scholarly journals Environmental contamination by Toxocara sp. eggs in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil

2005 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 223-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Divani Maria Capuano ◽  
Gutemberg de Melo Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Zinc Sulphate ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Toxocara Canis ◽  
Asymptomatic Infection ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Protection Measures ◽  
The City

Toxocariasis is a zoonosis mainly caused by Toxocara canis, an intestinal nematode of dogs. Man acquires the infection through accidental ingestion of viable eggs, and the toxocariasis clinical manifestations may vary from an asymptomatic infection up to the Visceral Larva Migrans syndrome. Seventy eight public squares of Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, including Bonfim Paulista district were visited aiming to evaluate the soil contamination by Toxocara eggs. The squares were divided in five different areas corresponding to the Sanitary Districts of the city. From May to December 2003, soil samples weighting about 250 g each were collected from five distinct sites of each public square. The laboratorial analysis was done by centrifugal-flotation techniques in magnesium sulphate solutions with 5% of potassium iodide (d = 1.33) and zinc sulphate (d = 1.20), and by the sedimentation- flotation in conic chalices with zinc sulphate (d = 1.20). Toxocara sp. eggs were found on 16 (20.5%) squares, with the lowest prevalence (12%) at the central area. From these results, it is expected that the legal authority will adopt protection measures for the city public areas, reducing thus the contamination risk by Toxocara sp. eggs.

scholarly journals Management and Clinical Characteristics in Children with SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Experience in a highly complex public hospital in the city of São Paulo

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rafael Santos Rodrigues Vieira ◽  
Erisson Linhares de Aguiar ◽  
Nara Michelle de Araújo Evangelista ◽  
Sergio Antonio Bastos Sarrubbo ◽  
Helmar Abreu Rocha Verlangieri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Pediatric Patients ◽  
Severe Disease ◽  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
World Health ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Pediatric Hospital ◽  
Multiprofessional Team ◽  
The City

AbstractIn February 2020, the World Health Organization designated the disease COVID-19, which means Coronavirus disease 2019. The virus that causes COVID-19 is designated as severe acute respiratory syndrome by Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus tends to determine clinical manifestations more frequently in adults and, especially, in the elderly, with high mortality in the population with chronic diseases. Most studies confirm the trend towards less severe disease in pediatric patients, and few studies describe the behavior of the virus in children. In late February 2020, a public pediatric hospital in the city of São Paulo, in the face of the announced epidemic, through its multiprofessional team, prepared itself to the care of patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection, determing certain clinical protocols defining the flow of care and therapeutic procedures to patients. This study intends to present the clinical characteristics and evolution of the disease by SARS-CoV-2 in pediatric patients seen in a public pediatric hospital of high complexity, evaluating the effectiveness and acceptance of the measures adopted. As a result, a good evolution of the disease was observed in the affected children, even in those with comorbidities. There was a trend towards a greater number of days of hospitalization and the need for ICU in patients with comorbidities and progression with clinical worsening after initial improvement. The protocols adopted and the flow instituted allowed good adherence by the multidisciplinary team.

Trachoma Prevalence and Risk Factors Among Preschool Children in a Central Area of the City of São Paulo, Brazil

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 365-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ligia Santos Abreu Caligaris ◽  
Wilma Tiemi Miyake Morimoto ◽  
Norma Helen Medina ◽  
Eliseu Alves Waldman
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The City

scholarly journals A Vila Buarque torna-se hipster: conceitos globais, efeitos locais

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (54) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurício Fernandes de Alcântara
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Local Effects ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The City ◽  
Coffee Shops ◽  
Ways Of Being

Resumo: Neste artigo, são apresentadas reflexões a partir de uma pesquisa etnográfica sobre o bairro da Vila Buarque, na região central de São Paulo. Historicamente ocupado por camadas médias e superiores da população paulistana, na última década o bairro tem vivenciado um afluxo de novos moradores hipsters (jovens de alto poder aquisitivo, vinculados a atividades profissionais tidas como criativas, alinhados a um espectro político mais progressista) e a inauguração de uma série de novos estabelecimentos comerciais (tais como bares, cafés, restaurantes e lojas de design) voltados a este perfil. Este fenômeno contraria a tendência histórica de deslocamento das elites para longe da região central da cidade, e é tomado como ponto de partida para a observação de como diversas referências globais de consumo e de modos de estar na cidade se refletem no contexto local.Palavras-chave: hipsters, cosmopolitismo, ubiquidade, consumo, cidade VILA BUARQUE BECOMES HIPSTER: GLOBAL CONCEPTS, LOCAL EFFECTS  Abstract: On this article, are discussed reflections based on an ethnographical research about Vila Buarque Neighborhood, in the central area of São Paulo. Historically occupied by middle-upper stratum of São Paulo population, over the last decade the neighborhood has become an residential option for new hipster residents (young people with high incomes, related to professional activities generally seen as creative, mostly politically progressive), and has witnessed the opening of several new businesses (such as bars, coffee shops, restaurants and design stores) targeted to these residents. This phenomenon happens in the opposite direction of the historical tendency of the elites leaving the central area of the city, and is taken as a starting point for the observation on how global references of consumption and ways of being in the city are reflected on the local context.Keywords: hipsters, cosmopolitanism, ubiquity, consumption, city

