAGE: 567-569 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000400005

Reliability of current estimates of schistosomiasis prevalence in the Rainforest Zone of the state of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil Tereza C Favre; Ricardo AA Ximenes; Aline F Galvão; Ana Paula B Pereira; Tereza N Wanderlei; Constança S Barbosa; Otávio S Pieri PAGE: 73-78 | DOI: S0074-02762006000900011

Declining prevalence of hepatitis A virus antibodies among children from low socioeconomic groups reinforces the need for the implementation of hepatitis A vaccination in Brazil Claudia Lamarca Vitral; Fidel Leonardo Navarro Ospina; Solange Artimos; Juliana Gil Melgaço; Oswaldo Gonçalves Cruz; Vanessa Salete de Paula; Sérgio Bessa Luz; Marcos Freire; Luciane Pinto Gaspar; Luciane Almeida Amado; Elyne Montenegro Engstrom; Camila Dufrayer Fanzeres Monteiro Fortes; Tayla Coleta de Souza; Marisa Nishitani Dias; Ana Maria Coimbra Gaspar; Francisco José Dutra Souto PAGE: 652-658 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000500012

Tuberculosis in a southern Brazilian prison Daniele Kuhleis; Andrezza Wolowski Ribeiro; Elis Regina Dalla Costa, Patrícia Izquierdo Cafrune; Karen Barros Schmid; Lucas Laux da Costa; Marta Osório Ribeiro; Arnaldo Zaha; Maria Lucia Rosa Rossetti PAGE: 909-915 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000700012

Serologic follow-up of IgG responses against recombinant mycobacterial proteins ML0405, ML2331 and LID-1 in a leprosy hyperendemic area in Venezuela Elsa Rada; Malcolm S Duthie; Steven G Reed; Nacarid Aranzazu; Jacinto Convit PAGE: 90-94 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762012000900015

A simple approach improving the performance of urine reagent strips for rapid diagnosis of urinary schistosomiasis in Nigerian schoolchildren Uade Samuel Ugbomoiko; Victor Dalumo; Liana Ariza; Fernando Schemelzer Moraes Bezerra; Jorg Heukelbach PAGE: 456-461 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000300010

Sexually transmitted infections, bacterial vaginosis, and candidiasis in women of reproductive age in rural Northeast Brazil: a population-based study Fabíola Araújo Oliveira; Viola Pfleger; Katrin Lang; Jörg Heukelbach; Iracema Miralles; Francisco Fraga; Anastácio Queiroz Sousa; Marina Stoffler-Meilicke; Ralf Ignatius; Ligia Franco Sansigolo Kerr; Hermann Feldmeier PAGE: 751-756 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000600015

Prevalence of hepatitis A virus infection in Afro-Brazilian isolated communities in Central Brazil Aline G Kozlowski; Ana RC Motta-Castro; Laura B Nascimento; Ágabo MC Silva; Sheila A Teles; Livia M Villar; Ana MC Gaspar; Regina MB Martins PAGE: 121-123 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100021

Low prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in Amerindians from Western Venezuela Francisca Monsalve-Castillo; Leonor Chacín-Bonilla; Ricardo J Atencio; Leticia Porto Espinoza; Luciana Costa-León; José M Echevarría PAGE: 107-110 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007000100018

Prevalence of hepatitis A virus infection in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, by molecular and serological procedures, 1995-2002 Fabíola Souza Fiaccadori; Célia Maria de Almeida Soares; Ana Maria Tavares Borges; Divina das Dôres de Paula Cardoso PAGE: 423-426 | DOI: S0074-02762006000400013

Prevalence, genotypes and risk factors associated with hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil Solange Z Freitas; Rivaldo V da Cunha; Regina MB Martins; Sheila A Teles; Mary L Ibanhes; Ana RC Motta-Castro PAGE: 405-408 | DOI: S0074-02762008000400016

Epidemiological aspects of hepatitis C virus infection among renal transplant recipients in Central Brazil Sílvia M Botelho; Renata C Ferreira; Nádia RS Reis; Aline G Kozlowski; Megmar AS Carneiro; Sheila A Teles; Clara FT Yoshida; Regina MB Martins PAGE: 472-476 | DOI: S0074-02762008000500011