scholarly journals Contamination of public parks in Presidente Prudente (São Paulo, Brazil) by Toxocara spp. eggs

2012 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vamilton Alvares Santarém ◽  
Vanessa Cristina Pereira ◽  
Beatriz Cristina Porto Alegre
Keyword(s):  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Public Parks ◽  
Egg Number ◽  
Public Areas ◽  
Flotation Method ◽  
High Level ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Parts

This study aims to evaluate soil contamination by Toxocara spp. eggs in public parks in Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil. Soil samples (500 g) were collected every month over a 12-month period, from 25 parks in different parts of the city (northern, southern, eastern, western and central areas). Two 10-g aliquots of the material collected from each park were subjected to the centrifuge-flotation method to recover Toxocara spp. eggs. Twenty-four out of the 25 squares studied (96.0%) were contaminated and the number of eggs recovered ranged from 1 to 398 per sample. Eggs were recovered all over the year. Despite the number being greater in autumn (p < 0.001), there was no correlation between number egg number and average monthly temperature (r = -0.492; p = 0.148) or between egg number and monthly rainfall (r = -0.299; p = 0.402). Park localization does not influence egg presence (p = 0.7116). Because of the high level of contamination of the parks by Toxocara spp. eggs, prevention of contamination of public areas by larva migrans agents is indicated.

scholarly journals Frequency of soil contamination by Toxocara canis eggs in the south region of São Paulo municipality (SP, Brazil) in a 18 month period

2006 ◽  
Vol 48 (6) ◽  
pp. 317-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maisa Leite de Queiroz ◽  
Marcelo Simonsen ◽  
Maria Aparecida Paschoalotti ◽  
Pedro Paulo Chieffi
Keyword(s):  
Soil Contamination ◽  
Toxocara Canis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
The South ◽  
Sodium Dichromate ◽  
Public Places

Soil contamination by embryonic eggs of Toxocara canis is the main source of human infection by this ascarid larvae resulting, sometimes, in the occurrence of visceral larva migrans syndrome. The objective of the present research is to determine the frequency of T. canis eggs in soil samples monthly collected in nine public places, located at the South Region of São Paulo municipality in a 18-month period, from February 2004 to July 2005. The soil samples collected were treated with a 30% antiformine solution and with a sodium dichromate solution (d = 1.40) and microscopic slides were prepared and examined under light microscopy for searching T. canis eggs. Two peaks of higher frequency had been found, one in February - May 2004 and the other in April - July 2005.

scholarly journals Dermatophyte agents in the city of São Paulo, from 1992 to 2002

2003 ◽  
Vol 45 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Augusta Vianna Chimelli ◽  
Alexandre de Abreu Sofiatti ◽  
Ricardo Spina Nunes ◽  
Jose Eduardo da Costa Martins
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Manifestations ◽  
Trichophyton Mentagrophytes ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Microsporum Canis ◽  
Microsporum Gypseum ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Epidermophyton Floccosum ◽  
Etiologic Agents ◽  
Clinical Variants ◽  
The City

Dermatophytosis are superficial mycoses caused by fungi that can invade stratum corneum and keratinized tissues. In order to study the frequency of dermatophytes species and the clinical manifestations caused by these fungi, in São Paulo, SP, Brazil, the authors analyzed cultures isolated at the Mycology Laboratory from a selected population (15,300 out-patients of the Hospital das Clínicas, Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine of University of São Paulo) from January 1992 to June 2002. The most prevalent dermatophyte was Trichophyton rubrum (48.7%), followed by Microsporum canis (20.9%), Trichophyton tonsurans (13.8%), Trichophyton mentagrophytes (9.7%), Epidermophyton floccosum (4.1%), and Microsporum gypseum (2.5%). These agents determined more than one clinical manifestation, i.e., tinea corporis (31.5%), tinea capitis (27.5%), tinea unguium (14.8%), tinea cruris (13.9%), tinea pedis (9.9%), and tinea manuum (1.9%). Clinical variants of dermatophytosis and their relationship to the etiologic agents were studied and the results were compared to those obtained in previous studies in other regions of Brazil and in other countries.

scholarly journals Visceral larva migrans: a seroepidemiological survey in five municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil

1990 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 204-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Paulo Chieffi ◽  
Mirthes Ueda ◽  
Eide Dias Camargo ◽  
Ana Maria Carvalho de Souza ◽  
Marilda L. da Silva Guedes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxocara Canis ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Larva Migrans ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Paulo State ◽  
São Paulo State ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Male Subjects ◽  
Positive Results

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), employing antigens from Toxocara canis larvae and the absortion of suspected sera with Ascaris lumbricoides extracts was used in a seroepidemiological study performed in five municipalities of São Paulo State, Brazil (São Paulo, Campinas, Santos, Marília and Presidente Prudente) in order to determine the frequency of antibodies to Toxocara. In 2,025 blood samples collected, 806 proceeded from male subjects and 1,219 from females; 483 samples were collected from subjects under 15 years of age and the remaining 1,542 from subjects aged 15 years or over. Among the 2,025 sera investigated, 3.60% had antibodies to Toxocara at significant levels. A moderate predominance of infection with Toxocara among male subjects (3.72%) was observed, although the difference was not statistically significant when this rate was compared with that for female (3.28%). Related to age, a higher frequency of positive results was detected among subjects under 15 years (6.41%) against the older group (2.53%). A trend of more elevated rates of infection was observed in municipalities with high demographic densities (São Paulo, Campinas and Santos). Nevertheless, such findings only appeared to be statistically significant in subjects younger than 15 years.

scholarly journals How many AIDS epidemics can occur in São Paulo city?

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Breno Souza de Aguiar ◽  
Cassia Maria Buchalla ◽  
Francisco Chiaravalloti Neto
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Incidence Rate ◽  
Census Tract ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Incidence Rates ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Female Population ◽  
The City

OBJECTIVE: An ecological study describring the spatial characteristics of AIDS in São Paulo city between 2001 and 2010 according to the place of residence of reported cases in adults. METHODS: The AIDS reported cases (28,146), grouped by sex, were geocodified (25,969) and linked with a census tract database (18,953). Case and population at risk data supplied spatial cluster identification and relative risk estimate by the scan method, using the discrete Poisson model. Incidence rate and proportional distribution allowed comparing people living in the high-risk clusters areas to other locations by age, race/ethnicity, schooling and transmission category. RESULTS: The AIDS incidence rate decreased in both sexes except among young men and older people. The identification of spatial high-risk clusters showed that the decrease of AIDS did not occur in the same way in the city. Clusters located in the central area presented the highest AIDS incidence rates (245.7/100,000 men), especially among black women (RR = 7.9), men who have sex with men (66.2%) and injection drug users (10.7%) participation. In peripheral clusters, identified only in the female population, the epidemic can be related to the poverty of these women (22.5% low education level). Residents in the north and central-south areas of the city are generally black, with little schooling, and predominantly heterosexually infected. CONCLUSIONS: The study of spatial clusters using a census tract helps to determine epidemiological patterns inside the city and in specific populations. Spatial stratification and key population epidemiological patterns were identified in four regions in São Paulo city

Seasonal Variation of Suicide in the City of São Paulo, Brazil, 1996–2010

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hideki Bando ◽  
Fernando Madalena Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Sao Paulo ◽  
Seasonal Patterns ◽  
São Paulo ◽  
Health Statistics ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
June July ◽  
The City ◽  
Over Time

Background: In light of the few reports from intertropical latitudes and their conflicting results, we aimed to replicate and update the investigation of seasonal patterns of suicide occurrences in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Data relating to male and female suicides were extracted from the Mortality Information Enhancement Program (PRO-AIM), the official health statistics of the municipality of São Paulo. Seasonality was assessed by studying distribution of suicides over time using cosinor analyses. Results: There were 6,916 registered suicides (76.7% men), with an average of 39.0 ± 7.0 observed suicides per month. For the total sample and for both sexes, cosinor analysis estimated a significant seasonal pattern. For the total sample and for males suicide peaked in November (late spring) with a trough in May–June (late autumn). For females, the estimated peak occurred in January, and the trough in June–July. Conclusions: A seasonal pattern of suicides was found for both males and females, peaking in spring/summer and dipping in fall/winter. The scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes warrants promoting more studies in this area.

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