Prevalence and genotypes of hepatitis C virus among injecting drug users from Salvador-BA, Brazil Maria Betânia S Silva; Tarcísio M Andrade; Luciano K Silva; Itatiana F Rodart; Gisele B Lopes; Theomira MA Carmo; Maria Alice S Zarife; Inês Dourado; Mitermayer G Reis PAGE: 299-303 | DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762010000300009

A cross-sectional approach including dog owner characteristics as predictors of visceral leishmaniasis infection in dogs Ana Izabel Passarella Teixeira, Debora Marcolino Silva, Lúcia Rolim Santana de Freitas, Gustavo Adolfo Sierra Romero DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760190349

New records of Mansonella ozzardi: a parasite that is spreading from the state of Amazonas to previously uninfected areas of the state of Acre in the Purus River region Yara Leite Adami, Gabriel Rodrigues, Marilene Costa Alves, Mario Augusto Pinto Moraes, Dalma Maria Banic, Marilza Maia-Herzog PAGE: 87-92 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130243

Prevalence and genetic characterisation of HTLV-1 and 2 dual infections in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis in Central-West Brazil Aline Garcia Kozlowski, Megmar Aparecida dos Santos Carneiro, Márcia Alves Dias de Matos, Sheila Araújo Teles, João Alves Araújo Filho, Koko Otsuki, Ana Carolina Paulo Vicente, Regina Maria Bringel Martins PAGE: 118-121 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276130230

Serological survey of Babesia bovis, Babesia bigemina, and Anaplasma marginale antibodies in cattle from the semi-arid region of the state of Bahia, Brazil, by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays Silvia L Barros*, Claudio R Madruga, Flabio R Araújo, Carlos F Menk*, Maria Angela O de Almeida*, Elaine PS Melo, Raul H Kessler PAGE: 513-517

Prevalence and risk factors of hepatitis C virus infection in hemodialysis patients from one center in Recife, Brazil Ana Cecília C de Albuquerque , Maria Rosângela CD Coêlho, Edmundo PA Lopes, Marcilio Figueiredo Lemos, Regina Célia Moreira PAGE: 467-470

Decline of hepatitis C infection in hemodialysis patients in Central Brazil: a ten years of surveillance Megmar AS Carneiro, Sheila A Teles, Márcia A Dias, Renata C Ferreira, Alessandra V Naghettine, Simonne A Silva, Elisabeth Lampe, Clara FT Yoshida, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 345-349

Prevalence of hepatitis-B surface antigen among blood donors and human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients in Jos, Nigeria CJ Uneke, O Ogbu, PU Inyama, GI Anyanwu, MO Njoku, JH Idoko PAGE: 13-16

Prevalence of Human Papillomavirus Types in Women with Pre-neoplastic and Neoplastic Cervical Lesions in the Federal District of Brazil Geni NL Camara, Daniela M Cerqueira, Ana PG Oliveira, Evandro O Silva, Luciano GS Carvalho, Cláudia RF Martins PAGE: 879-883

Hepatitis B and C in the Hemodialysis Unit of Tocantins, Brazil: Serological and Molecular Profiles Karla P Souza, Jônio A Luz, Sheila A Teles, Megmar AS Carneiro, Luciana A Oliveira, Adriane S Gomes, Márcia A Dias, Selma A Gomes, Clara FT Yoshida, Regina MB Martins PAGE: 599-603

Temporal and Spatial Distribution of Leishmania mexicana Infections in a Population of Neotoma micropus Russell W Raymond, Chad P McHugh*, Loren R Witt, Sara F Kerr PAGE: 171-180

Human Papillomavirus Prevalence among Women with Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia III and Invasive Cervical Cancer from Goiânia, Brazil SH Rabelo-Santos, L Zeferino, LL Villa, JP Sobrinho, RG Amaral, AV Magalhães PAGE: 181-184

The Patterns of Tungiasis in Araruama Township, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Raimundo Wilson de Carvalho, Adilson Benedito de Almeida, Silvia Cristina Barbosa-Silva, Marinete Amorim, Paulo César Ribeiro*, Nicolau Maués Serra-Freire PAGE: 31-36

Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected Women in Cuba Vivian Kouri, Judith Cartaya, María E Rodríguez, Mayra Muné, Yudira Soto, Sonia Resik, Jose Bravo, Alina Llop PAGE: 1073-1077

Hepatitis C and Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Different Hemodialysis Units in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Solange U Busek, Élio H Babá, Hélcio A Tavares Filho, Lermíno Pimenta, Abraão Salomão, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Guilherme C Oliveira PAGE: 775-778

Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Infection among Hemophiliacs in Central Brazil Adriana P Barbosa, Regina MB Martins, Sheila A Teles, Simonne A Silva, Jaqueline M Oliveira*, Clara FT Yoshida* PAGE: 643-644

Hepatitis C Prevalence and Risk Factors in Hemodialysis Patients in Central Brazil: a Survey by Polymerase Chain Reaction and Serological Methods Megmar AS Carneiro, Regina MB Martins, Sheila A Teles, Simonne A Silva, Carmen L Lopes, Divina DP Cardoso, Bart OM Vanderborght, Clara FT Yoshida PAGE: 765-769

TT Virus Infection in Children and Adults who Visited a General Hospital in the South of Brazil for Routine Procedure Helena CF Vasconcelos, Maria E Menezes, Christian Niel PAGE: 519-522

Prevalence and Intensity of Infections of Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichiura and Associated Socio-demographic Variables in Four Rural Honduran Communities HM Smith, RG DeKaminsky, S Niwas, RJ Soto, PE Jolly PAGE: 303-314

Helminth Parasites of Conventionally Maintained Laboratory Mice - II- Inbred Strains with an Adaptation of the Anal Swab Technique Lucineide Gonçalves, Roberto Magalhães Pinto, J Júlio Vicente,Dely Noronha, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 121-126

Prevalence and Factors Associated to the Epidemic Neuropathy in a Population Assisted by a Family Doctor in Cuba Antonio E Pérez Rodríguez, Carlota Pereira, Flora Olga Hernández, Pedro Más Lago, Angel Balmaseda, Reinaldo Menéndez PAGE: 543-550

Schistosomiasis Mansoni in Areas of Low Transmission. Epidemiological Characterization of Venezuelan Foci B Alarcón de Noya, R Ruiz, C Colmenares, S Losada, IM Cesari, J Toro, O Noya PAGE: 5-10

Epidemiology of Chagas Disease in Ecuador. A Brief Review H Marcelo Aguilar V, Fernando Abad-Franch, José Racines V,Aura Paucar C PAGE: 387-393

Worm Burdens in Outbred and Inbred Laboratory Rats with Morphometric Data on Syphacia muris (Yamaguti, 1935) Yamaguti, 1941 (Nematoda, Oxyuroidea) Roberto Magalhães Pinto, Lucineide Gonçalves, Dely Noronha, Delir Corrêa Gomes PAGE: 133-136

Abdominal Angiostrongylosis in Southern Brazil - Prevalence and Parasitic Burden in Mollusc Intermediate Hosts from Eighteen Endemic Foci Paulo R Rambo, Aventino A Agostini, Carlos Graeff-Teixeira PAGE: 9-14

The Rio de Janeiro HIV Vaccine Site - I. Recruitment Strategies and Socio-demographic Data of a HIV Negative Homosexual and Bisexual Male Cohort in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Frits Sutmoller, Claudia Teresa Vieira de Souza, José Carlos Monteiro, Therezinha Penna PAGE: 39-46

Onchocerciasis in Ecuador: Prevalence of Infection on the Ecuador-Colombia Border in the Province of Esmeraldas Joy R Guderian, Mariela Anselmi, Mauricio Espinel, Carlos Sandoval,Philip J Cooper, Gonzalo Rivadeneira, Ronald H Guderian PAGE: 157-162

Urban Chagas disease in children and women in primary care centres in Buenos Aires, Argentina Guillermo Moscatelli, Ada Berenstein, Ana Tarlovsky, Susana Siniawski, Miguel Biancardi, Griselda Ballering, Samanta Moroni, Marta Schwarcz, Susana Hernández, Facundo García-Bournissen, Andrés Espejo Cozzi, Héctor Freilij, Jaime Altcheh PAGE: 644-648 | DOI: 10.1590/0074-02760150107